Adobe stated in 2013 that more than 400 million out of over 1 billion connected desktops updated to new versions of Flash Player within six weeks of release. įlash Player once had a large user base, and was a common format for web games, animations, and graphical user interface (GUI) elements embedded in web pages. Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy, in Windows 8 and later, along with Google Chrome on all versions of Windows, came bundled with a sandboxed Adobe Flash plug-in. Flash Player supports vector graphics, 3D graphics, embedded audio, video and raster graphics, and a scripting language called ActionScript, which is based on ECMAScript (similar to JavaScript) and supports object-oriented code. It is currently developed and distributed by Zhongcheng for users in China, and by Harman International for enterprise users outside of China, in collaboration with Adobe.įlash Player runs SWF files that can be created by Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flash Builder or by third-party tools such as FlashDevelop. It was then developed and distributed by Adobe Systems as Flash Player after Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. Originally created by FutureWave under the name FutureSplash Player, it was renamed to Macromedia Flash Player after Macromedia acquired FutureWave in 1996. It can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or independently on supported devices. Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Solaris, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Android, Pocket PCĬhinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Turkish, Xhosa, Telugu, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Zulu, and Arabic Īdobe Flash Player End of Life ( EOL, original global variants)Īdobe Flash Player Harman official website (active, Harman enterprise variant)Īdobe Flash Player China official website (active, China-specific variant)Īdobe Flash Player (known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is freeware computer software for viewing multimedia contents, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video content created on the Adobe Flash platform.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS (Global variant, excluding China)ģ2.0.0.465 / December 8, 2020 16 months ago ( ) Windows, macOS, Linux ( Harman enterprise variant)ģ4.0.0.137 / April 13, 2021 12 months ago ( ) For the file format sometimes referred to as 'Shockwave Flash', see SWF.ģ4.0.0.231 / March 8, 2022 38 days ago ( )

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