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Firmware Release Date Comment
1.00 Nov 11, 2006 Original Japanese PS3 firmware
1.02 NA Included in many PS3 launch games
1.10 Nov 12, 2006 ATRAC audio, PSN support, Chinese language in browser
1.11 Nov 28, 2006 Account management option
1.30 Dec 06, 2006 BD remote support, backup and restore PS3 system
1.31 Dec 13, 2006 PS2 games needing harddrive now supported
1.32 Dec 21, 2006 Online gaming functions updated
1.50 Jan 23, 2007 AOSS wireless support, Korean input
1.51 Feb 02, 2007 PS3 gaming support updated
1.54 Mar 01, 2007 USB camera support updated
1.55 NA Included in PS3
1.60 Mar 22, 2007 Background downloading, Folding@Home, WMA audio, MJPEG, AVCHD
1.70 Apr 19, 2007 PSN downloaded PlayStation game support
1.80 May 24, 2007 DLNA, Internet Remote Play, USB printer, RGB Full, Super White, x.v.Color
1.81 Jun 14, 2007 PS2 online gaming improved
1.82 Jul 05, 2007 AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4)
1.90 Jul 13, 2007 Custom background pic, emoticons, audio CD upsampling
1.92 Sep 04, 2007 PS2 gaming support updated
1.93 Sep 13, 2007 Networking updated
1.94 NA Included in "Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction"
2.00 Nov 08, 2007 Playlists, Information Board, Canon printers, PlayStation Eye support
2.01 Nov 20, 2007 Stability in PS3 games, Information Board, and PS2 games.
2.10 Dec 17, 2007 DivX, VC-1 (WMV), Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1 support
2.15 NA PS3 Test units only
2.16 NA Included in "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue"
2.17 Mar 13, 2008 PS3 gaming support updated
2.20 Mar 25, 2008 Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 support, DivX subtitles, BD-R version 1.2 discs
2.30 Apr 15, 2008 New PlayStation Store, LPCM DTS-HD MA and DTS-HD HRA support
2.35 May 14, 2008 PS3 gaming support updated
2.36 Jun 17, 2008 PlayStation gaming support updated
2.40 Jul 02, 2008 In-game XMB, Trophies, System Clock, DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Matrix
2.41 Jul 08, 2008 Stability updated
2.42 Jul 30, 2008 PS2 and PS3 gaming support updated
2.43 Sep 17, 2008 Video rental in Japan
2.50 Oct 12, 2008 Auto-off for Wireless Controller, Network Printers, HP Printers, Flash 9
2.51 Oct 27, 2008 PS3 Test units only
2.52 Nov 05, 2008 PS3 gaming support updated
2.53 Dec 02, 2008 Full Screen Flash
2.60 Jan 21, 2009 Picture Gallery, DivX 3.11
2.70 Apr 02, 2009 Text Chat, Copy and Paste Text
2.76 May 15, 2009 Security related
2.80 Jun 23, 2009 Increased Message Size (64 chars), Faster XMB, Security related (Remote Play)
3.00 Sep 1, 2009 Redesigned XMB
3.01 Sep 14, 2009 Freeze fixes.
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