Flash Player on Android? Yes indeed.

by Nicholas Ahn on Nov 17, 2008 with 145 Comments">145AAA

As if the title didn’t say it all: today Adobe announced a port of its Flash Player 10 for Android phones. In their demonstration at their MAX event, a T-Mobile G1 was said to have been shown running flash. The release of a flash player for Android marks the collapse of yet another barrier that marked the line between mobile and desktop grade browsing.

In addition to announcing Flash Player for Android, Adobe announced the upcoming release of Flash Player 10 for Windows Mobile 7. You can already hear the iPhone users sighing.

Update June 22, 2009: Adobe has confirmed Flash Player 10 for Android is coming in October.

[via MobileCrunch]

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Angel
I just read the official release for Flash on Android will be October ’09. I did read conflicting reports, some saying Flash on both G1 & G2, some saying only on G2. Remains to be seen.
However, for all those complaining about the G1 and threatening to leave T-Mobile, I say by all means do so. Go on and buy a phone that has Flash…wait…there isn’t one. Enjoy the G1 or go buy a Blackberry.
shawn groff
Yes there are phones out there that can play flash. You have to get the plug in from an outside source and it will cost $5 to $10. But, hell, if it works. The wing is nice, I can’t wait for the wing 2.
Beerdaddy
HTC hero! When thats released with Android 2.0 (donut)- that’s when G1 users will get the OTA update which will contain flash player
Dwayne
Why the hell are people whining and complaining like little bitches about Flash Support. Just wait a few months and it will be released.
You people whining about flash video, STFU, go watch your porn on your computer. Your G1 will last longer without spilling your bitchass jizz on it.
Grow some Damn balls, Shut the F up and wait like everyone else.
real
^^^haha so true
dwaynes dad
i think people have been waiting more than a few months, you might have jus got the phone yesterday, but we have had it for a lil while longer
richuk
If it helps I have the Steel browser on htc magic, u can’t stream bide from every where but do have a download option and then watch it from your gallery. Some vids also have a view option
Patrick M.
Nice, It’s great to have some CURRENT news on flash coming to the G1. I’ve been seeing that video of andy rueben using it for 6 months now. So thanks to whoever posted this and I cannot wait. 3g will be released in my area Q4 of this year and sounds like flash will be here around the same time. Should be a nice Christmas. :=]
gary
I can’t wait to it come out. When is bio wallet is coming look here.http://www.tmobileg1applications.com/biowallet
chris
Hey, does anyone know how to play hulu on the g1? Also what’s up with pandora?
Jacquie
I know it sucks waiting for flash but, come on now….the G1 does EVERYTHING! I love my G1 AND I don’t mind waiting. I have alot of faith in the developers…Rome wasn’t built in a day….and just in case someone wants to say..”maybe you haven’t been waiting long” well…I got the G1 the day it came out so I’ve been waiting but, damn some people are worse than children. Relax!
Al Saprano
All of y’all worried about having flash on the G1. Even if it is released on just the G2 it will eventually be on the G1. Someone will figure out how to get it. You may need to root but hey I did and love it.
hapinazz
If everyone is tired of waiting why don’t you get your G1′s rooted, overclocked, and have the HTC Hero RoM installed. Look it up on youtube. I will at the end of this month.
photogextra
So, in my market, there is an Android7 Flash Player from dotPhoto for $5.99 with two stars. Thoughts?
http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl
You can always try it, and if you don’t like it, get your money back as long as you do it from the Market within 24 hours.
Jtruth
No. Everyone wil just have to wait for the official Adobe Flash update. The ones currently on the Android Market do not work.
daniel
so?… it’s october now… and there are no signs of flash player coming for the g1….does anyone knows something about it?… do we have to pay for it or it’s gonna be free? (hope so)….
please guys if U knows something let us know…
DrifterJoey
Flash player was released to developers at the Adobe Max confrence on october 7th. Now why they are still waiting to release it to the public is beyond me. They had had it working on a G1 for over 1 year, and that seems long enuff to me to do all testing. I know if they want testers for Flash player, there are over 1 million G1 and android users ready to help. What Are You Waiting For ADOBE???? Give us Flashplayer!!!
!xobile
So its the end of october now and there’s still no news! If anyone has the release dates or other news, please post. Thanks!
mrs2u
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200910/100509AFPforMobileDevicesandPCs.html
FOR ANDROID SYSTEMS IN EARLY 2010. THAT’S WHAT THIS SAYS, STRAIGHT FROM ADOBE IN THIS MONTH’S ARTICLE. SUCKS CUS I ALREADY HAVE TH MOTOROLA CLIQ AND I WAS UNDERTHE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE READY FOR THE RELEASE.
tbone
Helloooo? anyone there? Droid from motorola is being advertised as having web capable flash player 10 installed? any ideas if its true? John Dowdell where you at?

http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl
No, it is not true at this time. It has a browser that can be upgraded to flash, or something along those lines, but we were told not to expect flash until the beginning of next year.

