In gunfight games like Call of Duty, hearing footsteps clearly can make it easier for you to defeat the enemy and win.
Here is the good news for PS5 players. The latest PS5 system software update allows players of COD BO6 and Warzone to hear footsteps more clearly in the game. Next, this article will take you to understand Audio Focus function and settings on PS5.
PS5 Audio Focus
On April 24, 2025, Sony’s latest system software was launched on PS5. Audio Focus is one of the auxiliary functions. It is mainly used to amplify the audio of a certain part of the game so that you can hear it more clearly.
Loudness EQ can balance the high and low sounds in the game according to your needs, minimize the sound of a certain part, or amplify a relatively low sound.
This advantage on PS5 has put console players at a disadvantage in audio in the past few years. So, if you are a player on PS5, your game can be amplified again, you just need to do the following operations.
How To Set Audio Focus?
- First, you need to update the PS5 system to the latest version to make the corresponding settings
- Go to settings of PlayStation 5
- Click on “Sound” setting
- Select “Volume” setting below
- Click on “Audio Focus”
There are four Focus Type settings: Boost Low Pitch, Boost High Pitch, Boost Voices, and Boost Quiet Sounds. Each setting here can adjust strong, medium, and weak levels, and you can also set it left and right according to your needs.
Tips On Audio Focus
Boost High Pitch
This setting is specifically designed to increase the sound of footsteps. It can amplify sounds such as footsteps and metal noises in the game.
Audio Focus is an auxiliary function that serves more hearing-impaired and impaired players. Some anchors and creators who have high audio requirements will use it to maximize their competitive advantage.
If we are ordinary players with normal hearing, we don’t need to adjust this setting to the highest to use it to amplify footsteps.
Here I recommend you to choose weak or medium level. If players with normal hearing adjust this setting to high level, the footsteps of enemies will be too loud in the game, some metal collision sounds will become very harsh, and the noises from vehicles and aircraft will be over-amplified, which will affect our gaming experience.
After trying to Boost High Pitch of different intensities for several hours in CoD: Black Ops 6 Bot Lobbies, we are impressed by the footsteps.
Sometimes, we can even accurately judge the enemy’s position, where they are walking from, whether they are approaching, etc. through the footsteps of the enemy, which is difficult to do with the normal sound effect.
Boost Quiet Sounds
Boost Quiet Sounds can amplify some low-frequency sounds. In the game, we feel that footsteps sound relatively low, so what will happen if we try to use Boost Quiet Sounds to replace Boost High Pitch?
After setting this to medium or high in the game, we can still hear louder footsteps than in the normal setting, but compared with the effect of Boost High Pitch, it is obviously weakened.
But when the enemy is crawling on the grass, we can hear the sound in the grass very clearly, which can also help us judge the enemy’s position more accurately.
Compared with Boost High Pitch, it enhances the sound more gently. If you feel uncomfortable with the sound amplification effect of Boost High Pitch, you can try this gentle method.
It can also let you hear some sounds such as the wind blowing the grass and leaves. These are all things you can’t hear under normal settings.
Audio Focus can only be used effectively when matched with headphones. Similarly, in addition to COD Bo6, it also applies to other games on PS5. As long as you have requirements for sound, you can use it to improve your audio.
