**The PlayStation VA: A Hardware and OS Tour**

I'm Louise from Louis Macintosh, and I'm excited to share with you a guest appearance on Duncan 33303 to give you a hardware and OS tour of the PlayStation VA.

First off, we're going to be talking about the hardware. The PlayStation VA sports a 5-inch OLED display which looks amazing. It's also a competitive touchscreen as well as being powered by an Arm Cortex quad-core processor, making this thing a beast!

Taking a look at the right front of the PlayStation VA, you'll find the right analog stick, the start and select button, as well as the original PlayStation button combination with a front-facing camera. On the left side, you'll find a directional pad as well as the left analog stick and the PlayStation home button.

Now, taking a look at the back of the PlayStation VA, you'll find one of the most unique features: the competitive touchback which you could use to play certain games. Also on the back are two grips that help support you when you're playing games on the PlayStation VA, as well as the rear-facing camera all the way at the top.

At the top of the video, you'll find the power button, the PlayStation VA game cartridge slot, as well as an accessory slot for future accessories and your volume rockers. At the bottom, you'll find your memory card slot, your headphone jack, and your proprietary USB and charging slot.

**The New Bubble UI**

Now, what's the purpose of having great hardware without any software to back it up? The PlayStation VA ditches the old Cross Media OS that was known for being on the PlayStation 3 and the PSP, and replaces it with this new bubble UI that works really great with touchscreens. The new operating system feels just like a smartphone, only a little bit more advanced, including some features of iOS and some features from Android.

Notifications are all found on the home screen as bubble icons. You could rearrange these icons any way you like, just like an iOS by holding down on the icon and rearranging them any way you want. And just like iOS, you can click the corner of the icon to delete it right from your home screen.

Also on the side of that page, you'll find an option to change the background of the main menu as well as adding more pages to support more icons and applications.

**Multitasking with the Live Area**

At the top of the main menu, you'll find your taskbar which shows your utilities running in the background like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as your running applications. To the right of that, you'll find the time and battery life, as well as your notifications.

When you launch an application, you'll be greeted with the live area which shows different features of the application like hot keys and shortcuts. But you could also just start off the application right from the original main menu. When you're in an application, you can press the PlayStation home button to access the live area, which is kind of like the multitasking area as well, where you can access different applications running in the background as well as accessing your main menu.

So far, this is my favorite way I've seen a device perform multitasking, and it's probably one of the best ways I could easily go look on the web for some cheat code and then come back to my game or go buy a game on the PSN and come back to my old game and start playing it again.

Another thing you could do in the live area is scroll underneath live area and see your recent activity for that certain application. It gives you access to how long you played that application as well as when you launched it.

**Conclusion**

I hope you guys enjoyed that quick tour of the hardware and software of the PlayStation VA. I actually imported this console from Japan since it hasn't launched here in the US, and it won't launch until late February, so hope you guys enjoyed this early sneak peek. If you guys would like to see more PlayStation VA coverage, be sure to check out my YouTube channel youtube.com/LouisMcIntosh as well as check out my website playstationvlog.com where me and a bunch of my other friends post a bunch of PlayStation VA news and coverage.

