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title: "8.0.1 Now Live – improves stability"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/8-0-1-now-live-improves-stability/"
description: "More stability is rolling out on your Nintendo Switch as. firmware update 8.0.1 is now available to download from the systems setting menu."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-04-24 19:30:13"
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8.0.1 Now Live - improves stability | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![8.0.1 Now Live – improves stability](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/8.0.1-now-live-improves-stability.jpg "8.0.1 Now Live – improves stability")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/8.0.1-now-live-improves-stability.jpg)More stability is rolling out on your Nintendo Switch as. firmware update 8.0.1 is now available to download from the systems setting menu.

## [](#8-0-1-changelog)8.0.1 changelog

- Improvements Included in Version 8.0.1 (Distributed 04/23/2019)
    - General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.

**But there is more**

While this update seems rather quiet, it actually fixes up a major issue from update 8.0.0. Namely, the game de Blob no longer experiences major crashes when attempting to boot up.

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