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Update: Sony’s said that there was an error with the patch notes for v1.61 and the update “only improves system software stability” – the other features were part of v1.60.
PS Vita System Software Update v1.61 has been released, which is perfect timing given the handheld launches at midnight tonight. It does seem that a lot of this functionality was added with update 1.60.
v1.61 will add the following features:
- A new application, (Maps), has been added to the home screen.
- In addition to photos, you can now take videos using the Photo application.
- You can now publish stories about the products that you rate in PlayStation Store to Facebook.
- In near, players’ information is now displayed on the Discoveries screen. On this screen, a list of the online IDs of up to 100 players that you have encountered, and the number of times that you encountered each player, are displayed. Tap an online ID to display that player’s profile screen.
- The Mac OS version of Content Manager Assistant for PlayStation has been released. The Windows version has also been updated.
Sony states that users already running v1.60 should update to v1.61 as it will improve certain aspects of the system software.
The updated version of Content Manager Assistant can be downloaded here.
PS Vita launches in the UK on February 22 and can be yours for as little as £210 with a free 8GB memory card.
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