How to get other backgrounds on PlayStation Welcome

PlayStation Welcome is a new feature for PlayStation 5 this is the first new screen you see when you start your PlayStation. This screen is highly customizable, allowing you to add or remove widgets to prioritize seeing 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 seen behind your current widgets and will disappear once you swipe past the PlayStation Welcome icon. Although this is not the same theme system as PlayStation 4; players can customize it and at least set up a background that will be visible every time you turn on the PlayStation.

How to change your PlayStation welcome background


PlayStation Welcome will be the first icon you look at every time PlayStation 5 it starts up and pressing down on the left joystick or d-pad will bring up the welcome page completely. To change your background, open the welcome page and press up twice to hover over the edit button. Swipe right twice to select the background option to open the three options you have for the background. Whatever background or photo you select remains as the welcome page background until another is selected.

The displayed widgets can be turned on or off to show only the ones you want, but three must always be on. For those who want to prioritize the background view over widgets, enable the following three:

  • Battery life
  • TROPHIES
  • Store

While these three will appear as smaller widgets on the left side of the screen, it will leave most of the screen open to show the background.

How to get other backgrounds on PlayStation Welcome


The simplest and easiest way to get a photo from a game as a background take it yourself using the screenshot option in any game. The third opening in the background menu is the media gallery, allowing you to choose any photo you've taken as your background. This option is not only the easiest, but guarantees the best quality of photos.

Also, using screenshots, you can go in the PlayStation Store and screenshot promotional photos from the games to use as backgroundswhich will always guarantee a high quality photo.

You can find images on a computer and download them to a USB before connecting that USB to the PlayStation. When you're signed in, you'll have another option in the Media Gallery app that lets you open images on USB and take a screenshot to use as backgroundalthough this method often results in lower quality images unless you take the right one online with your computer.


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