Firmware

Every PSP device comes with built-in software which controls how device works and what it can do, widely known as firmware. This piece of software is developed and maintained by Sony which often releases it’s upgrades. Firmware upgrade may include security patches, new or revised settings and features and other items, which change PSP functionality and should improve overall PSP experience.

This page represents overview of PSP firmware history, where most recent firmware version is on top. Each version has a list of security patches, new or revised settings and features and other items, in that version release. Latest version of PSP firmware can be obtained from Sony PSP website.

v3.90 ~ January 30th 2008

 Network
Skype™ has been added as a feature under [Network]. (PSP Slim only)

Game
Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.

v3.80 ~ December 18th 2007

Network
(Internet Radio) has been added as a feature under [Network]. You can now play programs (audio content) distributed by Internet radio stations.
You can now import OPML files under (RSS Channel).
You can now view photos displayed on a PSP® system that is connected to the Internet under (RSS Channel).

Video
You can now preview each scene of a video using the [Scene Search] feature.

Music
The number of visual player types that can be used has been increased

v3.73 ~ November 29th 2007

Games
Support for PLAYSTATION ®Network titles has been expanded.

Hardware
peration of the UMD™ drive has been improved to address cases in which the UMD™ drive occasionally suspends and fails to reload data. Updating the system software to version 3.73 will resolve this issue.

v3.72 ~ October 30th 2007

Games
Support for PLAYSTATION ®Network titles has been expanded.

Network
Assign Buttons has been added to the Remote Play menu.

Video
Sequential playback of videos saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media is now supported.

v3.71 ~ September 11th 2007

PSPot feature has been removed, since it’s only for Japan PSP users.
THEME folder is now automatically created by the firmware.

v3.70 ~ September 11th 2007

Settings
You can now set a custom theme under [Theme Settings]. The Home Menu colour background or icon design can be changed, based on the theme that is selected.

Video
You can now search for a scene when playing a movie that is saved on a Memory Stick Duo media.
Sequential playback of videos that are saved on the Memory Stick Duo media is now supported.

Music
Simultaneous playback of content under Music and Photo is now supported.

Network
[Assign Buttons] has been added to the [Remote Play] menu.

v3.52 ~ July 24th 2007

Game
Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.

v3.51 ~ June 29th 2007

Security
A patch has been added to address security vulnerability in the system software.

v3.50 ~ May 31st 2007

Network
You can now connect a PSP system to a PS3 system via the Internet using [Remote Play].
[Communication Settings] has been added as an option to the [Remote Play] menu.
[RSS Channel Guide] has been added as a feature under [RSS Channel].

v3.40 ~ April 19th 2007

Game
Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.
Saved data from PlayStation (PS one) format software can now be used on both the PSP system and the PS3 system.
[Certificate Utility] was deleted.
Information that was displayed in [Certificate Utility] can be checked by the following method: select the icon of the game you want to display information for, press the TRIANGLE button, and then select [Information] from the options menu.

v3.30 ~ March 23rd 2007

Game
Features for playing PLAYSTATION®Network titles have been enhanced: [Disc-Load Speed] has been added to the menu.

Network
[RSS Channel] now supports item thumbnail images.

Video
Thumbnail images of videos that are stored in the ‘VIDEO’ folder of Memory Stick Duo media are now supported.
The following types of files can now be played in the ‘VIDEO’ folder: MPEG-4 AVC(H.264) video Main Profile (AVC CABAC) files of the following sizes: 720 X 480, 352 X 480, or 480 X 272

v3.11 (February 08th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

Game
Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles have been strengthened
[Game reset] was added to the menu.

v3.10 ~ January 30th 2007

Game
Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.

Network
You can now play MPEG-4 AVC format video files under [LocationFree™ Player].
[Conserve Memory] has been added as an option in [View Settings] under [Internet Browser].

Settings
[Dynamic Normalizer] has been added as a feature under [Sound Settings].
[Wireless Hot Spot] was added to Network Setting (Japanese Model Only)

v3.03 ~ December 20th 2006

Game
Additional PlayStation Network titles are now supported. PlayStation Network titles can be downloaded via the PlayStation 3.

v3.02 ~ December 6th 2006

Security
A patch has been added that addresses the security vulnerability in the system software.

v3.01 ~ November 22nd 2006

Security
A patch has been added that addresses the security vulnerability in the system software.

v3.00 ~ November 21st 2006

Network
[Remote Play] has been added (allows connectivity to PS3)
[Online Manual] has been added
[Timer Settings] were added to the RSS Channel

Games
PlayStation titles can now be played using the PS3

Music
3 Fast Forward options were added

Video
Motion JPEG format (M-JPEG) is now supported
[Camera] option has been added

Photo
[Camera] option has been added

Settings
[UMD Automatic Start] options have been added

v2.82 ~ October 26th 2006

Security
A patch has been added that addresses the security vulnerability in the system software.

v2.81 ~ September 7th 2006

Security
A patch has been added that addresses the security vulnerability in the system software.

