🚀📦 PXPlay Multi Platform Release

PC v3.0.0 • Android v8.1.1

One of the biggest updates for the PC version of PXPlay is finally released.

After two Beta versions, a lot of testing, feedback and many bug fixes, PXPlay PC v3.0.0 is now available for Windows, Linux and macOS.

This release contains some of the biggest improvements PXPlay has received so far, including local multiplayer support, frame generation and interpolation, a completely new D3D12 rendering pipeline, improved frame pacing, DualSense haptic feedback over Bluetooth, Steam Deck improvements, deeper PSN integration, Steam shortcut support and many additional rendering, controller and quality-of-life improvements.

After the two Beta releases and all the fixes made during testing, v3.0.0 should now be stable and ready for the full release.

The Android version remains on v8.1.1 and is unchanged. Its release notes are included further below for reference.

🖥️ PXPlay PC v3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 is a major milestone for PXPlay on desktop.

A lot of work in this release happened below the surface as well. Rendering, frame pacing, controller handling, startup behavior, PSN integration and direct launching were all improved to make PXPlay faster, smoother and easier to integrate into different gaming setups.

🌟 Major Highlights

👥 Local Multiplayer Support

PXPlay now supports local multiplayer for PS4 and PS5.

Multiple locally connected controllers can now be used during a Remote Play session, making PXPlay much more useful for games that support couch multiplayer.

Just a reminder: when adding additional controllers on your PS5 via Remote Play, the additional player must either use a PSN profile that already exists on the PlayStation and is registered with PXPlay, or sign in with a PSN account that is also present on the console in order to join the session. This is only required for PS5 multiplayer and is not necessary for PS4 multiplayer.

Additional controller mappings for microphone and exiting games were added as well.

🎞️ Frame Generation and Interpolation

PXPlay v3.0.0 introduces frame generation and interpolation support.

This can make Remote Play appear significantly smoother, especially on higher refresh rate displays where the original PlayStation stream frame rate does not fully utilize the display.

Together with the new and improved frame pacing implementations, this is one of the biggest rendering improvements introduced in PXPlay so far.

⚡ New D3D12 Rendering Pipeline on Windows

PXPlay now includes a completely new Direct3D 12 rendering backend on Windows.

Besides offering another modern rendering option, the D3D12 backend creates the foundation for much more advanced GPU-based video processing, upscaling and image enhancement features in the future.

👀 And there is much more coming very soon.

The goal is to make PXPlay offer one of the best video rendering and enhancement pipelines available for Remote Play, with advanced GPU features for many different graphics cards.

More information about this will follow soon. 👀

🧈 Improved Frame Pacing and Streaming Performance

Streaming smoothness has received another major overhaul.

• Improved frame pacing support for D3D11, D3D12, Metal and Vulkan.
• Added frame generation and interpolation.
• Improved streaming performance.
• Reduced input latency in several rendering paths.
• Added frame-pacing override settings per console.
• Improved stream startup behavior.
• Improved controller initialization times.
• Improved window-size and fullscreen handling.

🎮 DualSense and Controller Improvements

Controller support continues to be a major focus of PXPlay.

• Added DualSense haptic feedback over Bluetooth.
• Added Steam Deck haptic feedback support.
• Steam Deck touchpads can now be used as the DualSense touchpad.
• Improved adaptive trigger feedback.
• DualSense haptic intensity now follows the PlayStation settings.
• Added controller lightbar and LED forwarding.
• Added an option to use SDL 3 sensor acceleration with fallback support.
• Gamepad mappings no longer require every button to be mapped.
• Added support for custom gamepad mapping files.
• Fixed keyboard mappings in native rendering views.
• Improved gamepad navigation in streaming dialogs.

🌐 Remote Console Registration Through PSN

PXPlay can now register supported consoles remotely through PSN.

This significantly improves console setup in situations where the PC and PlayStation are not currently connected to the same local network.

PSN handling in general has also received several improvements:

• Added remote console registration through PSN.
• Improved PSN token refresh and warning handling.
• Improved handling and presentation of expired PSN tokens.
• Added support for PSN account IDs larger than signed Int64 values.
• Improved profile and registration handling.
• Added optional console Wake-Up controls.
• Added support for saving the 4-digit console PIN.

🎮 Recently Played Games and Direct Game Launching

PXPlay can now display information about your recently played PlayStation games.

Even better, supported games can be started directly on your PlayStation through PSN from PXPlay.

