Android 4.0 OS May Not Include Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it plans to release Flash for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the finish of 2011, however it might be the last update going forward. That indicates that there are going to be a Flash-free future for Android beyond ICS.

“Adobe will release 1 a lot more version of the Flash Player for mobile browsing, which will present support for Android four.0, and 1 far more release of the Flash Linux Porting Kit – each expected to become released just before the finish of this year,” a corporation spokesperson told us.

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That is going to become excellent news for Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners who at the moment do not have Flash installed on their new telephone. It’s going to enable them to also take pleasure in the “full net experience” as promoted and promised by Google for it is Android two.3 (Gingerbread) and Android three.0 (Honeycomb) users.

Android is receiving a brand new flavour with Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich. On the other hand, this operating technique could possibly ought to sacrifice 1 of its most special characteristics.

The Android four.0 may be the most recent version of Google’s mobile platform. But this version may well not include things like Flash support which was when a universal net style common lately replaced by the developer-friendly HTML5.

Adobe, the creator of Flash, appears to become unsatisfied with these developments, even so. Adobe in view of all of the stiff competition has decided to pull back all its support for the Flash player inside the mobile phones.

Google, in a statement mentioned this really is as a result of a lack of support from Adobe that Flash could possibly not uncover its location in Android inside the future. Google stated, “Flash hasn’t been released for ICS however so as far as we know,” as reported by TG Everyday.

Further, the corporation declared that, “Adobe will [eventually] support Flash for ICS.”

Flash player was an exclusive identity for Android as none of the other operating systems support it – which is why it has generally been a preference for Google and their partners. At present, there’s no confirmation concerning the presence of Flash inside the Ice Cream Sandwich, but most possibly this can be the last Android to feature Flash.