This article was originally posted on June 24, 2008 at 7:05 p.m.

As a follow up to the release of the official firmware 4.00 for the PlayStation Portable, Sony announced that firmware revision 4.01 will be released shortly. The new update is simply geared toward the features newly introduced in FW 4.00, which is the Google Search function and the slowdown/speed-up of movie playback. The changes to be expected are just as numerous as last time:

• Display of search results under Internet Search has been improved for certain languages.
• Playback of video content under Video has been improved for certain file types.

Sony calls this only a "minor update," which seems apt given the small increment in revision number. We believe that the update should arrive close to midnight, though it could be that some regions are updating already.

As for those more concerned about homebrew, we hardly believe that this update could push back the release of Custom Firmware 4.00 M33, lest 4.01 be the new revision number to attain. But we still expect some word to crop up from Team M33 regarding the new development from Sony. More on that as we get them.

Thanks to Gilberto Jimenez for the reminder!

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*UPDATE*: It's up and about, folks. This one comes from the members of QJ.NET's forums, who've confirmed that the PSP's auto-update checking routine prompted them to go official. From here on out, the choice is yours. And no, we haven't heard of added DivX support either.

Kudo to Natey for the heads up!