How can you in the PlayStation app change the cover photo on the PS4 or PS5? Where is the setting for the cover image in the PS app now and then how can you get a set your own image? These questions will certainly have been on the minds of one or two PlayStation app users in recent weeks, as the PlayStation app also received an update as part of the release of the new PlayStation 5. With the update, among other things, the user interface was adjusted a little and the function with which you could change the cover photo from your cell phone and set your own image has disappeared. The question arises, has the function really been removed or just moved?
Change PlayStation app cover image
The short answer to the above question is, no, you can Cover photo of your own profile on the PlayStation 4 unfortunately no longer change via the PlayStation app. According to our research, the “Change cover photo” function in the PS app was probably deleted in one of the last updates (on both Android and iOS). The change is probably also related to the fact that you can no longer set a cover photo on the new PS5 at the moment and probably in the future(?).
Update: You can now set a cover photo on the PlayStation 5 again, but not via the app.
Even if the “Change cover photo” function can no longer be used in the PlayStation app, you can still change the cover photo on the PlayStation 4 in the usual way on your profile and use a trick to upload your own pictures in addition to screenshots.
- Start PlayStation 4, go to your profile and select the three-dot symbol to the right of “Set online status”.
- Select “Change cover photo” in the context menu and you can set a new cover photo.
Set your own cover photo on the PS4
If you don’t just want to set screenshots from games, but also your own picture from your cell phone or the Internet as the PS4 cover photo, then you have to use a little trick. In order to be able to select the image from the “Screenshots” as the cover image, you must first create a screenshot of your own image. The image can be accessed via the integrated web browser by uploading it to an image hoster and then opening it in the browser. You can then select the screenshot as the cover image as described above.
