Here, you will find all the information regarding the PSP Firmware Updates from version 1.50 through to the current version. Each section covers the change log from the previous version detailing the added features and inder which section, e.g. Music or Settings.

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Firmware Compatibility

Firmware Version 3.95
Firmware Version 3.93
Firmware Version 3.90
Firmware Version 3.80
Firmware Version 3.73
Firmware Version 3.72
Firmware Version 3.71
Firmware Version 3.70
Firmware Version 3.52
Firmware Version 3.51
Firmware Version 3.50
Firmware Version 3.40
Firmware Version 3.30
Firmware Version 3.11
Firmware Version 3.10
Firmware Version 3.03
Firmware Version 3.02
Firmware Version 3.01
Firmware Version 3.00
Firmware Version 2.82
Firmware Version 2.81
Firmware Version 2.80
Firmware Version 2.71
Firmware Version 2.70
Firmware Version 2.60
Firmware Version 2.50
Firmware Version 2.01
Firmware Version 2.00
Firmware Version 1.52
Firmware Version 1.51
Firmware Version 1.50

System Software Ver. 3.95 (April 8th 2008)

Game

• A new option for playing PlayStation® format software has been added. You can now select [Custom] for the assignment pattern under [Assign Buttons]

Network

• You can now choose either [Quit and Turn Off the PS3™ System] or [Quit Without Turning Off the PS3™ System] after you select [Quit Remote Play].

System Software Ver. 3.93 (March 18th 2008)

Game

• Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.

Additional features added for [Internet Radio]

• The number of players that can be used by the [Internet Radio] has increased.
  
  • "CLIP" Series: 13 players
  • "ONE SWITCH RADIO" Series: 7 players

System Software Ver. 3.90 (January 30th 2008)

Network

• [Go!Messenger] has been added as a feature under Network*. Available soon on PSP.
  • This feature is compatible with PSP-1000 series and PSP-2000 series.
• [Skype™] has been added.
  • This feature is compatible with PSP-2000 series only.

Game

• Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.

System Software Ver. 3.80 (December 18th 2007)

Network

• [Internet Radio] has been added. You can now play audio content distributed by Internet radio stations. Visit the Internet radio guide in Help & Support under PSP at eu.playstation.com for more details.
• 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).

• You can now preview each scene under [Scene Search].

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

System Software Ver. 3.73 (November 29th 2007)

General

• Operation of the UMD drive has been improved to address cases in which the UMD drive occassionally suspends and fails to reload the data. Updating to system software to version 3.73 will resolve the issue.

System Software Ver. 3.72 (October 30th 2007)

1Seg TV (Japan Only)

• The one-segment in the channel list has been updated.

Network

• Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles have been expanded.
• Support has been added for [Remote Start]* of the PS3 system under [Remote Play].
  • To use this feature, the PS3 system software must be version 2.00 or later. For detailed information about [Remote Start], visit the PS3 Help & Support section at eu.playstation.com and select Connecting to other devices in the General Guides area.

System Software Ver. 3.71 (September 12th 2007)

Security

• A correction has been made to the settings for some regions.

System Software Ver. 3.70 (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.

Network

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

Video

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

Other

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

System Software Ver. 3.52 (July 24th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

Game

• Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.

System Software Ver. 3.51 (June 29th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

Security

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

System Software Ver. 3.50 (May 31st 2007 US, UK and JAP)

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].

System Software Ver. 3.40 (April 19th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

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.

System Software Ver. 3.30 (March 23rd 2007 US, UK and JAP)

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
  Note: Depending on the data type, some files cannot be played. You cannot choose the thumbnail image for AVI format video files. Only JPEG files with resolution of less than 160 x 200 pixels and a file size of 200 KB or less can be used for thumbnail images.

System Software Ver. 3.11 (February 08th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

Game

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

System Software Ver. 3.10 (January 30th 2007 US, UK and JAP)

Game

• Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.
  

Network

• You can now play MPEG-4 AVC format video files under [LocationFree™ Player].
  * A LocationFree Base Station (a Sony product sold separately) with model number LF-B20 or LF-B10 is required.
• [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)

System Software Ver. 3.03 (December 20th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

Game

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

System Software Ver. 3.02 (December 6th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

Security

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

System Software Ver. 3.01 (November 22nd 2006 US, UK and JAP)

Security

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

System Software Ver. 3.00 (November 21st 2006 US, UK and JAP)

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

System Software Ver. 2.82 (October 26th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

Security

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

System Software Ver. 2.81 (September 7th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

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.

System Software Ver. 2.80 (July 27th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

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.

System Software Ver. 2.71 (June 1st 2006 US, UK and JAP)

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].
  Affects LocationFree™ base station (a Sony product sold separately) model numbers LF-B1 (sold in North America/Taiwan/Korea) and LF-X11 (sold in North America). (Refer to the instruction manual for your LocationFree™ base station to locate the model number.) The issue that has been addressed does not affect LocationFree™ base stations sold in Japan or Europe.

System Software Ver. 2.70 (April 25th 2006 US, UK and JAP)

Network

• Macromedia® Flash® content can now be displayed in [Internet Browser].
  You must perform an activation procedure under [System Settings] to enable Flash® content to be displayed.
  The system supports Macromedia® Flash® Player 6; however, some features are not supported.
• [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]. For details on the LocationFree™ Base Station, visit http://www.sony.com/locationfree/ownerslounge/psp.

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].
  You must be connected to the Internet to activate this setting.
• [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.

System Software Ver. 2.60 (November 29th 2005 US, UK and JAP)

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.)
  • WMA9 Professional, WMA9 Lossless and copyright-protected WMA files are not supported.
  • Note that you must activate the [Enable WMA Playback] setting to play music data in WMA format.

Settings

• [Enable WMA Playback] has been added as a setting under [System Settings].
  • A connection to the Internet is required for the one-time activation of this setting. Note that no personal information is collected during the activation process. For details, refer to the user agreement that must be accepted as part of the activation process.

System Software Ver. 2.50 (October 13th 2005 US, UK and JAP)

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).
  For details, contact the video content provider.

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.

System Software Ver. 2.01 (October 3rd 2005 US, UK and JAP)

Settings

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

System Software Ver. 2.00 (July 27th 2005 JAP, August 24th 2005 US, September 1st 2005 UK)

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.

System Software Ver. 1.52 (June 15th, 2005 US)

Music

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

Settings

• Security for the system software has been strengthened.

System Software Ver. 1.51 (May 18th, 2005 US)

Settings

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

System Software Ver. 1.50 (March 23rd, 2005 JAP)

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.