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Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H457" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "3.15", "change": "PS4 Link gained automatic registration when the same account is online on both systems.", "release_date": "2014-04-30", "release_date_source_id": "H306", "release_region": null, "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2014-04-30", "date_note": "European announcement describes these updates as launching that day.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H306" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "3.12", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability on PS Vita and PS Vita TV.", "release_date": "2014-03-28", "release_date_source_id": "H461", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 3.12 to 2014-03-28. 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Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H460" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "3.00", "change": "PS4 Link for Remote Play and Second Screen; parental controls app.", "release_date": "2013-11-05", "release_date_source_id": "H469", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2013-11-04", "date_note": "Article states already released; original publication date is not independently confirmed release timing. Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 3.00 to 2013-11-05. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced. This notice explicitly excludes PS Vita TV from PS4 Link, panorama photography and PS3 Remote Play at 3.00.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H112", "H469" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.61", "change": "Fixed unstable behavior in Everybody's Golf 6 (Minna no Golf 6) and Phantasy Star Online 2, and improved system-software operating stability.", "release_date": "2013-08-29", "release_date_source_id": "H459", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 2.61 to 2013-08-29. 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Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H455" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.10", "change": "Folders and browser video, with media restrictions.", "release_date": "2013-04-10", "release_date_source_id": "H468", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2013-04-09", "date_note": "Announced rollout: 2013-04-10 Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 2.10 to 2013-04-10. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. 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Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H454" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.05", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability on PS Vita.", "release_date": "2013-01-24", "release_date_source_id": "H453", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2013-01-24. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H453" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.02", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability. Sony also required 2.02 for the torne PS Vita TV application.", "release_date": "2012-12-19", "release_date_source_id": "H452", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2012-12-19. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H452" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.01", "change": "Fixed automatic save-data uploads to PlayStation Plus online storage and improved system-software operating stability.", "release_date": "2012-12-04", "release_date_source_id": "H451", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2012-12-04. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H451" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "2.00", "change": "Plus support; email; wireless PC transfer.", "release_date": "2012-11-20", "release_date_source_id": "H467", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-11-13", "date_note": "North American plans: Nov 19; Store lineup Nov 20 Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 2.00 to 2012-11-20. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "F20", "H467" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.81", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability on PS Vita.", "release_date": "2012-09-18", "release_date_source_id": "H450", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2012-09-18. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H450" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.80", "change": "PSone Classics; Cross-Controller; button navigation.", "release_date": "2012-08-28", "release_date_source_id": "H466", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-08-14", "date_note": "Announced for late August Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 1.80 to 2012-08-28. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "F19", "H466" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.69.1", "change": "Resolved a compatibility problem affecting the PS Vita demo of Escape Plan.", "release_date": "2012-07-04", "release_date_source_id": "H778", "release_region": "Release chronology; region not specified", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The chronology dates the optional release rendered as 1.691 to July 4, 2012. The preservation inventory renders the same catalog revision as 1.69.1; this source-label normalization is stated rather than presented as a Sony naming claim.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Version chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H778" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.69", "change": "Optional software stability update.", "release_date": "2012-06-12", "release_date_source_id": "H465", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-06-11", "date_note": "Announced for that evening. Catalog label 1.69.0 is normalized to 1.69. Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 1.69 to 2012-06-12. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H119", "H465" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.67", "change": "Fixed a screen freeze when using the camera in Dream Club ZERO Portable.", "release_date": "2012-04-12", "release_date_source_id": "H449", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2012-04-12. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H449" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.66", "change": "Added notification controls, a ten-minute standby option, LiveArea navigation arrows and keyboard Caps Lock.", "release_date": "2012-04-04", "release_date_source_id": "H464", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-04-04", "date_note": "French article title and body identify 1.66 despite the 1.65 URL slug; rollout scheduled April 4. No unmentioned withdrawal fix is inferred. Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 1.66 to 2012-04-04. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H322", "H464" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.65", "change": "Notification, power-save and keyboard refinements; temporarily withdrawn after a PSP ad-hoc play issue.", "release_date": "2012-04-03", "release_date_source_id": "H780", "release_region": "Release chronology; Sony posts confirm same-day withdrawal", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-04-02", "date_note": "Withdrawal notice dated 2012-04-03. The chronology dates 1.65 to April 3, 2012 and marks it replaced by 1.66. Sony’s dated regional posts independently confirm that users had downloaded 1.65 before it was temporarily removed that day.", "status": "withdrawn", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H121", "H780" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.61", "change": "Maintenance after 1.60; launch onboarding also described Maps, video recording and Content Manager changes.", "release_date": "2012-02-21", "release_date_source_id": "H463", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-02-20", "date_note": "Announced for that evening. Do not attribute all 1.60 features newly to 1.61. Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 1.61 to 2012-02-21. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H122", "H463" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.60", "change": "Added Maps and video capture in Photos; Sony also announced Mac Content Manager Assistant and revised PS-button illumination.", "release_date": "2012-02-08", "release_date_source_id": "H462", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": "2012-02-06", "date_note": "Japanese rollout scheduled February 8, 2012. Mac software was a separate companion download. Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution of 1.60 to 2012-02-08. Capture date is separate; this is not a worldwide release timestamp or a current installation recommendation. Existing feature notes remain independently sourced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony announcement", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H321", "H462" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.52", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability on PS Vita.", "release_date": "2012-01-16", "release_date_source_id": "H448", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2012-01-16. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H448" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.51", "change": "Fixed a game-progression problem in Shin Sangoku Musou NEXT (Dynasty Warriors NEXT).", "release_date": "2011-12-27", "release_date_source_id": "H447", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Sony explicitly dates Japanese distribution to 2011-12-27. Capture date is separate; no worldwide release timestamp is inferred. Historical features are not current service or installation recommendations.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony archived support", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H447" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.50", "change": "Added support for outputting PS Vita audio through the official cradle’s line-out connection.", "release_date": "2011-12-17", "release_date_source_id": "H446", "release_region": "Japan", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The Sony cradle manual explicitly requires PS Vita system software 1.50 or later for external-speaker output. It supports this compatibility change, not a claim that 1.50 contained no other changes. The independently archived Sony notice supplies the release date.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony compatibility manual", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H446", "H779" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.06", "change": "European launch firmware and US First Edition Bundle firmware; no version-specific feature or fix is documented.", "release_date": null, "release_date_source_id": null, "release_region": null, "release_date_status": "not_applicable", "release_date_status_reason": "Launch-hardware build distributed with the First Edition Bundle and European launch systems; no separate public release is evidenced.", "available_by": "2012-02-15", "available_by_region": "US First Edition Bundle and European launch distribution", "available_by_source_id": "H783", "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The chronology dates US First Edition and European launch distribution to 2012-02-15; it remains stored as an availability bound. Launch-hardware build distributed with the First Edition Bundle and European launch systems; no separate public release is evidenced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Technical chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H783", "H844" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.05", "change": "Japanese launch firmware; no version-specific feature or fix is documented.", "release_date": null, "release_date_source_id": null, "release_region": null, "release_date_status": "not_applicable", "release_date_status_reason": "Japanese launch-system build; no separate public release is evidenced.", "available_by": "2011-12-17", "available_by_region": "Japanese launch-system distribution", "available_by_source_id": "H782", "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The chronology dates Japanese launch distribution to 2011-12-17; it remains stored as an availability bound. Japanese launch-system build; no separate public release is evidenced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Technical chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H782", "H843" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "vita", "version": "1.04", "change": "Game-card-only launch build supplied with Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11 Hitome no Suspect; no feature-level changelog is documented.", "release_date": null, "release_date_source_id": null, "release_region": null, "release_date_status": "not_applicable", "release_date_status_reason": "Game-card and launch-hardware build; no separate public release is evidenced.", "available_by": "2011-12-17", "available_by_region": "Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru retail-card distribution", "available_by_source_id": "H781", "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The chronology dates the game-card distribution to 2011-12-17; it remains stored as an availability bound. Game-card and launch-hardware build; no separate public release is evidenced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Technical chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H04", "H781", "H842" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" } ], "sources": {} }