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      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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      "release_region": "Release report; region not separately specified",
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      "date_note": "Exact release date not supplied by the retained notes. The dated report explicitly identifies 4.0.1 as available on December 12, 2024 and reproduces Sony’s notes. This timing annotation does not alter the independently retained Sony change summary.",
      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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        "F07",
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    {
      "platform": "portal",
      "version": "4.0.0",
      "change": "Cloud beta; speaker adjustment; PS Link settings.",
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      "available_by_region": null,
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      "announcement_date": null,
      "date_note": "Exact release date not supplied by the retained notes. PlayStation says rollout began later on November 19, 2024 in North America, with Europe beginning November 20. This timing annotation does not alter the independently retained Sony change summary.",
      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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      "source_ids": [
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      "change": "More public networks, including certain 5GHz networks.",
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      "release_region": "Release report; region not separately specified",
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      "available_by_region": null,
      "available_by_source_id": null,
      "announcement_date": null,
      "date_note": "Exact release date not supplied by the retained notes. PlayStation’s July 24 article update says the latest Portal system software released that day; the retained support history identifies those 5GHz public-network notes as 3.0.1. This timing annotation does not alter the independently retained Sony change summary.",
      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
      "variants": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "F07",
        "H791"
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    {
      "platform": "portal",
      "version": "3.0.0",
      "change": "Public-network login; touchpad feedback; battery percentage.",
      "release_date": "2024-06-20",
      "release_date_source_id": "H792",
      "release_region": "Release report; region not separately specified",
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      "available_by": null,
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      "available_by_source_id": null,
      "announcement_date": null,
      "date_note": "Exact release date not supplied by the retained notes. The contemporaneous report documents that 3.0.0 actually released June 20 after the announced June 19 rollout was delayed. This timing annotation does not alter the independently retained Sony change summary.",
      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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      "source_ids": [
        "F07",
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      "release_region": "Release report; region not separately specified",
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      "available_by_region": null,
      "available_by_source_id": null,
      "announcement_date": null,
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      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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      "announcement_date": null,
      "date_note": "Exact release date not supplied by the retained notes. Multiple same-day owner reports identify installed Portal version 2.0.5 on December 12, 2023, establishing live availability by that date. This timing annotation does not alter the independently retained Sony change summary.",
      "status": "documented",
      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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      "source_ids": [
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        "H851"
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      "evidence_level": "Sony notes",
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