The PlayStation 5 is getting its first major system update this week, but one much-requested feature is still missing

• Just about six months after launch, the PlayStation 5 is getting its first major update.
• The software update adds a variety of quality of life features.
• Unfortunately, a highly-requested feature - adding additional storage space - is still in the works.

Just over six months after the launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony is giving the console its first major software update - but it still doesn't address the core issue PS5 users have been complaining about.

On Wednesday, April 14, the first major update is scheduled to roll out with a slew of additions and changes to the wildly popular game console.

Prime among those changes is support for USB game storage - a solution intended for users running into the PS5's limited storage space. The PlayStation 5, like Microsoft's Xbox Series S and X consoles, uses a new type of solid-state storage which enables much faster game loads. But games like the latest "Call of Duty" can gobble up huge portions of precious storage space, and PS5 users have been forced to decide which games to keep on their consoles.

Since PlayStation 5 games cannot be played from external storage, the addition of USB storage is intended as a temporary solution to a longer term problem. Rather than having to delete games to make space for new ones, PS5 users will be able to move a game temporarily to a USB storage device.

Sony has said that support for additional solid-state storage is in the works for the PlayStation 5, but no date has been given.

"It is faster to reinstall PS5 games from USB extended storage than to re-download or copy them from a disc," Sony platform planning and management senior VP Hideaki Nishino said on the PlayStation blog. "It's a great way to extend the storage capabilities of your PS5 console, and you can seamlessly copy your PS5 games back to the console's internal storage when you're ready to play."

Beyond the storage changes, a variety of smaller "quality of life" features are being added in the update: The ability to share your screen with friends over the internet, pre-downloads of game updates while the console is resting, and the ability to change which games show up in your game library are just a few.

Check out the full list of changes right here.

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