Original author(s) | FutureWave Macromedia | ||||||||
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Developer(s) | Adobe Systems | ||||||||
Initial release | January 1, 1996 (23 years ago) | ||||||||
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Written in | C++ | ||||||||
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS(current) Solaris, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Android, Pocket PC(discontinued) | ||||||||
Platform | Web browsers and ActiveX-based software | ||||||||
Available in | Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, and Turkish[4] | ||||||||
Type | Runtime system and browser extension | ||||||||
License | Freeware | ||||||||
Website | adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html |
Operating system | Latest stable version | Support status | |
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Windows | XP and later, Server 2003 and later | Current stable version:32.0.0.238[81] | 2001–2020 |
2000 | Old version, no longer supported: 11.1.102.55 and 10.3.183.90[82] | 1999–2013 | |
98 and ME | Old version, no longer supported: 9.0.289.0[82] | 1998–2011 | |
95 and NT 4 (IA-32) | Old version, no longer supported: 7.0.14.0[82] | 1996–2005 | |
macOS | 10.6–10.14 | Current stable version:32.0.0.238[81] | 2009– |
10.5 (IA-32,x64) | Old version, no longer supported: 10.3.183.90[82] | 2007–2013 | |
10.4 (IA-32,PPC)–10.5 (PPC) | Old version, no longer supported: 10.1.102.64[82] | 2005–2011 | |
10.0–10.3 | Old version, no longer supported: 9.0.289.0[82] | 2001–2011 | |
Classic Mac OS | 7.6.1–9.2.2 (PowerPC) | Old version, no longer supported: 7.0.14.0[82] | 1996–2005 |
7.6.1–8.1 (68k) | Old version, no longer supported: 5[83] | 1996–2002 | |
Linuxdesktop | Current stable version:32.0.0.238[81] | 1996– | |
Solaris | Old version, no longer supported: 11.2.202.223[82] | ?–2012 |
Platform | Latest version |
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Android 2.2–4.1, ARM Cortex-A8+[103] | Flash Player 11.1, AIR 3.1[85][104][105] |
Android 2.1 | Flash Lite 3.0 |
iOS | Flash Player 11.1, AIR 3.1[84][104] |
BlackBerry 10.0–10.3.1 | Flash Player 11.1, AIR 3.1 |
BlackBerry Tablet OS | Flash Player 11.1, AIR 3.1[104][106] |
Dreamcast | Flash Player 4.0 |
Maemo | Flash Player 9.4[107] |
PlayStation 3 with Firmware 2.50, NetFront 2.81 | Flash Player 9.1 (update 3) |
PSP with Firmware 2.70 | Flash Player 6[108] |
Symbian OS | Flash Lite 4.0[109] |
Wii (Internet Channel) | Flash Lite 3.1[110] |
Pocket PC 2003[111] | Flash Player 7[112][113] |
webOS (Palm and HP) | Flash Player 10 |
Windows Mobile 5[111] | Flash Player 7[112] |
ByteArray
Starting today, there will be no restrictions on the use of the SWF specification or the FLV and F4V specifications that make up video in Flash. Formerly, to look at the SWF specification users had to sign a licensing agreement not to use it to create competing players