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Can You Change PS5 Background? (Answered 2022)

Are you a brand-new PlayStation 5 owner who is eager to customize the device you worked hard to get? If yes, have you wondered can you change the PS5 background?

Fortunately, no, you cannot change it because the PS5 has a dynamic home screen, the wallpaper adjusts when you choose a game. Simply highlight the tile for a game you own on the home screen to take advantage of dynamic themes and modify the background of your PS5. The background will automatically change to show a wallpaper associated with the highlighted game.

Continue reading to learn whether you can change the background on a PS5 console as well as how to modify the PS3 and PS4 wallpaper and theme.

Can You Change PS5 Background/Theme?

Unfortunately, if you fall into one of the aforementioned categories or are just interested in the features of the PS5, you may find yourself disappointed by a key omission: players are not permitted to use previously acquired/bought backgrounds or custom images of any kind as wallpaper. It’s a regrettable oversight for the PS5, as its predecessor, the PS4, made backgrounds an important feature with static and dynamic themes that could be obtained through earning platinum trophies, buying in add-on bundles/deluxe editions of games, and PlayStation gamers could even use custom images from their capture galleries as wallpaper if they so desired.

But according to reports, Sony is doing this because of the PS5’s upgraded standard background, which modifies the wallpaper slightly when you choose a particular game to play and occasionally plays a bit of the game’s theme music before you launch an application. The customization options of the PS4 were enjoyed by gamers, and in some cases, they paid extra for dynamic themes of their favorite games. Nevertheless, this is little solace. One can only hope that Sony will address this in a subsequent update to the console, bringing the previous customizability to the newer generation, or introducing new dynamic themes that are only available on the PS5.

How To Change Background Or Theme On PS3 & PS4?

Here is the process required to change the theme in PS3 and PS4.

1. Go to the Settings menu by using the main menu.
2. Select Themes.
3. On the Select Theme screen, select the theme of your choice. You may also be able to set the theme to a color of your choice, depending on which you choose
4. To set a wallpaper image of your choice, you can also choose Custom.

We can only hope that the PS5 will eventually have the same features.

In none of the UIs we saw, we could find a download or installation option for themes. This is not likely to change anytime soon, in our opinion.

Other Exclusive Themes For The PS4

The PlayStation Store has a large selection of PS4 themes, both free and paid.

You can find themes for all kinds of games available to play, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Magicka: 2, and Life Is Strange.

Themes from your favorite movies and TV shows are also available, such as Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters, and Batman v Superman.

You can also get some PS Plus exclusives for games like Far Cry 4 and DOOM.

Conclusion

On the PS5, changing themes and backgrounds is not yet possible. But when it does, I anticipate that the process will resemble how the PS4 works.

It is unknown if Sony’s new console will support user-created themes and backgrounds. If that occurs, we will offer a comprehensive tutorial on how to modify the background and theme on your PlayStation 5 console on BORDERPOLAR.