PlayStation Welcome is a new feature for the PlayStation5 this is the new first screen you see when you turn on your PlayStation. This screen is highly customizable, allowing you to add or remove widgets to prioritize displaying the items that are most important to you.
PlayStation Welcome also has a background that can be replaced with almost any photo you want. However, this background is visible behind your current widgets and disappears once you leave the PlayStation Welcome icon. While this is not the same design system as the PlayStation4; Players can customize it and at least set up a background that will be visible every time you turn on your PlayStation.
How to change your PlayStation welcome background
PlayStation Welcome is the first icon you see every time you PlayStation5 turns on and pressing the left joystick or D-pad will open the welcome screen completely. To change your background, open the welcome screen and Press up twice to hover over the Edit button. Swipe right twice to select the background option to open the three available background options. The background or photo you select will remain as the background on the welcome page until another one is selected.
The widgets displayed can be turned on or off to show only the ones you want. three must always be switched onIf you want to give priority to displaying the wallpaper over widgets, enable the following three options:
- Battery life
- Trophies
- Save
While these three appear as smaller widgets on the left side of the screen, the majority of your screen remains open to display the wallpaper.
How to get other backgrounds on PlayStation Welcome
The easiest and most direct way to use a photo from a game as a background is to Take a screenshot using the screenshot option in any game. Third in the background menu, open your media gallery. There you can select any picture you have taken as a background. This option is not only the easiest, but also guarantees the best photo quality.
You can also use screenshots go to the PlayStation Store and take screenshots of promotional photos from games to use as backgroundswhich always ensures the high quality of the photos.
You can find images on a PC and download them to a USB stick before plugging that USB stick into your PlayStation. Once you have plugged it in, you have another option in the Media Gallery app that allows you to Open images on the USB stick and take a screenshot of them to use as wallpaperHowever, this method often results in poorer image quality unless you select the correct image online using your PC.
