PS5: update 26.05-13.60.00 is available, what's in it?

On July 23, 2026, Sony rolled out a new system update for the PS5 and all its variants. Version 26.05-13.60.00. Size: 1.2 GB. Concretely, what does that change for you? Not much.

What's changing - officially

The patch notes are minimalist, as usual with Sony: improvements to messages and the use of certain screens. That's all the manufacturer is publicly communicating. For the average player, the day-to-day impact will be practically nil. No new feature, no return of custom themes, nothing that changes the gaming experience as such.

What's happening under the hood

Sony is notoriously opaque about its routine updates. Unlike the Nintendo Switch, whose patch internals are regularly combed through by the community of dataminers, the PS5 remains a black box. Security fixes or patches against hacker exploits were very likely slipped into the batch - but there's no way to confirm it.

The pattern is familiar: this type of routine update mostly generates indifference, sometimes a few sighs of disappointment from those still hoping for major interface novelties.

Worth noting that Sony is going through a turbulent period in terms of public image - the controversy around the announced end of physical games by 2028 continues to mobilize players. This patch is clearly not going to calm things down. For actual system novelties, we'll have to wait for a major update rolled out through the beta program.