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.

Firmware 3.40 is now live and available to download, in addition, PlayStation Plus has been officially released – you can subscribe to the service directly from the PlayStation Store (after updating to the new firmware). Firmware 3.40 not only adds PlayStation Plus features, it also includes a few other changes and enhancements (see below).

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The new Firmware update for the PS3 was scheduled to be live yesterday, but Sony has confirmed that the release is bring delayed by a week. Firmware 3.40 will now be released on June 29th 2010, the same day the PlayStation Plus subscription service is released.

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According to Sony, Cross-Game Chat will be a new feature on the PS3 with Firmware 3.40 is available to download later this month. The confirmation about cross-game chat first appeared on the Swedish PlayStation Website, but was later taken down. It appears that cross-game chat will be part of PlayStation Plus.

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The PlayStation 3 will be getting a new Firmware update on June 22nd, bringing the System Software to version v3.40. The new firmware update will activate Automatic Downloads for PlayStation Plus subscribers and set the system up for other PlayStation Plus functionality.

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A recent rumor going around suggests that Firmware 3.40 will be available to download soon. According to TheSixthAxis, the firmware was released to developers late last week, so it will take a few weeks of testing before a public release. Unfortunately, no details on the update are actually available, so we don’t know if anything new has been added.

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