Google releases Chrome update without the support for Adobe Flash
Google has released Chrome 88 as the latest stable
version of their cross-platform web browser without any support for Adobe Flash
Player.
Flash
reached its official end of life on December 31, when Adobe officially stopped
supporting the software. On January 12, Adobe also began blocking content from
playing inside Flash.
Apple and
Mozilla have also stopped supporting Flash, and Microsoft is scheduled to end
support later this month, reports ZDNet.
According
to web technology survey site W3Techs, only 2.2 per cent of today's websites
use Flash code, a number that has plummeted from a 28.5 per cent figure
recorded at the start of 2011.
First
announced in July 2017, Adobe had said to stop updating and distributing Flash
Player after December 31, 2020 due to the diminished usage of the technology
and the availability of better, more secure options such as HTML5, WebGL and
WebAssembly.
Microsoft
has announced to end support for Adobe Flash Player on Microsoft Edge and
Internet Explorer 11 at the end of the year. Read More
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