PS3 1.6 Firmware Update
March 19th, 2007 Posted in Hardware, PlayStation 3 by Gibran Nawaz
Sony will be updating the PS3’s firmware to 1.6, which includes a few new features. Some of them include Folding@Home, new browser functions, remote play, and background downloading. The company had originally said that there would be a huge update in March, but this doesn’t live up to my expectations. The update can be downloaded on March 22nd. The full list of can be found after the jump.
- Folding @Home: Now you can participate in the worldwide distributed computing protein folding experiments from Standford University, in hopes to further understand human genetics. You can access the Folding @Home application under Network on the XMB
- Internet Browser Pinpoint Zoom and Resolution Settings: You can now choose to zoom into a portion of a website if you have a huge display and can’t read things, or you can set the browser resolution to a different size so everything can be viewed easier
- Full size on-screen keyboard: Makes it easier to type messages and web addresses with the controller
- Remote Play via Wireless Access Point: People with a 20GB PS3 can now utilize the Remote Play feature with a PSP by using any wireless access point. (No official word if you will be able to use the PSP to access your PS3 at home from anywhere, maybe in a future update)
- Background Downloading from the PlayStation Store: This one is cool. It’ll make a big difference when downloading things on the PS3. No longer do you have to sit and wait at the download screen forever. No official word if you can queue up downloads, or if you can load games from disc while downloading.
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