I'm going to go play some Gravity Days on my PlayStation VA until the next video. I'll see you guys next time!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up you guys Louise here from Louis Macintosh doing a guest appearance on Duncan 33303 to show you guys a hardware and Os tour of the PlayStation vaita so first off we're going to be talking about the hardware the PlayStation VA Sports a 5-in OLED display which looks amazing it's also a competitive touchcreen as well as it's powered by an armm cortex quad core processor so this thing is a beast so taking a look at the right front of the PlayStation vaa you'll find the right analog stick the start and select Button as well as the original PlayStation button combination with a front-facing camera right next to that on the left side you'll find a directional PAD as well as the left analog stick and the PlayStation home button now taking a look at the back of the PlayStation video you'll find one of the most unique features which is the compeitive touch back which you could use to play certain games also on the back are two grips that help support you when you're playing games on the PlayStation VA as well as you'll find the rear-facing camera all the way at the top of the back now at the top of the video you'll find the power power button the PlayStation VA game cartridge slot as well as an accessory slot for future accessories and your volume rockers and at the bottom you'll find your memory card slot your headphone jack and your proprietary USB and charging slot now what is the purpose of having great Hardware without having any software to back it up the PlayStation VA ditches the old cross media OS that is known for being on the PlayStation 3 and the PSP and replaces it with this new bubble UI that works really great with touchscreens the new operating system feels just like a smartphone only a little bit more advanced including some features of iOS and some features from Android notifications all your media games and applications are found on the home screen as bubble icons you could rearrange these icons any way you like just like an iOS by holding down on the icon and rearranging them any way you want and just like iOS you can click the corner of the icon to delete it right from your home screen also on the side of that page you'll find an option to change the background of the main menu as well as adding more pages to support more icons and applications at the top of the main menu you'll find your taskbar which shows your utilities running in the background like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well as your running applications and to the right of that you'll find the time and battery life as well as your notifications now when you launch an application you'll be greeted with the live area which shows different features of the application like hot keys and shortcuts but you could also just start off the application right from the original main menu when you're in an application you can press the PlayStation home button to access the live area which is kind of like the multi tasking area as well where you can access different applications running in the background as well as accessing your main menu so far this is my favorite way I've seen a device perform multitasking and it's probably one of the best ways I could easily go look on the web for some cheat code and then come back to my game or go buy a game on the PSN and come back to my old game and start playing it again another thing you could do in the live area is scroll underneath live area and see your recent activity for that certain application it gives you access to how long you played that application as well as when you launched it so I hope you guys enjoyed that quick tour of the hardware and software of the PlayStation VA I actually imported this console from Japan since it hasn't launched here in the US it won't launch until late February so hope you guys enjoyed this early sneak peek if you guys would like to see more PlayStation VA coverage be sure to check out my YouTube channel youtube.com/ Louis McIntosh as well as check out my website PlayStation vlog. comom where me and a bunch of my other friends post a bunch of PlayStation VA news and coverage I'm going to go play some gravity days on my PlayStation VA until the next video I'll see you you guys next time byhey what's up you guys Louise here from Louis Macintosh doing a guest appearance on Duncan 33303 to show you guys a hardware and Os tour of the PlayStation vaita so first off we're going to be talking about the hardware the PlayStation VA Sports a 5-in OLED display which looks amazing it's also a competitive touchcreen as well as it's powered by an armm cortex quad core processor so this thing is a beast so taking a look at the right front of the PlayStation vaa you'll find the right analog stick the start and select Button as well as the original PlayStation button combination with a front-facing camera right next to that on the left side you'll find a directional PAD as well as the left analog stick and the PlayStation home button now taking a look at the back of the PlayStation video you'll find one of the most unique features which is the compeitive touch back which you could use to play certain games also on the back are two grips that help support you when you're playing games on the PlayStation VA as well as you'll find the rear-facing camera all the way at the top of the back now at the top of the video you'll find the power power button the PlayStation VA game cartridge slot as well as an accessory slot for future accessories and your volume rockers and at the bottom you'll find your memory card slot your headphone jack and your proprietary USB and charging slot now what is the purpose of having great Hardware without having any software to back it up the PlayStation VA ditches the old cross media OS that is known for being on the PlayStation 3 and the PSP and replaces it with this new bubble UI that works really great with touchscreens the new operating system feels just like a smartphone only a little bit more advanced including some features of iOS and some features from Android notifications all your media games and applications are found on the home screen as bubble icons you could rearrange these icons any way you like just like an iOS by holding down on the icon and rearranging them any way you want and just like iOS you can click the corner of the icon to delete it right from your home screen also on the side of that page you'll find an option to change the background of the main menu as well as adding more pages to support more icons and applications at the top of the main menu you'll find your taskbar which shows your utilities running in the background like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well as your running applications and to the right of that you'll find the time and battery life as well as your notifications now when you launch an application you'll be greeted with the live area which shows different features of the application like hot keys and shortcuts but you could also just start off the application right from the original main menu when you're in an application you can press the PlayStation home button to access the live area which is kind of like the multi tasking area as well where you can access different applications running in the background as well as accessing your main menu so far this is my favorite way I've seen a device perform multitasking and it's probably one of the best ways I could easily go look on the web for some cheat code and then come back to my game or go buy a game on the PSN and come back to my old game and start playing it again another thing you could do in the live area is scroll underneath live area and see your recent activity for that certain application it gives you access to how long you played that application as well as when you launched it so I hope you guys enjoyed that quick tour of the hardware and software of the PlayStation VA I actually imported this console from Japan since it hasn't launched here in the US it won't launch until late February so hope you guys enjoyed this early sneak peek if you guys would like to see more PlayStation VA coverage be sure to check out my YouTube channel youtube.com/ Louis McIntosh as well as check out my website PlayStation vlog. comom where me and a bunch of my other friends post a bunch of PlayStation VA news and coverage I'm going to go play some gravity days on my PlayStation VA until the next video I'll see you you guys next time by