Sony released the 1.7 firmware update for the PS4 today, featuring a lot of generally requested features, but there are a few that still didn’t appear, such as friend notifications.
According to Twitter user bjexbob friend notifications are finally going to appear with firmware update 1.8. bjexbox confirmed that he indeed works in a position that gives him plenty insight on the issue (we won’t disclose said position to respect his privacy).
My old friend says 1.8 Will have friendnot. @bjexan
— Tidux (@Tidux) April 30, 2014
Interestingly enough Tidux also added that Friend notifications have been working internally since update 1.6, but hasn’t been implemented yet for general users.
Finally, he mentioned that some of the features that were to be implemented in the firmware “slipped again.” That’s actually very interesting, because yesterday something definitely seemed to be up at Sony.
Of course there’s no confirmation of any of this from Sony, and as all information coming from insiders, it should be considered as a rumor.