Sony has just released the PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.56, adding its Qriocity Music Unlimited cloud service to the PS3, as well as select Bravia and Blu-ray players. The PSP will soon gain this feature via a separate update. Those who turn on their PS3 will be greeted with a notification that will point them to their system update. The small update will only take a few minutes to complete, though once logged back into your PS3, you will note that the “Terms of Service/User Agreement And Private Policy” has been changed. In order to continue, you have to agree to the new set of terms, mostly like centered around Qriocity.

As we have reported in the past, Qriocity first went live in December in the UK and Ireland and soon expanded to other European countries in January. A month later and the service is now live for the United States, allowing users access to over 6 million songs. This cloud based music service allows users to stream unlimited music, with a Premium at $9.99 or Basic at $3.99. The premium service allows access to premium channels such as Hot Songs, Global 100, Local 100 and Pop 100 to name a few. Other premium features including the capability to search the entire Qriocity music data base, and music synchronization.

New PS3 Terms of Service

Music synchronization might be one of the killer features of this service. Once activated on your PC (yup, sorry Mac users), you can download a program that will scan your music library and sync it with your main account. Now, whenever you log into a Qriocity enabled device with your account, you will have access to all of your music. Sony is currently offering a free 30 day premium trial offer.

Qriocity Premium Channels

Current Qriocity enabled devices include your Web Browser (Mac or PC with FireFox and Safari support), PlayStation 3, 2011 Bravia TV’s, Blu-ray Players and the PSP soon. Sony is looking to bring this service to its up coming lineup of Android phones (Xperia Arc, Play, Neo, Pro) and plans to further expand the service to other Android phones and iOS devices.