{"id":84247,"date":"2015-12-08T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84247"},"modified":"2015-12-08T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T08:47:04","slug":"playstation-messages-mock-your-friends-from-the-comfort-of-a-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/84247-playstation-messages-mock-your-friends-from-the-comfort-of-a-smartphone","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Messages: mock your friends from the comfort of a smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PlayStation has launched a new messaging app for\u00a0iOS and Android, called\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.eu.playstation.com\/2015\/12\/08\/introducing-the-playstation-messages-ios-and-android-app\/\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation Messages<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>This new app helps you contact your PSN friends in a quicker, easier way than ever before,<\/em>\u201d said the division of Sony.<\/p>\n<p>PlayStation Messages allows you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check your Friends List to see who\u2019s online and what they\u2019re playing.<\/li>\n<li>Send text messages or voice messages to friends or to groups of friends.<\/li>\n<li>Upload and share your attachments and swap PlayStation-themed stickers.<\/li>\n<li>Search for and add new PlayStation Network contacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The existing PlayStation App will continue to support features such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing game downloads.<\/li>\n<li>Controlling your PS4 remotely.<\/li>\n<li>Acting as a second screen to certain titles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PSN-Messenger-PlayStation-Messages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84251\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PSN-Messenger-PlayStation-Messages.jpg\" alt=\"PSN-Messenger- PlayStation-Messages\" width=\"722\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/148915-playstation-launches-smartphone-messaging-app.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other PlayStation news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84241-original-max-payne-heading-to-ps4.html\">Original Max Payne heading to PS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84215-playstation-experience-wrap-up-a-helluva-lot-of-gameplay-and-more.html\">PlayStation Experience wrap-up: a helluva lot of gameplay and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84149-you-will-have-to-repurchase-ps2-games-to-play-them-on-ps4.html\">You will have to repurchase PS2 games to play them on PS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84087-siren-blood-curse-is-terrifying-you-need-to-play-it-right-now.html\">Siren: Blood Curse is terrifying: you need to play it right now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why else do you message someone mid-game?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":84249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[947,531,1969,16629,16627],"class_list":["post-84247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-android","tag-ios","tag-news-2","tag-playstation-messages","tag-psn-messenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}