Adobe Flash Player

Technology • Internet & Web
Adobe officially ended support for Flash Player on December 31, 2020

Adobe officially discontinued support for its Flash Player on December 31, 2020, and will start blocking Flash content starting January 12, 2021. Adobe already announced its plan to end support for Flash in 2017.

The Adobe Flash Player was released in 1996 and was used for streaming videos and playing games, but showed security problems and failed to transition to smartphones.