

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, ChromeOS, 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 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, ChromeOS (Global variant, excluding China)ģ2.0.0.465 / December 8, 2020 2 years ago ( ) Windows, macOS, Linux ( Harman enterprise variant)ģ4.0.0.137 / April 13, 2021 22 months ago ( ) For the file format sometimes referred to as "Shockwave Flash", see SWF.ģ4.0.0.277 / November 8, 2022 3 months ago ( )

If flash is disabled in your browser you will not be able to access certain functions on websites such as videos on youtube, You will get an error like the one below. By default flash is disabled in google chrome. In this article I will show you how to enable adobe flash player in google chrome.
