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We already told you that PS3 firmware 3.0 is coming and now it’s live with a lot of major updates. The new firmware brings a friend list redesign, XMB functionality, dynamic themes, avatars, a status indicator and much more features we will list in a future article.

The new status bar is placed on the top right of the screen and lets you know if you have messages, shows the user icon, and avatar. Both free and premium avatars show up in the status bar now. Shortcuts to the PlayStation Store now show up in the video and games categories of the media bar and you will be able to find related content and items available for download.

The PS3 Firmware 3.0 is the latest major update in 2009, but minor tweaks might be released.

We will let you know more about all the new features, improvements and changes in a new article. Stay put !

via Kotaku

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