The Home Menu is the heart of the Nintendo 3DS. From there one can start games, channels, and manage contacts and settings. It is launched first, and working background with 3DS games, without System Settings or DS/DSi mode game.

Versions

Version JPN USA EUR Release date Changelog CDN Availability CDN Post Date
1.0.0-0 432 432 432 February 26, 2011 Shipped with 3DS on launch Available February 18, 2011
1.1.0-0 ? ? ? ? Update from some game cards Unavailable N/A
1.1.0-1 1472 1472 1472 February ?, 2011 General bug fixes

Added 3D Video title to menu. ("For a Limited Time Only")

Available March 1, 2011
2.0.0-2 2516 2516 2516 June 6/7, 2011 From the update notification:(DSiWare management isn't mentioned in the notice but is available) Nintendo eShop added, web browser available, System Transfer added. Full DSiWare data management available. Automatic system updates added. Available June 6, 2011
2.1.0-1 ? ? ? ? Found as an update on some game cards. This firmware appears to build on 2.0.0-2 as if it is used to upgrade a 3DS from 1.1.0-1 all of the features introduced in 2.0.0-2 are not present. Despite the 3DS being on a higher version than 2.0.0-2, the Internet Browser is stubbed, and the E-Shop is not present and the Demonstration Video is still present. However the revised Home Menu, DSiWare Managment and other features found in firmware 2.0.0-2 are present in this firmware. Unavailable ?
2.1.0-3 3553 3553 3553 June 15, 2011 Fixes the Ridge Racer freeze. Available June 15, 2011
2.1.0-4 ? ? ? July 25, 2011 System stability improvements and other adjustments. Available ?
2.2.0-4 ? ? ? November 6, 2011 Improve the arrangement of Friend List. Update from some game cards such as Mario 3D Land(JPN). Unavailable ?
3.0.0-5 5647 5647 5647 December 7, 2011 Added 3D video recording to the camera title, updated Mii Streetpass Plaza, downloaded 3DS titles transfer between systems, improved eShop, home menu QR code scanning with QR codes containing URLs. Nintendo Zone is now always accessible, 3D video streaming support was added to NZone. Available December 7, 2011
3.0.0-6 5647 5647 5647 December 21, 2011 Home menu wasn't updated, only StreetPass Mii Plaza and a system title were updated. From Nintendo's system update page: "System stability improvements and other adjustments". Available December 21, 2011
The next version 6677 6677 6677 April 24, 2012 Add folders to Home Menu, game patching added, buy more expensive game than 1000 yen.(JPN) ? April 24, 2012


See Also

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/3ds/en_na/menu_update.jsp