Adobe Releases AIR 2, Flash Player 10.1 Beta

Adobe Releases AIR 2, Flash Player 10.1 Beta

Techtree News Staff, Nov 17, 2009 1817 hrs IST

Beta builds of AIR 2, Flash Player 10.1 get multi-touch and gesture support

Adobe has released beta builds of AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2.0 and Flash Player 10.1 version for Windows, Linux and Mac. Both new beta builds are also usable on x86-platform processor running netbooks. These apps now boast support for multi-touch gesture support and access to device microphone. The full Flash support for WebOS, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile is en route.

Adobe's Flash technology based Flash Player is widely used for streaming videos, gaming on Windows, and interactive graphics. New Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta and Adobe AIR 2.0 beta deliver full GPU acceleration of H.264 for smooth HD flash video playback. This new beta also supports HTTP streaming of content backed up with Adobe's content protection technology.

The new Adobe Integrated Runtime 2 beta features support for mass storage devices and native application processes with support for peer-to-peer and UDP networking.

Both new beta builds bring support for multitouch screens and gestures. Now, all those multitouch screen bearing All-in-One PCs and multi-touch trackpads can be exploited for Flash-experience.

Download and check out the beta builds of Flash Player 10.1 beta and AIR 2.0 beta from Adobe Labs.