There was some surprise when Sony launched the PlayStation Portal last year. The $200 device is advertised as a gaming accessory rather than dedicated handheld gaming

With its latest update, Sony is making the PlayStation Portable a more versatile device, with a new-found cloud gaming capability.

Furthermore, Sony's cloud streaming features for the handheld will stream games from the PlayStation Plus Games Catalog, and it would only feature PS5 games in the present tests.

Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming. When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi. But as part of a new system update that’s rolling out starting later today,

But the PlayStation Portal won’t stream any PS4 or PS3 games, nor any PS5 game you bought from the PlayStation Store.

A new PlayStation Portal update releases later today, featuring: ☁️ Cloud streaming beta for select PS5 games 🔉 Refined volume adjustment settings Full details: https://t.co/0XhNIjX5iE pic.twitter.com/uOKuTJpF2p

Sony has launched a new software update for its PlayStation Portal handheld gaming device, enabling cloud streaming for PlayStation 5 games. Available globally, the update allows PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to stream select PS5 games directly to their Portal,

Sony has pushed a massive PlayStation Portal update that makes the handheld accessible to players without a PlayStation 5 console. Rather than streaming games exclusively from the player's PS5, the Portal is now also compatible with PlayStation Plus Premium,

PlayStation Portal now works without a PS5 thanks to cloud-streaming update - You can stream more than 120 games from PS Plus including Ghost of Tsushima and Spider-Man: Miles Morales