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Adobe Applauds Google Chrome’s Flash Integration

The plugin is now bundled with all versions of the browser

Jun 30, 2010 15:35 GMT  ·  By
Adobe Flash is now bundled with all versions of Google Chrome
   Adobe Flash is now bundled with all versions of Google Chrome

While the rest of the world, headed by Apple, seems bent on bringing down Flash, Google has taken a surprising yet practical approach and is standing by Adobe. Apple may not even be allowing Flash on the iPad, but Google is now bundling it with Chrome. The two companies have been working together to integrate the browser with Flash and the process is now over with the release of a stable Chrome with built-in Flash.

“Per our announcement in March about working with Google to integrate Flash Player into Google Chrome -- the initial phase is now complete. When users install or update the Chrome browser, they will also receive the latest version of Adobe Flash Player with no need to do a separate install,” Adobe’s Paul Betlem writes.

Google has been working on the integration for a few months now. It started shipping developer builds of Chrome with the Flash plugin bundled in late March. Since then, the issues have been ironed out and the feature made its way into the beta builds and finally into the stable ones.

Interestingly, the technology was ready in a previous Chrome stable release, but Flash 10.1 was still in beta so Google opted to disable it by default. After Flash 10.1 final was released, Google made the bundled plugin the default.

However, this is just the initial step. Adobe and Google are now working on delivering a Flash plugin built in the next generation browser plugin API, codenamed Pepper. The new API comes with several advantages, but one of the biggest ones is that it will allow Chrome to “sandbox” Flash content along with everything else, providing enhanced security for the users.

“Additionally, as we discussed previously in our original announcement of the Flash Player and Chrome integration, work is underway on a new API called Pepper that can provide a more robust way for Web browsers and plug-ins to interact with each other. We welcome and encourage others to participate in the definition and development of the Pepper API,” Betlem added.
Adobe Flash Player for Windows is available for download here. Adobe Flash Player for Linux is available for download here. Adobe Flash Player for Mac is available for download here.  
Google Chrome for Windows is available for download here. Google Chrome for Linux is available for download here. Google Chrome for Mac is available for download here.