It was then developed and distributed by Adobe Systems after Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005.

Originally created by FutureWave under the name FutureSplash Player, it was renamed to Flash Player after Macromedia acquired FutureWave in 1996. In addition, Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player is capable of viewing multimedia contents, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video. 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 (formerly Macromedia Flash Player and FutureSplash Player, and known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is computer software for content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS (Global variant, excluding China)ģ2.0.0.465 / December 8, 2020 15 months ago ( ) Windows, macOS, Linux ( Harman enterprise variant)ģ4.0.0.137 / April 13, 2021 11 months ago ( ) For the file format sometimes referred to as 'Shockwave Flash', see SWF.ģ4.0.0.231 / March 8, 2022 8 days ago ( )

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