PlayStation Welcome is a new function for PlayStation 5 that's the new first screen you'll see when you turn on your PlayStation. This screen is highly customizable and allows you to add or remove widgets to see what you think is most important.
PlayStation Welcome also has a background that can be changed to almost any photo you want, although this background is visible behind your current widgets and disappears once you move from the PlayStation Welcome icon. Although it's not the same theme system as PlayStation 4; players can customize it and at least set a background that will be visible every time the PlayStation is turned on.
How to Change the PlayStation Welcome Background
PlayStation Welcome will be the first icon you see every time PlayStation 5 will turn on and press the left joystick or d-pad to fully open the welcome page. To change the background, open the welcome page and press up twice and place the cursor on the edit button. Swipe right twice and select the background option to open the three options you have for the background. No matter which background or photo you choose, it will remain as your home page background until a different one is selected.
Displayed widgets can be turned on or off to show only the ones you want, but you always need to turn on three. For those who want to prefer the background view over the widgets, turn on the following three:
- Battery life
- Trophies
- Trade
Although these three appear as smaller widgets on the left side of the screen, it leaves most of the screen open to show the background.
How to get more backgrounds on PlayStation Welcome
The easiest and most direct way to get a photo from the game as a background is get it yourself using the screenshot option in any game. The third open in the background menu is your media gallery, which allows you to choose any image you've taken as your background. This option is not only the easiest, but also guarantees the best quality photos.
You can also use screenshots to the PlayStation Store and take promotional photos from the games to use as backgroundswhich also always guarantees a high-quality photo.
You can find the images on your computer and download them to the USB before plugging the USB into the PlayStation. Once connected, you'll have another option in the Media Gallery app to let you do this open the images on the USB and take screenshots of them to use as backgroundsalthough this method often results in lower quality images unless you get the right one online with your computer.
