PS5 and PS4 Remote Play on Android

Frame generation: 30 → 60 FPS

Pro interpolates in-between video frames from optical flow with FSR 3. Use a 30 FPS stream and a Vulkan 1.3 GPU; the display must refresh at least about 1.8× the stream rate. A 60 FPS stream needs more GPU time than the phones we measured have, and the app says so. The console still renders at its original rate, and the FPS counter includes generated frames.

Generation adds about half a console frame (roughly 17 ms at 30 FPS), plus GPU time. On a 2800×1260 phone, generation with FSR measured 24–27 ms of GPU time per console frame: within a 30 FPS stream's 33 ms, but above the 16.7 ms budget of a 60 FPS stream. Without FSR, generated frames are scaled bilinearly and look softer.

FSR 1 upscaling for QHD and larger screens

Pro scales the stream to your display with sharpening, useful on QHD phones, tablets and TVs. FSR also needs Vulkan 1.3. It sharpens the received video; it cannot make a 1080p stream native 4K.

Fill the screen, without stretching

Free includes Fit and Fill. Fit keeps the whole picture with bars where needed. Fill covers a wide screen by cropping the edges, never by stretching. Choose the view that suits the game.

Use any gamepad Android recognises

Xbox, DualSense, DualShock 4, Backbone, Razer Kishi, GameSir and other Android-recognised gamepads work in Free. Rumble requires Android 12 or later and a compatible controller. Android has no gyro, touchpad surface or adaptive triggers.

Put touch controls where you want them

Choose PlayStation, Xbox or Custom layout. The Free editor lets you move controls, resize them from 0.6× to 1.6× and hide them. Adjust opacity and auto-hide for the picture and grip you prefer.

Wake from rest mode

Start a home-network session and PlayRoam wakes your PS5 or PS4. Keep the console connected to the internet in rest mode and allow turning it on from the network. Pro can also wake a PS5 over the internet.

Add a console by IP

If discovery doesn't find the console on your home network, enter its IP address in Free. Link it with Sony's pairing code before the first session. Connection stats help you see how the stream is doing.

Phones, tablets and Android TV

Android 8.0 or later. Touch controls suit phones and tablets; a gamepad is needed on Android TV. The TV interface is basic, but it works with a gamepad. A larger screen benefits from Pro FSR upscaling when the GPU supports Vulkan 1.3.