How to Open, Use, and Customize the Control Center on Your PS5

The PS5 Control Center is a great tool for optimizing your PS5 experience while also getting you back to gaming as quickly as possible. Here’s how to use it.

Want to quickly adjust a setting or see your notification on your PS5? Well, you don’t have to leave your game or app and work your way up into the settings to do this.

Control Center gives you quick access to some settings and features without leaving the current activity on your PS5. Read on to find out how you can use and customize Control Center to make your PS5 experience even smoother.

What is PS5 Control Center?

The control center on PS5 is basically a customizable quick menu that gives you access to a few features and settings without having to go the long way. Control Center is easy to access, and you can customize it to keep frequently used items within easy reach.

You can access a variety of useful features from the PS5’s Control Center. For example, you can use the accessibility settings to optimize your gaming experience. The Switcher, as the name suggests, allows you to switch between your recent apps or games. You can also take a quick look at your PS5 accessories from Control Center.

The Control Center offers a lot more than what we’ve mentioned, and the only way to become familiar with it is to explore it yourself.

How to open and customize Control Center on PS5

To access the control center on your PS5, all you have to do is press the PS button on your DualSense controller.

Once you’ve done that, the control center will open at the bottom of the screen. Control Center works with any activity – whether you’re watching a movie or playing a game, pressing the PS button brings it up.

The control center consists of a single bar at the bottom of the screen. You can rearrange this so it better reflects your most-used features.

1. Open Control Center by pressing hp button on your DualSense controller.
2. Press the options button on your controller. This will enable customizations in Control Center.
3. Highlight an item and then press X on your controller.
4. Use the left stick to move the object. Moving an item to the bottom bar removes it from Control Center. You can also select an item from the bottom bar and move it up to add it to your control center.
5. Press the options press again to save your changes.

That’s all! Now you can access the features you use often without having to press a series of buttons on your controller or ever leave your game. You are just a PS button away!

There is a shortcut for everything

While the PS5 user interventions are well designed, it’s still an inconvenience when you have to exit the game you’re playing to change a minor setting. With the control center you can access useful settings and functions from anywhere on your PS5.

All you have to do is customize the Control Center to your liking, and from there just press the PS button on your controller!