PlayStation 4 system software

Orbis OS
Operating system and user interface of the PlayStation 4 in 1.01 version
DeveloperSony Interactive Entertainment
Written inC, C++ for PS Plus and online services settings / PPC
OS familyUnix-like, (FreeBSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1.01 / November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15)
Latest release12.50 / March 25, 2025 (2025-03-25)
Available in31 languages
List of languages
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Update methodDirect download
PlayStation 4 Format Blu-ray Disc
Download to USB
Platforms
Kernel typeMonolithic with dynamically loadable modules
Default
user interface
PlayStation Dynamic Menu
Preceded byPlayStation 3 (system software)
Succeeded byPlayStation 5 (system software)
Official website

The PlayStation 4 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 4. The operating system is Orbis OS, based on FreeBSD 9.