Following its announcement that it would transition from Flash development to HTML5, Adobe has released another statement confirming the release timetable for Flash support on Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
As the operating system initially launched without Flash support, speculation arose that the operating system would mark the beginning of the transition to HTML5 and would not feature Flash support, before Adobe quietly confirmed Flash support for the new operating system. Continue reading for the full statement.
Posted in Android, General News | Tagged Adobe, Android, Galaxy, Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung |We’ve received some questions regarding support for Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1 on the Galaxy Nexus. To be clear, the Galaxy Nexus does not initially support Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1. As we previously communicated in a blog post, devices and software updates from our partners which introduce new technologies are being developed on varied schedules that are different from our own, which means that the Adobe runtimes may not always be optimized or supported on devices until a subsequent release. We will provide a minor update to the runtimes to support the Galaxy Nexus in December.
Motorola representatives have confirmed that another recent Android smartphone in their lineup will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich in 2012 along with their latest flagship in the Droid RAZR. In a conversation on Facebook Motorola has confirmed that it will update the Droid Bionic to Ice Cream Sandwich, with more specific details such as rollout scheduling and timing to be confirmed.