This makes the PXPlay dashboard much more useful as a central starting point for your PlayStation sessions.

• Added recently played PlayStation game information.
• Added game artwork and metadata.
• Games can be started directly on the PlayStation through PSN.
• Consoles are displayed separately for each profile.
• Improved profile editing and management.

🔗 Steam Integration and Direct Launch Support

PXPlay can now integrate much better into Steam.

• Added support for creating PXPlay shortcuts directly in Steam.
• Registered consoles can be added individually to the Steam library.
• Steam shortcuts can launch directly into a Remote Play session.
• Improved Steam launch argument support.
• Improved direct-launch handling.
• Improved startup performance for direct launches.

This is especially useful for Steam Deck, handheld gaming PCs and couch gaming setups where PXPlay can now behave much more like a directly installed game.

🧩 Better Third-Party Launcher Integration

PXPlay is also opening up more so that it can be integrated much easier into third-party game launchers and gaming interfaces.

One example is WinHanced:

https://www.winhanced.com

I am also in contact with the WinHanced developer regarding PXPlay integration.

The goal is to make it easy for launchers to start specific registered PlayStation consoles or directly enter a Remote Play session without requiring additional user interaction.

If you are developing a launcher, handheld gaming interface or another application and would like to integrate PXPlay, feel free to contact me.

Preferably via Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/user/grill2010/

Or via email:

streamingdv@outlook.com

I am happy to provide more information about the available launch arguments and integration possibilities.

🎨 Rendering and Video Improvements

There are many additional improvements to the rendering pipeline in v3.0.0.

• Added custom Vulkan/libplacebo shader support.
• Added RGB overlays to native rendering engines.
• Added Ambient display mode similar to YouTube to reduce the visual impact of black bars.
• Added additional aspect-ratio options.
• Added an in-stream aspect-ratio button.
• Added a live performance overlay.
• Improved native rendering dialogs and interfaces.
• Added an option to disable stream audio completely.
• Added support for onscreen audio volume keys.
• Improved stream window startup and transition behavior.
• Improved fullscreen behavior.
• Improved window-size restoration.

PXPlay continues to use a GPU-first rendering architecture with zero-copy rendering where supported, low CPU overhead and hardware accelerated processing across supported platforms.

🖥️ Existing Upscaling and Rendering Features

The rendering improvements introduced with PXPlay 2.0 remain available and are further expanded by v3.0.0.

Windows

• D3D11 rendering backend.
• New D3D12 rendering backend.
• Vulkan rendering backend.
• Zero-copy GPU rendering where supported.
• FSR 1.0 spatial upscaling.
• Adjustable sharpening.
• Native HDR output support.
• HDR tone mapping for SDR displays.
• Debanding filter.
• Clarity boost post processing.
• Multiple frame pacing modes.
• Frame generation and interpolation.

macOS

• Metal rendering backend.
• MetalFX spatial upscaling.
• Improved Metal frame pacing.
• Optimized GPU rendering on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
• Reduced rendering overhead.
• Improved stream startup behavior.

Linux

• Modern Vulkan rendering backend.
• Hardware accelerated GPU rendering.
• Zero-copy processing where supported.
• Integrated FSR 1.0 upscaling.
• Adjustable sharpening.
• Custom Vulkan/libplacebo shader support.
• Improved stability across different driver configurations.

🖐️ Touch and Onscreen Control Improvements

• Added experimental multitouch support for native stream windows on Windows.
• Improved touchscreen long-press behavior.
• Added configurable onscreen touchpad sizes.
• Improved native stream interaction.

🛠️ Additional Improvements

• Fixed the recent SSL compatibility issues with Sony's servers.
• Restored affected PSN-related functionality and Sony server communication.
• Improved startup time.
• Improved controller initialization time.
• Improved Steam shortcut support.
• Improved launch argument handling.
• Improved native rendering interfaces.
• Improved gamepad navigation.
• Improved PSN token handling.
• Improved console Wake-Up handling.
• Improved direct-launch handling.
• Improved license and EULA interfaces.
• Added Windows ARM64 installer support.
• Improved Windows ARM64 packaging and native library signing.
• Added Hebrew translation.
• Numerous UI refinements.
• Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

🐛 Bug Reports

Even though v3.0.0 has gone through two Beta versions and a lot of testing, hardware and driver combinations can always behave differently.

