Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | 21:08 BST

PS3 web browser updated

We can’t actually check this at the moment, but we’ve just been told that the PS3 browser’s been updated. Says VG247 reader Xephon1970:

The online browser on the PlayStation 3 has a facelift. It now features direct links to Twitter, YouTube and the PS Blog amongst others, with a more dynamic interface. This was a bit unexpected as I don’t believe any announcements were made about this.

So there we are. Thanks for the tip!

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9 comments

Big Stu
05/10/08, 9:17 pm

Has it?

I just updated and everything looks the same to me?

Withnail
05/10/08, 10:23 pm

No there hasn’t been an update to the browser, it can’t be updated independently of the firmware anyway. Xephon1970 is probably referring to the browser home page, and it must be just the US site since the EU home page is the same as usual.

desiredtime
05/10/08, 10:29 pm

I was kind of hoping this to be true but I haven’t notice any difference to the browser.

Johnny Cullen
05/10/08, 10:38 pm

Yeah, no change for my browser.

Xephon1970
05/10/08, 10:46 pm

I’ve sent Pat some pics of the browser. It features links to You Tube, Twitter, LittleBigPlanet and others.

Something odd happens when I click on the browser though. I’m signed in on my Euro account, and I watched the site names at the top left – from the eu.playstation.com site it’s redirected to ps3.us.playstation.com/, where the new browser interface pops up. Very odd.

Any ideas? Some kind of glitch?

ecu
05/10/08, 11:49 pm

Yes, I noticed this yesterday. The functionality of the browser is the same, but I still think this is worth a mention as the main page is now a lot more useful.

Gamoc
05/10/08, 11:52 pm

So, the browser didn’t change, just the homepage?

Syrok
06/10/08, 12:04 am

Nothing changed in Germany, but then they still don’t have the A-Z listing either.

FireFly
06/10/08, 12:39 am

I didn’t check this out myself, but it sounds like it’s the same as its been. Your just probably now realizing it.
(Unless it’s a region thing…I’m in the U.S. And that ‘new’ homepage has been like that for months now)