Present status of light scalars

I will briefly review in this talk the most significant developments in light scalars spectroscopy that have occurred since the last edition of this Conference, although I will comment on the updates of the mass and width of different light scalar mesons in the latest edition of the Particle Data Tables, I will be mostly focusing on the major revision of the f₀(500) meson, also known as σ meson. I will explain how this major update has been driven both by new data and rigorous dispersive analysis. (author)