Adobe® Flash® Player is a cross-platform, browser-based application runtime that provides uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across browsers and operating systems.

Top new features in Flash Player

Stage 3D accelerated graphics rendering*

Explore a new architecture for high-performance 2D/3D GPU hardware accelerated graphics rendering by Adobe, which provides low-level Stage3D APIs for advanced rendering in apps and gives framework developers classes of interactive experiences.

*Initial support for personal computers.

Native 64-bit support

Flash Player can now take advantage of native support for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit web browsers on Linux®, Mac OS, and Windows®.

H.264/AVC software encoding for cameras

Stream beautiful video from your computer's camera with higher compression efficiency and industry-wide support, enabling both high-quality real-time communications (such as video chat and video conferencing) and live video broadcasts.

Content protection support for mobile

Flash Access content protection support is now available on Android devices. Broadcasters can now reach and monetize an even broader range of customers on their favorite mobile device.

Flash Platform runtimes in depth

Statistics

Learn about Flash Player and Adobe AIR® adoption rates for PC and mobile.

Benefits

See the benefits of deploying browser-based and standalone apps with Adobe runtimes.

Flash Player and Adobe AIR blog

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01/19/2012	Introducing Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2 beta4
12/16/2011	A Sweet Update: Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1 for Android 4.0
11/28/2011	Flash Player and AIR Support for the Galaxy Nexus
11/10/2011	Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and Adobe AIR 3.1 are Now Available!

Flash Platform runtime releases blog

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10/04/2011	Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 Now Available
08/26/2011	Flash Player Update Now Available
08/09/2011	Flash Player 11 Beta 2 & AIR 3 Beta 2 Now Available on Labs
08/09/2011	Updates to Flash Player & Adobe AIR Now Available

Showcase

Frima Studio

Frima Studio brings its Zombie Tycoon game console to browsers using new capabilities in the Flash Platform to deliver astonishing 3D experiences to a vast new audience.