After 2 years, the PlayStation Portal lastly grew to become an actual handheld

When the PlayStation Portal launched in 2023, it felt like an incomplete expertise. Whereas it was handy that you may stream your PS5 games immediately out of your console to the hand held, the power to play video games independently of your PS5 was lacking.

It appears Sony acknowledged this as nicely, as a result of late final yr, it launched a beta for Cloud Streaming on the PlayStation Portal, enabling customers to stream and play PS5 video games from the cloud on the hand held, with out having to hook up with their PS5. Now, after a prolonged beta testing interval, Cloud Streaming is formally launching for the PlayStation Portal.

Beginning November 5, 2025, at 6PM PT / 9PM EST, PlayStation Plus Premium members will have the ability to stream PS5 video games from the cloud on their PlayStation Portal. Subscribers to PlayStation Plus Premium can stream video games from the PlayStation Plus Sport Catalog and Classics Catalog, in addition to choose titles they already personal. Sony says “1000’s of PS5 video games” will likely be supported at launch, together with Astro Bot, Borderlands 4, Last Fantasy VII Rebirth, Fortnite, Ghost of Yotei, Grand Theft Auto V, and Resident Evil 4.

The PlayStation Portal can be getting a redesigned person interface

You may solely stream PS5 video games; PS3 and PS4 video games are usually not supported

Credit score: Sony

Along with launching Cloud Streaming for the PlayStation Portal, Sony can be introducing a redesigned person interface for the hand held gadget. This interface options three predominant menus: a Distant Play dwelling display for streaming video games from a linked PS5 console, a Cloud Streaming dwelling display for PlayStation Plus Premium members to play video games from the cloud, and a Search display for locating video games that assist cloud streaming.

To make use of Cloud Streaming on the PlayStation Portal, Sony recommends a broadband web reference to a minimal velocity of 5 Mbps for each obtain and add. For the very best cloud streaming expertise, Sony recommends 13 Mbps for 720p, 23 Mbps for 1080p, 39 Mbps for 1440p, and 52 Mbps for 4K.

“Cloud Streaming unlocks new methods to play: take pleasure in a sport side-by-side with a pal who’s utilizing your PS5 underneath a separate account, or stream your favourite sport whereas another person watches a film on the console,” PlayStation mentioned in a blog post. “Cloud Streaming additionally makes it simpler to take pleasure in PS5 video games on the go – at a resort, café, pal’s place, or wherever else with a high-speed web Wi-Fi connection — since you possibly can hold taking part in even when your PS5 console again house is powered off or is in use by one other account.”

Sony can be releasing a number of different helpful updates for the PlayStation Portal associated to Cloud Streaming, together with assist for 3D Audio, the power to make in-game purchases throughout cloud streaming and settle for sport invitations from associates, and new accessibility choices.

One notable omission from Sony’s launch of Cloud Streaming for the PlayStation Portal is the power to stream non-PS5 video games. Sony permits you to play quite a lot of PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 video games by Cloud Streaming on the PS5 console itself by the PlayStation Plus Premium Classics Catalog, however you possibly can’t do this on the PlayStation Portal, in keeping with Sony’s FAQ. It is unclear if Sony plans to alter this sooner or later, however I hope it does, as I would love to have the ability to play PS3 games like The Sly Cooper Assortment or Lego Star Wars: The Full Saga on the Portal.

Cloud Streaming launches on the PlayStation Portal on November 5, 2025, at 6PM PT / 9PM ET, so so long as you are a PlayStation Plus Premium member, you can get in on the motion.