Flash Player 10.1 preview release for Android at Google I/O

Posted by on Apr 30, 2010 in android, Flash Player | 7 comments

Even though I already have FP10.1 installed on my Nexus One (one of the many perks of working at Adobe ;-)), I’m very happy to see that we will be releasing a public preview of Flash Player 10.1 for Android on my birthday… eh I mean… at Google I/O on May 19th/20th.

Ever since I switched to the Nexus One as my main phone I’ve been using Flash Player on the Android browser just about every day. I already told you a while ago that I am a news junkie and that I like to keep up with the news wherever I go. When something happens in the world, I usually visit a number of different news sites to see what they have to say. A lot of news outlets use Flash to deliver their videos. With Flash Player 10.1 installed on my device I can just open up a browser window, type in the URL that I am used to browsing to on my desktop machine and then just click on the video which starts playing instantly. No need to (purchase) download and install an app. The same content that I am used to seeing on my desktop machine is just right there.

I can’t wait to see and read your experiences with Flash Player on your mobile device. Google’s Android may be first but RIM, Palm (soon to be HP), Microsoft, Nokia and others will follow soon.

7 Comments

  1. Danel Kirch
    April 30, 2010

    Wow! It’s the same date as my girlfriend has her birthday!
    “It is something special with 19:th may”

  2. Nacho López
    April 30, 2010

    Congratulations! I wish have a Nexus One soon to use Flash!

    Thanks Adobe!

  3. cristi
    April 30, 2010

    One question is hunting me… how will the flash run time be deployed? As a standalone installer? As a operating system update?

    Will the public preview will be released only to those attending to the Google I/O bundled with a device :) ?

  4. Serge Jespers
    April 30, 2010

    @Cristi: When FP10.1 is released to the general public you will be able to download it from Adobe.com, from the Android Market place or get it with a system update. I have no further information on how we will distribute the player at Google I/O.

  5. Xavier
    April 30, 2010

    Great news!! What about AIR for Android… any hints? :)

  6. William from Lagos
    April 30, 2010

    Serge, is Adobe still going to release Flash Player 10.1 for Nokia N900, just as they demoed at last MAX?

  7. Garry
    May 9, 2010

    i am glad i have a nexus one now the onlything i need to get to run on my phone is runescape < if my psp can do it then my kik ass phone should be able to I <3 u adobie / google