This update has since been replaced by the 3.0.1 update. I've retested it, updated video can be found here:    • Playstation Portal 3.0.1  MAJOR impr...  

There are HUGE problems with the new Playstation Portal 3.0.0 update. We finally got a way to connect to public WiFi networks with the Portal. But after two days of testing it across a number of different public WiFi spots, I was left bitter and angry. You see, what’s meant to happen is that you connect your Portal to the public network, then it will give you a QR code to scan on your phone. You enter the network credentials on your phone and then your Portal will connect to the public WiFi.

However, the QR code will ONLY display on the Portal if you are connecting to a 2.4GHz network. Do you know how many public WiFi networks I found that only operated on the 2.4GHz network? That’s right. NONE! They all operate on dual band, which means the Portal gets to choose between 2.4 and 5GHz. The Portal, quite rightly, prefers to connect to the 5GHz option because it’s a faster network. You as a user have no control over that so when your Portal inevitably connects to the 5GHz frequency of the network, you don’t get the QR code which means the Portal can’t authenticate.

I'm not usually cynical but honestly, Sony MUST have known how utterly pointless and useless this 'solution' is. And yet they announced it like it was going to be a game changer out of the home. At the time of this video’s publication, you’ll only find articles stating how this update will improve connectivity to public WiFi, because those media outlets are only echoing Sony’s press release. The reality though is that it’s made no real world difference at all. All it’s done is convince customers that were unsure about buying one because of the lack of connectivity at hotels etc to purchase one. They’ll be bitterly disappointed, because this update does not do what it says on the tin.

Having said that, there are a couple of nice changes; the update to the touch screen to behave more like the dual sense controller is nice. And so too is the option to change the default battery symbol into an actual percentage. But I can’t get past the issues with public WiFi. Sony either did no testing at all outside of a controlled environment, or they just don’t care.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 What's in the new update?
1:36 Public WiFi test results
2:17 What's wrong with the new update?
4:14 Testing in a controlled environment
6:07 Public WiFi networks won't even detect
6:52 Partial success with public WiFi
8:42 Public WiFi conclusion
9:10 No stutter fix for the Portal
9:40 New touch screen features
10:02 New battery percentage feature (finally)
10:41 Help me to get a response from Sony

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