Became unplayable this week.

Tried reinstalling and it didn't fix it.

Anyone else having this issue?

To the PlayStation Engineering and Firmware Development Team / Community:

I am reporting a critical interoperability bug regarding the PlayStation 5 Pro Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) implementation when connecting to standard Dual-Band (2.4GHz + 5GHz) Wi-Fi 7 access points with Multi-Link Operation (MLO) enabled.

The Issue: When the PS5 Pro detects beacon frames advertising an MLO profile consisting exclusively of 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands (without a 6GHz spectrum), the console's wireless controller not only aborts the multi-link aggregation (likely by design to prevent jitter) but completely drops the network negotiation. This causes a total collapse of the DHCP exchange.

Instead of executing a graceful fallback to a Single-Link 5GHz 802.11be connection, the console connects at the physical layer but fails to obtain an IPv4 address, resulting in no internet access.

Technical Evidence (Router CLI Log Extract): Upon isolating the console's MAC address (D4:F7:D5:XX:XX:XX) and analyzing the AP logs during the connection attempt, the system throws the following critical errors:

[2541.291][host] 445 - ERROR: not find ipv4 client(D4:F7:D5:XX:XX:XX). [2610.255][host] 838 - ERROR: client(D4:F7:D5:XX:XX:XX) ip() active(1) lanType(1)

Impact: The PS5 Pro establishes a physical link (active(1)) but IP allocation remains empty (ip()). To restore connectivity, the entire Wi-Fi 7 network must be severely degraded to Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), or the MLO broadcast must be disabled entirely at the router level—which impacts all other modern clients on the network.

Requested Action: The Wi-Fi driver requires a proper fallback mechanism to accept 5GHz 802.11be Single-Link gracefully when 6GHz MLO is unavailable, without halting the DHCP process. Has anyone else replicated this specific DHCP drop on dual-band BE routers?

What advantage does ps portal have over playing on iPhone or iPad with a controller?

Chiaki works perfectly fine when im at home, but the second I leave and try to connect, it says "connection over psn failed, closing" or something like that. I really need this fixed because I like to play ps games on the go. (Kinda the whole purpose of the app lol) I have installed decky and i've logged out, signed back in, reconnected the ps, but it still didnt work.

i recently wanted to remote play on my modded ps vita but im not signed in for a playstation acc on either my vita or my not modded ps4 . Will i be able to remote play without the risk of smth like a bann?? and i heard the ban means that you loose your psn account but this doesnt affect the abbilty of using my vita with wifi and playing games on it does it?? help would be so appreciated

Can i turn couch co-op games like unravel two to co-op if i want to play with my friend?

Theyll use their own ps5 and and their personal account.

Hi everyone,

My girlfriend and I are struggling with terrible random lag spikes and stuttering on Remote Play, and I'm running out of ideas on how to fix it. Here is my setup and what we've tested so far:

My Setup & Network:

• Devices: PS5, MacBook Neo, and a Windows Laptop.
• Internet: 200/200 Mbps (4ms base ping).
• Network: 5GHz Wi-Fi. I live in an apartment building (so Wi-Fi interference is highly possible).
• Distance: The PS5 is literally sitting right next to the laptop.

What we've tried:

1. Partial Ethernet: Tested with the PS5 connected via Ethernet (laptop on Wi-Fi), AND separately with the Windows laptop on Ethernet (PS5 on Wi-Fi). Note: We haven't tested both on Ethernet at the exact same time yet.
2. Alternative Apps: Tried chiaki-ng, but honestly, the performance was even worse than the official PS Remote Play app.
3. Alternative Network: We even tried running it through a mobile hotspot, but the random ping spikes persist.

Since the devices are right next to each other and our base internet is solid, the random ping spikes are driving me crazy. Could this be heavy 5GHz channel interference because of the apartment block? Has anyone had a similar issue and managed to fix it without having to hardwire both devices permanently?

Any help or tweaks would be hugely appreciated!

Hi, I posted about xForceNow here previously. The latest TestFlight build now includes PlayStation Cloud Gaming.

xForceNow is a native tvOS app supporting:

- GeForce NOW
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- PlayStation Cloud Gaming
- Remote Play from local Xbox and PlayStation consoles

The current build also includes 2K and 4K output and multichannel audio for PlayStation cloud streaming and Optional 2K or 4K upscaling for local PlayStation Remote Play

The app is still in development, so feedback and bug reports are welcome.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/MWnS5u9b

Remote play crashes after like 30-60 seconds, I did the download 8.5 and then do the patching but when I did it it still said it needed to update. Did I do something wrong?

Alguém sabe como resolver? O PS remote play trava no Hub.

Fiz aquele download do patch 8.5 e instalei o hub tudo certinho, porém ainda assim ele trava. O som do hub está no fundo, quando move faz o barulho dos ícones que são selecionados, consigo entrar em um jogo apertando X, mas ele só fica na mesma tela travada.

Ajudem por favor

Hello there. When I load the downloaded game on my ps5 console everything is fine. When I stream the game from the cloud, on the console and my portal, and I go to click on the creations tab at the main menu it says can't connect to bethesda servers.

I've gone online and verified my psn account and bethesda account are linked correctly. I don't have this issue with fallout 4. Just skyrim

It's been an issue for at least a month if not more. Does anybody have any ideas for me?

Hey everyone,

I normally use remote play on the PC/laptop with a PS5 controller, but currently can’t do that as the PC is out of commission and the laptop is used for work. So I am trying to use my iPhone 17 pro max (iOS 26.5.2) for remote play.

However, I am running in to the issue with controller connectivity. Both the PS4 and PS5 controller would connect to the phone via Bluetooth, and immediately disconnect after 10 seconds or so. I tried to open remote play and connect to the PS5 within those 10 seconds, and the controller still disconnects.

I tried this with my friend’s iPad for testing purposes, and the controller connects and remote play works flawlessly. Though the iPad is running iOS 15.8.6. And since the controller connects, it shouldn’t be a controller issue? My phone is also several weeks old, so I’m thinking it shouldn’t be a phone issue either? Unless there’s a bug with the iOS version?

Has anyone else experienced this issue and know a fix?

Thank you :)

Hi, it is possible to use a Controller (e.g. Flidigi Apex 5) to play PS5 remote on mobile (Android/ Samsung). I tried it but no reaction was seen. If it is possible, what did I wrong.

Thanks for helping:)

whenever i start ps remote play on my windows pc, it crashes on its own and i cannot even login . its stays open for barely 1 minute. can PLEASE someone help me.

What does this mean when I try to connect to my brothers PS5 through Remote Play

Does anyone know how to get ps portal to connect to my ps5 on my Hotspot every time I connect my hotspot to my ps portal I get an error trying to reach my ps5

I have been trying to connect to my PS5 using PS remote play on my windows 11 laptop. It does not work no matter what i do. Genuinely how do i fix ts.