Hello!!

We believe you may own one or more Playdate systems that are not updated to the latest Playdate OS.

We have an urgent request!

On October 15th 2026, the secure certificate used by older versions of Playdate OS will expire. After that date, your Playdate will no longer be able to connect to our servers.

Don't worry. Updating your Playdate to the latest OS will fix it!

Here's What To Do

• As soon as you can, plug your Playdate in to a power source, and let it charge — overnight, if it's been a while.
• Make sure your Playdate is connected to WiFi.
• Press the Menu button, and choose Settings.
• Go to System, then Software Update.

That's all!

If your Playdate is running a really old Playdate OS, you may have to update it more than once. You'll know you're all clear when you're running version 3.0.5 or higher. (The latest version as of this writing is 3.1.2.)

Not able to update before October 15th? You can still use your system, but after this date you'll need to take a number of steps to manually update your system to connect to our servers… so we highly recommend updating right away whilst it's easy.

Thanks for reading, thanks for playing, now go out there and update those systems! 

Yours,
The Playdate Team
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