PlayStation Vita system software

PlayStation Vita system software
DeveloperSony Interactive Entertainment
OS familyUnix-like (based on FreeBSD and NetBSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source
Initial releaseDecember 17, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-17) (as 1.03)
Latest release3.74 / May 10, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05-10)
Available inChinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish[1]
Update method
  • Direct Download
  • Download via PS3
  • Download via PC
  • Game Card
  • USB drive (PS TV only)
PlatformsPlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV
Default
user interface		LiveArea
Preceded byPlayStation Portable (system software)
Official website

The PlayStation Vita system software is the official firmware and operating system for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV video game consoles. It uses the LiveArea as its graphical shell. The system is built on a Unix-base which is derived from FreeBSD and NetBSD.[2][3]

  1. ^ System Language | PlayStation®Vita User's Guide Archived April 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Manuals.playstation.net. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "FreeBSD". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Legal". Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2015.