Do you want to host or join parties on your PS4 gaming console? If yes, then you have come to the right place. Joining or creating a party on PS4 is one of the best features that we can use in the console right now. After the last PS4’s firmware update, joining or hosting parties has become a little puzzling. Many users are not able to make it happen since they have upgraded their device to 8.00 firmware version.
Since the update has arrived, it has changed the entire way of creating or connecting a PS4 Party. Worry not, as we are here to help you out. In this article, we are going to discuss how to do just that.
How to Host a PS4 Party
You may have hosted a party on your console before, but now, the entire method has changed. You cannot host a party in the same way you used to. You need first to learn the new way of arranging a party on PS4 in order to invite your friends to your upcoming PS4 get-together.
Here’s how you can host a party on your PS4 gaming console:
- Make sure to turn on your Playstation 4.
- In the main menu, you should see the Party icon on the top.
- You can notice that now you cannot host a party directly as you used to and neither can you leave it active for others to join. After the update, your friends can no longer see active parties or join them even if you have hosted one and then left it open.
- To start a party, please select the option that says Start Party.
- After clicking the Start Party button, a list of your accessible messages will appear on the Messages tab.
- That means you will be able to invite only those people that had a conversation with you.
- So if you want to invite a person that hasn’t started a conversation with you on PS4 yet, you must start a conversation with them first.
- After that, you can select the conversations to start a party with the users.
In case you want to invite more people to your party that you have never talked to via messages, you should first add those users to a new conversation thread on your PS4.
- To do so, first, select the Create Group option from the top.
- Then add the users from the left side navigation menu.
- You can select how you want to add people. For example, you can use All Friends, Search, or a Custom List to add new users.
If you want to start a Party Chat with your old conversation thread, you can do this without entering into the Party feature.
Open an old conversation and then choose the Party button from the left side. This will start a Party Voice Chat with the person.
Once your party starts, it will be just like it was used to. You should be able to talk with party members, and it doesn’t matter what game the members play at the moment.
You can select the Party Settings option on the right hand to make a few changes in your party, involving the balance of party-talk and game audio.
If someone requests you to join a PS4 party with the same method, PS4 will notify you. The notification will be the same as it was used to even prior to the firmware 8.00 update. You can tap the notification to read more and join the party in which the user has invited you.
A Suggestion for Parties in PlayStation 4
The new 8.00 firmware update in PS4 is almost futile as the old version was alright or possibly even better.
This new update has made basic functions difficult to use, like hosting a party. We hope the company may consider this point in their next update and make its functions simpler again.
Until they make it simpler, we have a professional tip to access this function even more effortlessly.
You can add some selective groups to the favorites in PS4 as this will allow you to quickly host a party with your beloved friends.
To add a group conversation to your favorites, please follow these instructions:
- First, open the Messages tab in your PS4 and then look for the conversation you want to add to favorites.
- After selecting the conversation you want to add to favorite, please hit the Options button.
- After that, pick the “Add to Favorites” option from the given choices.
Congratulations, you have successfully added the conversation into your Favorite tab. Now you will be able to quickly access it from the Favorite tab anytime you want to host a party.
Source :- https://techdrawn.com/how-to-host-or-join-a-party-on-ps4/
