Operating system and user interface of the PlayStation 4 in 1.01 version
Developer
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Written in
C, C++ for PS Plus and online services settings / PPC
OS family
Unix-like, (FreeBSD)[1]
Working state
Current
Source model
Closed source, with open-source components
Initial release
1.01 / November 15, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-15)[2]
Latest release
11.50 / March 13, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-03-13)[3]
Available in
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese[4]
Update method
Direct download PlayStation 4 Format Blu-ray Disc Download to USB
Platforms
PlayStation 4 (original)
PlayStation 4 Slim
PlayStation 4 Pro
Kernel type
Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules
Default user interface
PlayStation Dynamic Menu[5]
Preceded by
PlayStation 3 (system software)
Succeeded by
PlayStation 5 (system software)
Official website
USA
EU
Japan
The PlayStation 4 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 4. The operating system is Orbis OS, based on FreeBSD 9.
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