The PS3 will be getting a new firmware update in “the next few days”. The major change in this update is Blu-Ray Profile 2.0, otherwise known as BD-Live. The PS3 will be able to connect to the internet and get new, cool things to go with your Blu-Ray movies. Sony’s console will be the first Blu-Ray player to support BD-Live. No in-game XMB in this update, so don’t get your hopes us.

Other changes include:

• The ability to copy PS3 Music and Photo playlists to a PSP system. We introduced the ability to create Music and Photo playlists on the PS3 in firmware update v2.0. Now you can easily export your playlists to your PSP.
• You can now play DivX and WMV format files that are over 2 GB.
• Resume Play - begin playing a DVD or BD disc from the point where you previously stopped it, even if you eject the disc and insert a different movie or game.
• Use your PSP as a remote control to play back your music files on your PS3 without turning on your TV.
• The Internet browser now displays some web pages faster. In addition [Save Target] has been added as an option under file. This option lets you save a file that is linked to a web page to your PS3 hard drive or storage media.

There’s a few other tweaks and upgrades in the firmware that Sony has yet to announce. We’ll keep you posted as the firmware is released. I’m liking some of the secondary features in this firmware, notably the 2GB cap on files removed as well as resume play.