Adobe, true to their word, released updated versions of their Flash Player and AIR applications for Android last night. Arriving just after midnight, Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 bring new features and capabilities to mobile devices, and improving upon already-terrific apps. If you’re running Android 2.2 or higher, you can head to the Android Market today and grab both immediately.
Hit the break to see a quick breakdown of the new features for each application.
New Features in Flash Player 11
- Native 64-bit Support (Flash Player desktop)
- Asynchronous Bitmap Decoding (new for Flash Player)
- TLS Secure Sockets Support (new for Flash Player)
New Features in Adobe AIR 3
- Native Extensions
- Captive Runtime Support
- Stage Video Hardware Acceleration (AIR Mobile)
- H.264/AAC Playback Support (AIR for iOS)
- Front-facing Camera Support (AIR for Android)
- Background Audio Playback Support (AIR for iOS)
- Device Speaker Control for Mobile (AIR for iOS & Android)
- 16 and 32-bit color depth
- Game Controller API (AIR TV)
New Features in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3
- Stage 3D Accelerated Graphics Rendering (Player & AIR desktop + AIR for TV)
- Flash Access Content Protection Support for Mobile
- Flash Access Content Protection Enhancements
- Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS)
- NetStream.dispose()
- H.264/AVC Software Encoding for Cameras (desktop)
- JPEG-XR support
- Enhanced high resolution bitmap support
- High efficiency SWF compression support
- G.711 Audio Compression for Telephony
- Native JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Support
- Garbage Collection Advice
- Cubic Bezier Curves
- Secure Random Number Generator
- Socket Progress Events
- DisplayObjectContainer.removeChildren and MovieClip.isPlaying
