13.0.0

The Switch 13.0.0 system update was released on September 15, 2021 (UTC). This Switch update was released for the following regions: ALL.

Security flaws fixed: <fill this in manually later, see the updatedetails page from the ninupdates-report page(s) once available for now>.

Change-log

Official ALL change-log:

• Bluetooth® audio support was added.
• Headphones, earbuds, speakers, and other audio devices that connect with Bluetooth can now be paired with Nintendo Switch family systems for audio output.
• Bluetooth microphones are not supported.
• Up to two compatible wireless controllers can be connected to the system while using Bluetooth audio.
• Bluetooth audio cannot be used while local wireless communication is active.
• For more information, see How to Pair and Manage Bluetooth Audio Devices.
• “Update Dock” was added under System in System Settings for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch – OLED Model systems, allowing for software updates to Nintendo Switch docks with a LAN port.
• Dock software updates are not available for Nintendo Switch docks without a LAN port.
• This feature was not added to Nintendo Switch Lite.
• For more information, see How to Update the Dock Firmware.
• “Maintain Internet Connection in Sleep Mode” was added under Sleep Mode in System Settings.
• When this setting is enabled, systems with wired internet connections will maintain internet connection even while in sleep mode. This allows for software and add-on content to download to the system while the system is in sleep mode.
• The setting is enabled by default.
• When this setting is disabled, the system will connect to the internet only periodically, which decreases power consumption.
• Note: Systems that are not updated to version 13.0.0 or later behave as if this setting is enabled.
• The method to initiate “Calibrate Control Sticks” in System Settings was changed.
• From System Settings, go to Controllers and Sensors, select Calibrate Control Sticks, then fully tilt the control stick in any one direction and keep it tilted for a few seconds to begin calibration.
• Users can now view whether their wireless internet connection is using the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequency band under “Connection Status” after selecting Internet in System Settings.
• The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Nintendo is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

System Titles

• All sysmodules were updated, excluding stubs.
• All SystemData were updated, except for: BrowserDll, both Dictionary SystemData, AvatarImage, Eula, UrlBlackList, ControllerIcon, ApplicationBlackList, FunctionBlackList.
• All applets were updated, except for: miiEdit and all web-applets.
• SystemData PlatformConfigAula and the SystemData for the Aula dock firmware were added.

NPDM changes (see Services_API for the hosted service changes):

• bcat: Access to acc:u1 was replaced with acc:e:u2.
• friends, nim, pctl, eclct, sdb, olsc: Access to acc:u1 was replaced with acc:e:u1.
• ptm, bsdsocket, hid, audio, wlan, nvservices, pcv, pcie, psc, safemode: Access to svcMapDeviceAddressSpace was removed.
• hid: Access to rgltr was added.
• audio: Access to btdrv and btm were added.
• ns: Access to acc:e, ndrm:la, and ndrm:lu were added.
• am: Access to mnpp:sys was added.
• btm: Access to ovln:snd was added.
• jit: Access to svcSynchronizePreemptionState was added.
• olsc: Access to sprof:bg and sprof:sp were added.
• playerSelect: Access to bcat:s was added.
• photoViewer: Access to hwopus was removed.

RomFs changes:

• ErrorMessage was updated.
• Help was updated: "/legallines.htdocs/index.html" and the localization html under "/safe.htdocs/html/" was updated.
• NgWord/NgWord2/NgWordT was updated.
• LocalNews: message data was updated, and the following was added under "/image": "LnMinIntro_Aula", "LnSdAdvice_Aula", "LnSdIntro_Aula".
• TimeZoneBinary: timezone data was updated. "/zoneinfo/posixrules" was removed.
• FontKorean: the font was updated.
• FirmwareDebugSettings, PlatformConfigIcosa, PlatformConfigHoag, PlatformConfigIcosaMariko: updated.
• ControllerFirmware: updated "FirmwareInfo.csv", "TouchScreenFirmwareInfo.csv", "ukyosakyo_ep2_ota.bin". Added "FTS_33000510.fts256" and "FTS_98000004.ftb".
• Various applet UI/gfx data was updated.

See Also

System update report(s):

• [1]