Network

• Recommended products are now displayed on the product detail pages of PlayStation Store
  • The recommended products are selected based on various types of information, including your purchase history.
  • The feature to display recommended products will become available by the end of July.

Settings

• [Deep Color Output (HDMI)] has been added as an option under [Display Settings].
• [Automatic Download] has been added as a feature under [System Settings]. This feature is exclusively for use by PlayStation Plus members.
• The default setting for [System Auto-Off] under [Power Save Settings] has been changed to [After 2 Hours].

Photo

• You can now print a photo in [Photo Gallery].
• You can now delete a photo in [Photo Gallery].
• [PlayStation®Network Area] has been added under [Photo Gallery]. You can now use Photo Gallery to browse photos from Facebook® or Picasa™ Web Albums. You can also share photos from Photo Gallery with your Friends on PlayStation Network.

Video

• [Video Editor & Uploader] has been added under [Video]. Using the video editing and uploading feature, you can now edit video content that is saved on your PS3 system’s hard disk and upload it to Facebook or YouTube™.

Network

• PlayStation Plus membership is now supported on PlayStation Network.

Friends

• You can now see the trophy level of a Friend by selecting the Friend’s avatar.

Other

• You can now use a five-star rating system to evaluate products that you purchase from PlayStation Store.
• The internal clock functionality that accounts for leap years has been improved.

Settings

• You can now select [PC] as an option under [Remote Play Settings] > [Register Device]. When you select this option, you will be able to use the remote play feature to operate your PS3 system from future models of the VAIO PC. Details of this feature will be announced on the official VAIO website at vaio.eu/playstation in May 2010.
• [Bitstream (Direct)] and [Bitstream (Mix)] have been added as options under [Video Settings] > [BD Audio Output Format (Optical Digital)].
• 3D stereoscopic games are now supported. At the time of the system software release, there are no 3D stereoscopic games available for the PlayStation 3 system. The release of 3D stereoscopic games will be announced at a later date. If the TV in use supports 3D stereoscopic display, the screen from which you can set the TV size will be displayed when adjusting the video output settings. Follow the on-screen instructions to adjust the settings.

Game

• You can now sort your trophies by the game title or by the date earned.
• Names of trophies that you have not yet earned are now displayed as [Hidden Trophy] instead of [???].

Settings

• The [Install Other OS] and [Default System] features have been deleted.

Other

• The playback quality of some PlayStation format software that is downloaded (as a purchase or for free) from PlayStation®Store has been improved.
• A security patch was added to address security vulnerabilities that may occur when playing MP4 format video files.

Data transfer utility

• You can now transfer the data that is saved on one PS3 system’s hard disk to another PS3 system’s hard disk using an Ethernet cable.

minis

• Games under the minis category of PlayStation Store are now supported and are available to download from 17 December 2009.

Settings

• The sign-in ID and password for PlayStation Network have been added as items that can be deleted when using [Restore Default Settings]
• [Polski] has been added as an option under [System Settings] > [System Language]

Photos

• Displaying photos in a grid

Friends

• You can now change the background colour of your profile screen

PlayStation Network

• Linking feature for Facebook
• The Video Store of PlayStation Store is now available in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain. In PlayStation Store, you can download video content as a purchase or for free. You can also rent content that has time restrictions on playback.

Game

• Improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software

Overall

• The XMB screen has been redesigned.
• You can now access the latest content available from PlayStation Store directly under Game and Video.
• When using storage media that contains folders, the number of folder levels that can be displayed under Photo, Music and Video has been increased.
• You can now copy text using the on-screen keyboard. You can use this feature to copy text on a screen from which the on-screen keyboard is displayed, such as the screen for creating a message under Friends.

Settings

• [Audio Multi-Output] has been added as an option under [Sound Settings].
• [HDD Content Audio Language] and [HDD Content Subtitle Language] have been added as options under [Video Settings].

Video

• You can now use the right stick of the wireless controller to perform fast forward or fast reverse operations during video content playback.

Network

• [Information Board] has been replaced by [What's New] and contains a new design and new features.
• [Print This Screen] has been added as an option in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser.
• [Save Screenshot] has been added as an option in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser.

Friends

• A list of messages that you have exchanged with a Friend can be now accessed from the Friend’s profile screen.

Game

• The playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 software has been improved.

Note: This update is optional – you can access the PlayStation Store and login to the PlayStation Network without updating to this version.

Game

• The playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 software has been improved.