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Sony announces minor update: official PSP firmware 4.01 Update

Posted Jun 24, 2008 at 3:50PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: DivX, Google, psp firmware, Sony

This article was originally posted on June 24, 2008 at 7:05 p.m.

As a follow up to the release of the official firmware 4.00 for the PlayStation Portable, Sony announced that firmware revision 4.01 will be released shortly. The new update is simply geared toward the features newly introduced in FW 4.00, which is the Google Search function and the slowdown/speed-up of movie playback. The changes to be expected are just as numerous as last time:

Display of search results under Internet Search has been improved for certain languages.
Playback of video content under Video has been improved for certain file types.

Sony calls this only a "minor update," which seems apt given the small increment in revision number. We believe that the update should arrive close to midnight, though it could be that some regions are updating already.

As for those more concerned about homebrew, we hardly believe that this update could push back the release of Custom Firmware 4.00 M33, lest 4.01 be the new revision number to attain. But we still expect some word to crop up from Team M33 regarding the new development from Sony. More on that as we get them.

Thanks to Gilberto Jimenez for the reminder!

*UPDATE*: It's up and about, folks. This one comes from the members of QJ.NET's forums, who've confirmed that the PSP's auto-update checking routine prompted them to go official. From here on out, the choice is yours. And no, we haven't heard of added DivX support either.

Kudo to Natey for the heads up!

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They'd be making a big deal of it if they were. It'd at least be jumping up on the .x's, not the .0x's.

Loads of people want more video support. If anything like that ever happens, chances are it'll even be a x.00 firmware. Though what being an integer firmware means has been killed off slightly with 4's google searching.

# blah — Binary 2008-06-24 16:39

GAY UPDATE

# PS — Binary 2008-06-24 16:42

It wont delay cfw! I can be easy fix by copying and pasting the prx of the video and web browser. big deal

# correction — Binary 2008-06-24 16:45

I mean IT

It can be easy to copy it.

# WHAT THE HELL! — m4db0x 2008-06-24 16:58

God sony Update if your only gonna add something good no security patches!!!!

# *****ty — Maphiacrooks 2008-06-24 20:05

Dax is gonna patch this one up....go DX!!

# heyyy — satanicdoggy 2008-06-24 20:44

YA GO DARK LOL

# Hmmmmmm — c74gta4smash 2008-06-24 22:43

I was always suspicious that SONY would push an auto-update feature to keep us off custom firmwares. With that said, keep you wlan switches off as often as possible since that's the only way SONY can get in. It will be aot better when this feature is ripped by DAX.

# finally :D — Bolec 2008-06-24 23:28

I agree with you - finally XD. Being safe just update your PSP via normal way. It's a little bit longer but 100% safer.

# nonsense — evilgenius101 2008-06-25 01:55

was google search really supposed ta get me ta switch back ta official?? i hope not...

# I dont get it — BRAV04 2008-06-25 03:17

whats the big deal. like come one hwat is the big deal about custom frimware. whats soo great about them. plz someone reply my comment. explain why soo great since every one on QJ is like oh im not going to offical custom is the way to go?? is the psp just for UMD i really dont get u guys?? and to add on Psp sucks badlly worst games ever. NO they suck big time idc what you guys got to say i own 2 PSP i can say they suck dont BS me oh well i got emulator bla bla. so what i got an emulator on my PC and it runs alot smother. now explain why haveing Custom frimware

P.S it better be good

# sorry — BRAV04 2008-06-25 03:37

sorry guys i didnt know what i was thinking lol my bad

# Are you *****ing kidding?!?!?! — Illegal Machine 2008-06-25 04:04

TO hell with your computer for emulators... I use my PSP and they all run PERFECTLY. ALL 8 emulators I run are perfect.

Secondly, Custom firmware allows you to play backups of all those crappy games. (I haven't seen a UMD in like 2 years)

Thirdly, CFW lets us play our OWN PSX GAMES

ANY PSX GAME CAN PLAY not just the ones available on the playstation store.

Fourthly, I can use themes that are WAY BETTER than the official themes. CXMB is the best!

Fifth. CFW users can load plugins that greatly enhance the functionality of the PSP. Plugins let the PSP do amazing things that $ony never intended. things like screenshots, and all sorts of great stuff

Sixth, HOMEBREW! HOMEBREW PROGRAMS like iRShell, PSPTUbe, PSPFiler, and LOTS of others also increase and expand the functionality of the PSP

and YOU are a moron... for not having any of this common knowledge.

# whoo — fiberwire 2008-06-25 04:46

can't wait for 4.0101

# lol fiberwire — SkipperWarlock 2008-06-25 06:05

I hear that 4.02 is gonna save the psp xD

# sony announces minor update....... — robby69 2008-06-28 13:29

this update is a bigger update then 4.00.

# WOW — Nathanias 2008-07-04 07:18

I got a Kudos! I just noticed that XD

# Illegal Machine — hyperzyph 2008-07-04 07:27

Couldn't have phrased it any better =)

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