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PS4 Second Screen: phone remote and text input for PS4

By Trang Nguyen

Editor, media and streaming

Operate your PS4 from your phone
Type text on the PS4 using the phone's keyboard
In-game information on your phone during supported games
Requires a PlayStation Network account to sign in
Turn off background auto-close if sign-in or network errors appear

What PS4 Second Screen is for

PS4 Second Screen is a companion app for PS4 owners who want their phone to work alongside the console. It links the phone to the PS4 and offers three things: remote operation, text entry, and in-game information on the phone's screen. Everything it does depends on a PlayStation Network account.

The app suits people who already play on a PS4 and want the phone to handle some of the console's input or display. It works with other PlayStation apps on the same phone, though the listing notes that some of those can interfere with sign-in.

Operating the PS4 from a phone

The main function is using the phone as a way to operate the PS4. The listing does not break down which console menus or controls are covered, so the scope of that control is limited to what the listing states.

Because the phone is the controller in this case, it can stand in for the console's own controller while you browse or navigate. The listing does not describe any setup steps beyond signing in.

Typing text on the PS4 with a phone keyboard

You can enter text on the PS4 using your phone. This matters when a game, the console menus, or a sign-in screen asks for typed input, since you can type on the phone instead of using the controller's on-screen keyboard.

The listing does not say which text fields are supported or whether text entry works outside the console's own screens.

Viewing in-game information on a phone

While a game is running on the PS4, the app can show information from that game on your phone. This only works with games that support the second screen feature. Games without that support will not send information to the phone.

The listing gives no examples of the kind of information shown, so the content is limited to what the developer states: in-game information from supported games.

Sign-in and network problems with other PlayStation apps

A PlayStation Network account is required to use any of the features. If you have PlayStation Messages, PlayStation Communities or the PlayStation App installed alongside this app, the listing says to stop each of them from closing automatically in the background. This is the step it gives for sign-in trouble or network connection errors.

The same advice applies to each of those three apps, so a phone with several of them installed may need the setting changed in more than one place.