Honeycomb tablets that were sold with plain old Android 3.0 Honeycomb, such as the Motorola Xoom in the US, won't have Flash until this update rolls around. But you'll need to have the Android 3.0.1 software to get the update. It works better with the on-screen keyboard too, which we imagine will be handy when playing Flash games.Īlso on 18 March, some tablets running Android Honeycomb will receive the beta version of Flash Player 10.2. It also polishes up how Flash is rendered in the Web browser so that scrolling, for example, is smoother. That means your handset must have an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 550MHz or more if the display has a 480圆40-pixel resolution, and 800MHz or more in the case of a 480x800-pixel display.įrom 18 March, an even newer version of the software, Flash Player 10.2, will be available from the Android Market, according to Adobe.įlash Player 10.2's new features include hardware acceleration for H.264 video. If you don't have it, visit the Android Market on your phone to install it. But bear in mind that your phone has to meet the minimum system requirements. Phones that run Android 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread or later generally come with Flash Player 10.1 pre-installed. But newer Android phones go the whole hog, supporting Flash Player, which has more features and plays more types of content than Flash Lite. The first Android phone with Flash was the HTC Hero. It came with Flash Lite 3.1, a cut-down version of Flash for mobiles without much processing power. But not all Android devices are created equal. Google's Android operating system powers smart phones and tablets, and it's definitely the main focus of Adobe's mobile muscle. If it doesn't support Flash, a message will appear telling you so. If you want to check if your existing phone or tablet supports Flash, visit m. in your mobile device's Web browser. We've rounded up the platforms and their various versions that support the software, so you don't have to. But Flash video, audio and animations are all over the Interwebs, which means we want to have them on our mobile phones and tablets too.

Contrary to what some might say, Flash isn't the saviour of the universe.

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