Other
Certain conditions that have occurred when using Memory Stick PRO Duo™ with free (recordable) memory space of 4 GB or more are now solved.

v2.80 ~ July 27th 2006

Network
You can now download video and image content under [RSS Channel].
You can now register devices via a wireless LAN access point under [LocationFree™ Player].

Music
You can now play AAC files with the .3gp file extension.

Settings
[Automatic] has been added as an option under [Network Settings] > [Infrastructure Mode].

Other
Support for the playback of content stored in [MUSIC], [PICTURE] and [VIDEO] folders at the root level of Memory Stick Duo™ media has been added.

v2.71 ~ June 1st 2006

Network
Using the PSP® system’s [Internet Browser] feature, game demos can now be downloaded and saved on Memory Stick™ media.
Video can now be displayed correctly when an external tuner is selected in [LocationFree™ Player].

v2.70 ~ April 25th 2006

Network
Macromedia® Flash® content can now be displayed in [Internet Browser].
[Connection Settings] has been added as a setting under [Settings] in [Internet Browser] > [Tools].
Audio content from [RSS Channel] can now be saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media.
[Automatic] has been added as an option under [Rate] in the control panel of [LocationFree™ Player].

Music
A new file extension has been added to playable AAC formats.

Settings
Enable Flash® Player] has been added as a setting under [System Settings].
[Enable Flash® Player] has been added as a setting under [System Settings].
[RSS Channel Settings] has been added as a setting.
[UMD™Video L/R Button] has been added as an option under [Video Settings].

Other

Certain conditions that have occurred when using Memory Stick PRO Duo™ with free (recordable) memory space of 2 GB or more are now solved.

v2.60 ~ November 29th 2005

Network
[RSS Channel] has been added as a feature under [Network].
[Volume Adjustment] has been added as an option in the [LocationFree Player] control panel.
[Simplified Chinese (GB18030)]* and [Traditional Chinese (Big5)] have been added as options to [Encoding] under [View] in the [Internet Browser] menu bar.
Copyright-protected video data provided by a content provider or other services can now be downloaded directly to a Memory Stick Duo™ using the [Internet Browser].

Music
Music data in WMA (Windows Media® Audio) format can now be played under [Music]. (This applies to music saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media.)

Settings
[Enable WMA Playback] has been added as a setting under [System Settings].

v2.50 ~ October 13th 2005

Network
[LocationFree™ Player]* has been added as a feature under [Network].
[Auto-Select] and [Unicode (UTF-8)] have been added as options to [Encoding] under [View] in the [Internet Browser] menu bar.
Settings for [Text Size] and [Display Mode] in [Internet Browser] can now be saved.
The input history of online forms accessed through [Internet Browser] can now be saved.

Video
Copyright-protected video can now be played under [Video]. (This applies to video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).

Settings
[Set via Internet] has been added as an option to [Date and Time] in [Date & Time Settings] under [Settings].
[WPA-PSK (AES)] has been added as a security method under [Network Settings].

Other
Korean input mode has been added to the on-screen keyboard.

v2.01 ~ October 3rd 2005

Settings
A patch has been added to address a security vulnerability in the system software.

v2.00 ~ July 27th/September 1st 2005

Network
An Internet browser has been added.

Video
4:3 Screen Mode has been added (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
Go To feature has been added (for UMD™VIDEO and UMD™MUSIC).
A-B Repeat feature has been added (for UMD™VIDEO, UMD™MUSIC and video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
Audio options have been added (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
MP4 (AVC) has been added as a playable file format (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).

Music
The combination of SonicStage™ version 3.2 (or later) and PSP® system software 2.00 (or later) has made it possible for music files in ATRAC3 plus format to be transferred to a Memory Stick PRO Duo™
MP4 (the audio codec for MP4 format audio files is MPEG-4 AAC) and WAV (Linear PCM) have been added as playable file formats (for music saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).

Photo
Wallpaper feature has been added.
Image transfer feature has been added.
TIFF, GIF, PNG and BMP have been added as viewable file formats.

Settings
Korean has been added as a system language in [System Settings].
[Character Set] has been added in [System Settings].
[Theme Settings] has been added.
[Internet Browser Start Control] has been added as a security mode in [Security Settings].
WPA-PSK (TKIP) has been added as a security mode in [Network Settings].
Web address shortcut feature has been added as an input mode for the on-screen keyboard.

v1.52 ~ June 15th, 2005

Music
UMD™MUSIC can now be played under [Music] in the home menu.

Settings
Security for the system software has been strengthened.

v1.51 ~ May 18th, 2005

Settings
A patch has been added to address a security vulnerability in the system software.

v1.50 ~ March 23rd, 2005

Settings
Additional languages added to Settings: German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Russian

Video
Video can be resumed after the PSP has been put into sleep mode.

Music
Music can be resumed after the PSP has been put into sleep mode.

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