Matthew Connoe
I got a Droid yesterday. In fact, I’m writing this on my Droid. It’s great, but no flash player, yet.
blackdawn
This is funny I have a Palm 800w that runs adobe 9 just fine. I can watch everything on my SkyFire browser just fine. Been able to for the past year or so, it is so funny my wife got the Moto Android crap and I can’t bluetooth any music from my phone to hers. Ha some phone. All you people talk crap about windows phones. I’m laughing out loud at you people who waste your money on this new crap that isn’t supported by anyone! Just a bunch of dodo’s running from one thing to the next.
Richard
If you can’t send her files via Bluetooth there is an app. for that I’m sorry you got a palm but I guess someone has to you should look into her phone a little more the different applications available will make a palm look like a Nokia 5150 lol good luck with that :-) android is superior anyway I’m glad this forum is here and there are others waiting as diligently as I am for the arrival of flash10 somewhat annoying its taking this long but sh*t happens thanks for the info and the links to check out.
dimka
So I just recently got a new g1, I read a few of the posts and they talked about flash ariving in octooctober. Well is december now… any idea on the arival date? Oct 2010? Oct 2011?
Dennis
On December 12, 2009 I purchased and actvated 2 android phones with Sprint. I purchased the Samsung Moment for myself and the HTC Hero for my brother. Both phones are amazing and way better than iphone… we have all kinds of apps and most of them are free. We have YouTube, facebook, myspace, gps… Pretty much anything you want is at your fingertips. The world we live in is so digital and based upon instant gratification. My apologies for getting side tracked from my original point. And that was… Is there anyway that I can get the adobe update for Moment and Hero? Also one more question. I have been reading about the firmware updates and I am pretty sure that the newest one is 2.0.1…. even though our phones are brand new both only have 1.5 AKA Cupcake!!!
BTW I am typing this on my Samsung Moment..
anthony
I have a droid ERIS which is basically like a hero just on a diff network. i went on addictinggames.com and i was able to play sniper asssasin 3. the flash experience isnt great, it is very slow and laggy. but i was able to fully play the game, on my android 1.5 device
Patrick
Well October has come and Gone… It’s 3 days into the new year.. When the hell are we getting flash?
Paul
when when when when we can get it omg
Aerrick
Have any of you bothered checking adobe site? Says clearly sometime in the first half of 2010. Combine this with everything else we know and it’s obvious that it’ll be ready when it’s ready.
Yezz
It this true?? Flash Player will be released by the end of 2010???? So sad!!!http://www.techtree.com/India/News/CES_2010_Flash_10_for_Motorola_Android/551-108573-580.html

http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl
That’s not what it says at all. It says that most Android devices will support flash by the end of the year. It doesn’t say anything about Flash not being released until then.

G1
It says it is “expected to be released by the first half of 2010″. You totally misread Yezz!
danb357
I have a g1 handset and have done for 6 months now. It is a love hate relationship I must say. I love its apps and full keyboard but I hate its crap pointless blue tooth and stupidly short text pages and also NO FLASH PLAYER. Might be an I phone in my pocket before long. Come on adobe sort it out
JChan
My god, people. Go ahead and bitch and moan all you want about how open source is gay and windows mobile os’ are superior, but it’s Adobe’s problem that they haven’t produced on their promises. If flash were open sourced fully we’d have it by now, but they’re proprietary and keeping it that way. Microsoft has enough money to buy rights from anyone to use the sodtware integrated into the OS at launch. But at least I don’t have to buy my apps or update umpteen bazillion tons a year. I understand frustration with Adobe at this point, but look at it from their end, they are going with what gets them a better bottom line IE Microsoft and PC software development. The market is there for phones as evidenced by this sites fanbase but not as much as the former. I’m pissed about waiting too, but I understand the stall.
http://www.youtube.com/rehdogg Reh Dogg
I have the HTC Hero and can’t wait for adobe flash player but I also own a slingbox and hope that a sling player is released soon for my phone.
kaleb
seriously now ther just stalling. i bet you they just sit around, drink coffee and watch wimens tennis. and leave an hour of thinking time for ther next big annoucement of a delay. i bet u som1 is gonna say fk them, and theyll go make the flash player themselves.
amkolbe
It is February where is it?
xxnuffsaidncxx
Hello all.
I got my g1 in jan 09. the one reason why i got the was the guy at the store said it will have flash soon. well wtf. its been over a year and still no flash player. i am livid over this and anyone getting the g1 no doubt its a great phone but when you say flash will be here in febuary and nothin. then it was june and suposed to be with cupkake update nope. then they said 100% it would b here in october and still nothin. i think its just a ploy to get u to buy the phone. so i have seen it demonstrated on youtube as u probrably have seen. so f$%* it lets all go to adobe headquarters and just rob all those lyin bastards that sit behind there desks and laugh at all of us for believing there BS.i will never get a phone on a promise again. show me u can already do it and ill beleive it. i hate tmobile for this reason alone cuz i pay over 100 dolars a month for what the internet. thats bs. and if we do c it anytime in 2010 it will be nothing short of a miracle. DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE.
YOUR FRIEND,
SCOTT
xxnuffsaidncxx
oh by the way sorry bout the hostility but it realy REALY pisses me off. no pun intended.
justin wood
Anyone know wen. If so send mail to justinwood2@gmail.com
Thanks
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http://bit-smacker.com/ Derek
From what I’ve read on other blogs, they’re pulling an Apple trick… The won’t release it for lower-end Android devices because they’re worried about a less than perfect user experience. That’s lame.
I know my G1 is slow compared to newer Android phones, but I believe that I should have the right to a bad experince rather than no experience at all!!!
Michelle
This is ridiculous. I purchase the Android for both my husband and myself in May. We visited the Adobe site immediately looking for the flash software and were told it would be available in June. Hmmmm…let’s see…it’s JULY now and the application is still unavailable!!! Now, they say I have to wait until October…big surprise.
Buttninja69
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