PlayStation Vita system software
LiveArea, the user interface of the PlayStation Vita | |
| Developer | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
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| OS family | Unix-like (based on FreeBSD and NetBSD) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | December 17, 2011 (as 1.03) |
| Latest release | 3.74 / May 10, 2022 |
| Available in | Chinese (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 |
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| Platforms | PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV |
| Default user interface | LiveArea |
| Preceded by | PlayStation Portable (system software) |
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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.