Why is the upload speed on PlayStation 5 so slow? How can you do that? Make uploads faster on the PS5? This may be the question asked by one or other PlayStation 5 owner who has just set up the internet connection on the console and noticed that the “connection speed” for the upload is significantly worse than the internet connection actually allows. The question arises, why is this the case and how can it be done? Improve upload speed on PS5?
PlayStation 5: Upload speed slow and bad?
If the download and upload speeds on the PlayStation 5 are slow, then you should first check whether the internet speed is also slow on other devices that are connected to the internet via the same router as the console. Sometimes it also helps to briefly restart the router if there are problems with the connection and bandwidth. If other devices have a significantly faster upload than the PS5, then this is probably not a fault, but rather Sony’s speed test server is apparently quite slow at the moment, so the results are not entirely correct.
Make uploads faster and faster on the PS5?
How do we know this? It’s quite simple, because in addition to the integrated speed test when setting up an Internet connection and the connection test, you can also use a trick to carry out a speed test with another provider using the integrated and still hidden browser. We have already written a detailed guide on how to open and use the browser on the PS5. Below we have summarized the steps again in short form.
- Start the PlayStation 5, open the settings and select the menu item “Connect to other services” under “Users and accounts”.
- Then select the sub-item “YouTube” (no YouTube account must be linked yet) and after “Link account” DO NOT enter the access data, but click on the “Data protection” link below.
- On the data protection page you can now use the menu button (3×3 or 9 dot symbol) at the top right to open the Google search and search for a speed test, for example speedtest.net.
- If you now carry out the speed test via the PS5 browser, then not only the download speed but also the upload speed corresponds more closely to reality than the results from the integrated connection test.
In summary, one can say that the upload speed test on the PlayStation 5 in particular is probably not entirely correct at the moment and shows a significantly lower bandwidth than is actually the case. So far we haven’t been able to figure out why this is the case, but we have according to the reports Some PlayStation 5 owners have had problems with poor upload speeds when testing the connection.