If you encounter an issue, please include:

• Operating system and version
• GPU model and driver version
• Rendering backend used
• Controller model and connection type
• Streaming resolution and settings
• Whether Local Play, Remote Play or Steam launch was used
• Log files if possible

Send reports to:

streamingdv@outlook.com

📱 PXPlay Android v8.1.1

The Android version remains on v8.1.1 and is unchanged with this release.

Android v8.1.1 is a focused maintenance update with general stability improvements and fixes for dual screen, controller, artwork and rendering related issues reported by users.

What's Fixed and Improved

• Improved second-display detection so virtual displays, such as screen recording or casting surfaces, are ignored and the real monitor is selected.
• Fixed the DualSense touchpad click not working while a custom gamepad mapping was active.
• Fixed recently played game artwork and profile avatars getting stuck or not refreshing.
• Improved PSN account token handling and recovery from faulty tokens.
• Fixed a crash on some multi-monitor setups, for example on Samsung Galaxy S25 devices.
• Fixed the aspect-ratio button not showing on a second display.
• Fixed an image upscaling EGL rendering issue.
• General bug fixes and stability improvements.

Android v8.1.0

Android v8.1.0 focused on general bug fixes, UI improvements and better support for modern Android device form factors.

• General bug fixes and improvements.
• UI improvements and refinements.
• Added support for dual screen setups on Android devices, such as the AYN Thor.
• Additional stability improvements based on user feedback.

Android v8.0.2

• General bug fixes and improvements.

PXPlay Android v8.0.0 Major Features

Version 8.0.0 was a major Android milestone and introduced a completely redesigned modern interface together with many new features.

Redesigned Modern UI

• New modern Android UI.
• Redesigned Android TV experience.
• Improved layouts for phones, tablets and foldables.
• Dark mode support.
• Improved settings, onboarding and console management screens.
• Better visual consistency across the app.

Faster Console Setup

• Automatic remote registration without PIN where supported.
• Remote registration support without requiring the same local network in supported flows.
• Improved registered console cards.
• Optional Wake-Up button for registered consoles.
• Wake-Up support from home screen widgets.
• Auto Connect option when the app launches.

Streaming Improvements

• Compact stream area mode for foldables, dual-screen and flip devices.
• Option to display the stream in the top part of the screen.
• More aspect ratio and zoom modes.
• Optional aspect ratio button during streaming.
• Toggleable performance overlay with live stream metrics.
• Configurable FSR sharpening.
• Separate Remote Play and Local Play connection behavior.
• Preferred default Remote Play mode: PSN or Manual IP.

Controller and Input Improvements

• New gamepad button mapping UI.
• Easier remapping workflow.
• DualSense haptic intensity follows console settings.
• DualSense adaptive trigger intensity follows console settings.
• DualSense lightbar colors are forwarded from the PlayStation.
• Optional on-screen display of forwarded lightbar colors.
• New gamepad refresh rate setting including Ultra mode.
• Improved on-screen control customization.

Home Screen and Console Management

• New Android home screen widgets.
• Launch registered consoles directly from widgets.
• Wake-Up button available on widgets.
• Improved dashboard and console cards.
• Option to show only one registered console card per screen.
• Option to disable vertical background stripes.

Localization and Quality of Life

• More translation coverage.
• Improved onboarding flow.
• Better settings organization.
• General performance and stability refinements.

📋 System Requirements

PC

• Windows 10 or 11
• Linux x64 such as Ubuntu 20.04 or equivalent
• macOS 12.7 or newer
• Modern GPU with up-to-date drivers

Android

• Android 6.0 or newer
• Minimum 2 GB RAM
• Minimum resolution 1024 × 768

🔑 Licensing

A valid PXPlay license is required.

Purchase here:

https://streamingdv.com/shop-list-ns.html

Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=psplay.grill.com

iOS App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pxplay-remote-play/id1638586503

Windows, Linux and macOS share the same desktop license key.

The Android APK requires its own separate license.

By downloading PXPlay you agree to the EULA and Privacy Policy:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streamingdv/PSPlay-Application-Hosting/main/eula.txt

https://streamingdv.github.io/privacy/pxplay_privacy_policy.html

A huge thank you to everyone who tested the Beta versions, reported issues and helped improve PXPlay PC v3.0.0.

This release contains a lot of changes, but there is already more being worked on, especially around the new rendering and video enhancement pipeline. 👀

Thank you for supporting PXPlay and being part of the cross-platform journey! 🚀