The next PS5 update will let you set wallpaper, although it’s not what you imagine

One of the most common complaints since the launch of the PS5 has been the loss of one of the PS4’s most used features: dynamic themes and backgrounds. this allowed you to customize your console. With the arrival of the PS5, all customization options disappeared as the wallpaper became the wallpaper of each installed game.

While that won’t change, at least in the short term, the next PS5 update will bring more customization options to the console. A YouTuber has posted a video showing off the new PS5 Explorer interface (which is only available in select countries), which offers: In addition to special widgets, it is possible to set wallpapers, even dynamic ones.

The new functionality, which is not yet known whether it will be universal for all users, allows you to customize Explorer with three options that change the widgets and their position, offering additional information about the content installed on our console, about the battery of accessories. And even quick access to screenshots or our wish list.

Dynamic wallpapers coming to PS5

In this sense, customization is very limited and we can only choose one of three predefined configuration options, which determine the position of widgets, each of which is aimed at single players, those who play more with friends. There is a third option, which looks more like a kind of store bulletin board than a friendly interface.

The new File Explorer, like the rest of the PS5 interface, is focused primarily on horizontal swiping, so this new option sorts the widgets closest to the left edge based on the setting you choose. For example, the social option will mainly display widgets related to friends, while the individual option will mainly display widgets related to the console and accessory storage.

It also allows you to add wallpapers, even dynamic ones, but as we see in the video above, They are limited to the PS5 Explorer screen., and the rest of the interface continues to follow the design and options we have so far. That is, the background changes depending on the selected game. What it does allow is to add wallpaper from an image gallery, although it by no means allows you to add a specified background via USB, so as we can see it’s quite limited in functionality.