Incoming PS5 Pro PSSR Update Will Prevent Frame Rate Drops

The highly anticipated PS5 Pro PSSR 2.0 update is expected to launch in early 2026, and although Sony has yet to detail what it’ll entail, a newly discovered company patent explains what players can expect. Patents don’t always come to fruition, but this one specifically pertains to Sony’s AI upscaler and how it’ll prevent frame rate drops in graphically intensive in-game sequences, strongly suggesting that this is one of the incoming improvements.

How PS5 Pro PSSR 2.0 update aims to prevent frame rate drops

As spotted by Tech4Gamers, the patent was filed in July 2025, around the same time we started hearing about the evolution of PSSR. In its filing, Sony argues that complex in-game sequences can result in frame rate drops and reduced image quality — something its new multi-frame super resolution (MFSR) will address.

As for how, Sony says that a trained artificial neural network (ANN) will actively monitor the processing unit within a PS5 Pro. During high loads, its new system will reduce the precision of the AI upscaler in a way that doesn’t compromise frame rate and resolution. As a result, there won’t be noticeable dips in performance during such sequences.

“When an application or game has a high load point, then the framerate of the MFSR graphics output can suffer, leading to a reduced quality experience for the user. This is particularly problematic in fast-paced games,” the patent reads. “The present invention advantageously optimizes memory access and computation times for generating the MFSR graphics output in dependence on the monitored usage of the processing unit during gameplay.”

This is not only good news for the PS5 Pro but also for the upcoming PS6.

Although Sony has confirmed PSSR 2.0, a release date for the update has not been announced.

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Apple introduces age verification for apps in Utah, Louisiana and Australia

Now that Apple has started blocking users under 18 in certain regions from downloading apps, the company has introduced new age verification tools. Those will help developers "meet their age assurance obligations under upcoming US and regional laws, including in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Utah and Louisiana," the company said in a news release on its Developer site. 

As of February 24, 2026, users in Australia, Brazil and Singapore won't be able to download apps rated 18+ unless their age is confirmed through "reasonable methods." Apple noted that any apps distributed in Brazil that are declared to contain loot boxes will be updated to 18+. While the App Store can perform those checks automatically, "developers may have separate obligations to independently confirm that their users are adults," Apple wrote. For that, developers can employ the company's Declared Age Range API (on iOS, iPadOS and macOS) to get "helpful signals" about a user's age.  

In Utah as of May 6, 2026 and Louisiana on July 1, 2026, "age categories will be shared with the developer's app when requested through the Declared Age Range API." That API will also provide "new signals," like whether age-related regulatory requirements apply to the user and if the user must share their age range. "The API will also let you know if you need to get a parent or guardian's permission for significant app updates for a child," Apple says. 

Under Utah's new law, users must be over 18 to make a new account with an app store, while underage uses will need to link their account to a parent's in order to get permission to use certain apps. Louisiana and Texas also passed similar laws and California plans to enact age-based rules for app stores in 2027. 

Those rules are designed to protect children from predators, financial harm and other problems. However, critics have described the laws as blunt tools that harm privacy and internet anonymity. "A poorly designed system might store this personal data, and even correlate it to the online content that we look at," the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes. "In the hands of an adversary, and cross-referenced to other readily available information, this information can expose intimate details about us."

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Tesla sues California DMV after it banned the term 'Autopilot'

Tesla is suing California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to reverse a ruling that prevented the automaker from using the terms "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" to sell cars, CNBC reported. That follows a December ruling by a California administrative law judge that forced Tesla to clean up its marketing language or risk a suspension of its sales license. Last week, the DMV determined that Tesla had made the necessary changes, including changing the name to "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)," and that no suspension would occur.

However, if you had "Tesla is going to sue them back" in your office pool, you can go ahead and claim your prize. The company filed a complaint on February 13 alleging that the DMV "wrongfully and baselessly" called Tesla a false advertiser. Calling the order "factually wrong" and "unconstitutional," Tesla demanded that order be set aside.

The DMV had originally argued that Tesla's terms for its driver assistance program gave consumers the impression that its cars were safe to drive without a human at the wheel. However, Tesla said that the DMV never proved that buyers were confused and that it was "impossible" to buy a Tesla without seeing "clear and repeated statements" that its systems aren't fully autonomous. 

Tesla's appeal of the ruling isn't a shocker given that the company is essentially betting its future on autonomous vehicles. CEO Elon Musk has long promised buyers that its vehicles would eventually become fully autonomous and that you'd even be able to rent them out to provide robo-taxi services. "If you fast forward a year, maybe [15 months], we'll have over a million robo-taxis on the road," he wrongly predicted back in 2019.

Following a sales decline last year that was particularly steep in Europe, Tesla is banking on its Cybercab two-seater to boost its fortunes. The company has started limited testing of automated vehicles as part of its Robotaxi pilot in Austin, Texas. 

Last week, however, Tesla lost an appeal in a $243 million lawsuit verdict over a 2019 crash of a Model S — largely over its use of the terms "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving." Last month, the company canceled Autopilot, its basic of advanced driver assistance tier, on new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles and switched its FSD (Supervised) tier to subscription-only.  

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New PS5 System Update Rolling Out in Beta But There’s a Catch

Sony is emailing out codes for a new PS5 system software update beta for February 2026, less than two weeks after the last firmware update. Players started receiving emails just before the weekend, but oddly, as far as we are aware, no one has been able to download the update.

February 2026’s PS5 system update beta patch notes released, but codes don’t work

Official patch notes for February 2026’s PS5 system update beta read:

• Unicode 17.0 emojis are now supported. You can use them in your messages.
• We’ve improved messages and usability on some screens.
• We’ve improved system software performance and stability.

These don’t look like major changes that would warrant a beta, but nevertheless, Sony has been sending emails out for it. However, the beta codes contained within the emails aren’t functional. We can confirm that at the time of this writing, the issue persists, as evidenced by comments on gaming forums and social media.

Except codes aren't working

— Taylor (@TTechbreaker) February 21, 2026

We guess that this wasn’t meant to be a beta update. Whatever the case, the patch notes above confirm that Unicode 17.0 emoji support is on its way. Unicode 16.0 emoji support was added in version 25.02-11.00.00.

We’ll update our readers when we have more information about this system software beta.

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