Looks
Universe Big Screen comes with three looks: Universe, the default, then Switch 2 and PS5. They share your library and your settings, and differ in where things are.
Universe
Section titled “Universe”
Dark, with the game’s art behind everything: tabs along the top, a hint bar along the bottom and the dock over a running game. The rest of these pages describe this look.
Switch 2
Section titled “Switch 2”
A light look after the Switch 2 HOME menu: a row of games over a bar of round buttons.
- All Software lists every game, with sorting, search and Groups for your favourites.
- Settings is System Settings. Downloads is Updates there, Network is Internet and Storage is Data Management. Stores install from Install on the HOME bar.
- Updates also holds Game updates: the games you update yourself, and behind Show the games Universe can’t check the ones to confirm.
- Screenshots and recordings are in Album, the journal in News.
- Start on a game opens Software Options, with its settings, data, artwork and journal.
- There’s no dock. HOME over a game flips to the HOME menu and back, and on the running game’s tile X closes it.
- Controllers, on the HOME bar, reconnects and pairs your pads.
After the PS5 home screen: two tabs, Games and Media, and a row of tiles over the focused game’s hero and Game Hub.
- Search, Settings and Power are icons in the top bar. Downloads is Updates in Settings, and Bluetooth is Accessories.
- Updates also holds Game updates: the games you update yourself, and behind Show the Games Universe Can’t Check the ones to confirm.
- Game Library, at the end of the row, sorts and filters your games. The Store tile installs them.
- HOME over a game opens the Control Center, with the game, screenshots, controllers, performance, sound and power. Its Controller Settings opens the Controllers page.
- Achievements are trophies, and most screens show no button hints.
- It asks before quitting Universe with a game running.
Switching looks
Section titled “Switching looks”Settings › Appearance › Theme lists the three looks, then the themes you installed. The switch is live, with no restart. In the Switch 2 and PS5 looks, Appearance shows each look as a row to pick.
The startup animation
Section titled “The startup animation”A full-screen start opens on the Universe mark, with a chime. Any button skips it, and Settings › Appearance › Startup animation turns it off.
Themes others made
Section titled “Themes others made”A theme is a look someone else made, installed from Get more… in Appearance. Themes covers them, and how to get back to the Universe look when one leaves you stuck.
Trademarks
Section titled “Trademarks”The Switch 2 and PS5 looks follow those consoles’ home screens. Universe is not affiliated with Nintendo or Sony. Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo; PlayStation and PS5 are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.