Flash Player 10 Prereleases
This page contains download information of developer prerelease and beta versions of Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for Macintosh and Android. It is being made available for developers to test their content to ensure new features function as expected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are no compatibility issues. Consumers can try the prerelease of Flash Player 10.1 to preview hardware acceleration of video on Macintosh. The Flash Player 10.1 prerelease is available in all supported languages; however, the prerelease installers are only in English and we can only accept feedback in English at this time. Release versions of Flash Player are available from the Flash Player Download Center on Adobe.com. Instructions for getting Flash Player 10.1 for Android onto your device are available below.
Available Downloads
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Important: All users should uninstall any currently installed Flash Player before installing the latest prerelease. See below for more information.
Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms was released on Adobe.com on June 10, 2010. Flash Player 10.1 for Solaris was released on Adobe.com on June 23, 2010. Internet Explorer users with RC6 or older installed should uninstall Flash Player before updating to the GM version.
Flash Player 10.1 for Android
| Version | Beta 3 |
|---|---|
| Date | Jun 17, 2010 |
To download the Flash Player 10.1 beta for Android onto your device, your device must be running Android 2.2 in order for you to discover and install Flash Player from Android Market onto the handset. See the Flash Player 10.1 for Android beta Release Notes for more information.
Important: You will need to follow this link on your Android 2.2 device in order to download and install Flash Player 10.1 beta for Android. You will not be able to download Flash Player 10.1 for Android to your desktop or any other device. See the Device System Requirements.
Flash Player "Gala" for Mac OS X 10.6.3
| Version | Preview 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 25, 2010 |
The following download will install the Flash Player Gala preview release for Mac OS X 10.6.3, the most recent release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Learn more about Gala.
Download Flash Player Gala preview for Mac OSX 10.6.3 (DMG, 7.4 MB)
Additional Downloads
Memory Monitoring Component
This component contains an ActionScript 3.0 class file that reports the total amount of memory used by the application it is running in. You can use the class in Adobe Flash Professional or with Adobe Flex by importing the class, creating an instance and adding it to the display list. For users of Flash Professional, a sample FLA is included with the code needed to display the memory monitor. If you would like your content to be playable on mobile devices once Flash Player 10.1 is released for mobile platforms, then you should test the RAM usage of your content to determine whether it is appropriate for low-memory environments. Whereas the average desktop machine today has over 2 GB of total RAM, most smartphones have only 256 MB or less. And, much of this RAM is often used by the OS, browser, and other priority applications. This can leave a fairly limited amount for SWF content. Because of this, we recommend that SWF content that is targeted to mobile devices should require no more than 50 MB of RAM to run appropriately.
- Download Memory Monitoring Component (ZIP, 6.8 KB)
Uninstallation
Please uninstall any previous versions of Flash Player before installing this prerelease build.
To revert to the shipping version of Flash Player 10, follow the instructions below, then install the shipping version of Flash Player 10.
Macintosh
Use the uninstaller:
- Save the uninstaller, and wait for it to download completely.
- An uninstaller icon will appear on your desktop. Double-click on it and follow the prompts.
