- Adobe Unveils First Full Flash Player for Mobile Devices and PCs
- At Adobe MAX on October 5, 2009 Adobe unveiled the next release of Adobe Flash Player that realizes the promise of a consistent, cross-platform runtime across desktop and mobile devices.
View press release | Get notified when Flash Player 10.1 for Palm Pre beta is available
Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices. With support for a broad range of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, smartbooks and other Internet-connected devices, Flash Player 10.1 allows your content to reach your customers wherever they are.
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A beta is expected to be available for Windows Mobile, Palm webOS and desktop systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. In the meantime, sign up to be notified when Flash Player 10.1 for Palm Pre beta is available.
If you are looking for the 64-bit Flash Player 10 prerelease for Linux, the latest alpha refresh is available for download. Release versions of Flash Player are available from the Flash Player Download Center on Adobe.com.
Key New Features
Ubiquitous Reach
Easily installable and updateable, the full Flash Player will be available on smartphones and other Internet-connected mobile devices, doubling the number of operating systems your content can reach and enabling uncompromised Web browsing experiences.
Global error handling
The new global error handler enables developers to write a single handler to process all runtime errors that weren’t part of a try/catch statement. Improve application reliability and user experience by catching and handling unexpected runtime errors and present custom error messages.
Designed for mobility
To deliver on a high level of consistency and move onto mobile platforms with limited memory and processing resources, Flash Player 10.1 leverages hardware acceleration of graphics and video and many other performance improvements, such as rendering, scripting, memory utilization, start-up time, battery and CPU optimizations.
New mobile-ready features that take advantage of native device capabilities include support for multi-touch, gestures, mobile input models, and accelerometer bringing unprecedented creative control and expressiveness to the mobile browsing experience. Watch Flash Player 10.1 video demonstrations that show Flash content running on smartphones.
Expanded options for high quality media delivery
Flash Player 10.1 is ready to take advantage of upcoming media delivery technologies that will provide rich media experiences and create new business models. With new HTTP streaming and content protection features with Adobe Flash Access, premium audio and video content can be securely delivered within the browser. Streaming performance is enhanced with improved support for live events, buffer controls and peer assisted networking. Network context-aware services, such as smart seek and smart reconnect, will enable smooth, uninterrupted media playback and improved resource utilization on mobile devices.
For more details on new features and enhancements in Flash Player 10.1, see the complete list of New Features and read What’s New in Flash Player 10.1.
Demonstrations
Adrian Ludwig from Adobe demos various websites with Flash Player 10.1 on Palm webOS using the Palm Pre. He also demos Google Finance on Microsoft Windows Mobile using the Toshiba TG01 smartphone.
Watch Flash Player 10.1 video demonstrations
Frequently Asked Questions
- When will a public beta release of Flash Player 10.1 be available?
- A public developer beta of the browser runtime is expected to be available for Windows Mobile, Palm webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Check back to this site for the latest on availability or sign up to be notified on availability of the beta for Palm Pre.
- When is Flash Player 10.1 expected to be generally available?
- General availability is expected for the first half of 2010.
- When will 64-bit versions of Flash Player 10.1 be available?
- The 64-bit versions of Flash Player will not be in the initial release of Flash Player 10.1. We remain committed to bringing native 64-bit Flash Player to Windows and Mac in future, in addition to the currently available 64-bit alpha version of Flash Player 10 for Linux.
- When will Flash Player be available on the iPhone?
- Adobe needs full support from Apple beyond what is available through the SDK to enable Web browsing of Flash-based content on the iPhone. While we have been working hard to make the browser plug-in available, without increased co-operation from Apple, it will not be possible. Adobe is therefore focusing our development work on the major smartphone platforms that are working with us to deliver the most innovative and complete web browsing experience. With more than 85 percent of the top 100 websites using Flash and approximately 75% of all videos on the Web using Flash, we still believe that Flash on the iPhone would greatly benefit the millions of joint Apple and Adobe customers.
- Where can I get the Flash Player detection script to ensure my content recognizes Flash Player 10.1?
- SWF Object 2.0 will work with Flash Player 10.1. Adobe recommends developers verify that Flash Player detection scripts are in use with content targeted for Flash Player 10.1. It is common for many detection scripts to stop functioning in versions of Flash Player that are released after the script was initially developed.
- Where can I find the documentation for the new APIs?
- Documentation of the new APIs will be available with the public beta of Flash Player 10.1 later this year.
- I have questions or requests regarding upcoming Flash Player releases. How can I get answers, or where should I send requests?
- We welcome you to send suggestions for the features you'd like to see in future versions of our products. Please submit your requests.
