Google Confirms Flash Isn’t Supported On Ice Cream Sandwich, Not Yet Anyway

by Harold Williams
tagged adobe flash, Android Market, galaxy nexus

It looks like Flash is currently not installed on the Galaxy Nexus nor is it downloadable from the Android Market. This should’t come as too much of a shock as Adobe recently put a halt to developing Flash any further for mobile browsers. Google has confirmed with Slashgear that this is normal and the ball is in Adobe’s hands to release an update to support ICS. Before you get too upset, Google had the following to say about all of this:

“Flash hasn’t been released for ICS yet so as far as we know, Adobe will support Flash for ICS.”

This may be a show stopper for some thinking about picking up the Galaxy Nexus, but I personally can live without Flash on my phone, at least for now. I would think Adobe would have had something for ICS already in the works, but that’s anyone’s guess. Let us know how you all feel about this right down there in the new style comments.

[via slashgear]

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Comments

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We dont need flash anyway.

Ctsamados

Sorry but that’s BS flash is still on large parts of the internet, I don’t want a crummy Apple type walled garden version of the internet.

Anonymous

Oh I guess NOW we dont need flash. Why should we bitch about it?
Ctsamados

Not good I want to watch football matches being streamed and without flash its a no go.
Beerloverme

HTML5 is way better than flash.. Sometimes people make transitions more difficult.

Zomby2D

When HTML5 actually starts to get used it will effectively be better. Problem is, right now it’s flash that’s mostly used for web desing. I can choose to view flash content or not, wether I absolutely want to look at something or I’d rather conserve the battery. The thing is I have choice now and I don’t like that choice being taken away from me.

Anonymous

I dont mind at all really. Flash is a bit of a battery drain and ill have to worry about the battery as it is with LTE and what not. So, if ICS gets flash, its cool. But even if it doesn’t and we have to wait for HTML5, that is also cool.