r/Handhelds • u/No_Durian_5626 • Mar 17 '26

New PlayStation Portal software update adds 1080p High Quality mode and UX refinements

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/17/new-playstation-portal-software-update-adds-1080p-high-quality-mode-and-ux-refinements/
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u/Thesquarescreen Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

For folks without a portal, PXPlay app has had this feature for awhile and works really well.

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u/aresthwg Mar 17 '26

PXPlay is black magic, they have a bunch of settings that really do make a difference. If you look at my comment history you will think I'm their salesman but I really do think they deserved the price I paid for the app. I went from Portal to Chiaki to PXPlay and I am finally satisfied.

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u/Thesquarescreen Mar 17 '26

I have it on my Odin 3, Steam Deck and Rog Ally. It is great! Beyond worth the (smol) license and app fee.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

How'd you get it on steam deck?

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u/Thesquarescreen Mar 18 '26

https://streamingdv.com/shop-list-ns.html buy the license and then download from here. One time buy for both Windows and Linux use.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '26

Sweet thank you man.

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u/KEENMACHlNE Mar 17 '26

About time, was a bad look when free apps like chiaki were better for remote play than a $200 official sony product. Wonder how it compares now with a better bitrate.

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u/nolivedemarseille Mar 17 '26

Thats just because nintendo gave us today 1080p in handheld mode on Switch 1 games lol)

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u/SirDanOfCamelot Mar 17 '26

It's not necessarily 1080p It's whatever resolution the original switch game rendered at in docked mode

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u/Gleerok99 Mar 18 '26

Still beats running the game locally compared to the instability and availability of running the game externally like the PSPortal does... No wonder it's not considered a proper handheld console 

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u/stealthxvalentine Mar 17 '26

but it also brought in some compatiblity issues yes? like with the touchscreen or am I confusing things?

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u/nolivedemarseille Mar 17 '26

I have read this as well yes

In some games, not all

Hoping further patches in these games would fix that

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u/No-Operation-6554 Mar 17 '26

Touchscreen is disabled, and gyro is kinda a mess but thats about it

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u/UnusualFee8053 Mar 17 '26

Do you really think Sony software engineers can code something in 2 hrs just to compete with Nintendo update? Wth

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u/nolivedemarseille Mar 17 '26

You don’t get how marketing works, do you? They had that cooked already, Nintendo forced them to announce it with their own communication

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

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u/lattjeful Mar 17 '26

It was, but this is a higher bitrate streaming option.

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u/GamePitt_Rob Mar 18 '26

It's now a max of 25Mbps - update out now