Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome - CNET

Google said it will begin to deemphasize Flash in September with the release of Chrome 53, which will begin blocking the plug-in.

Adobe did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Google plans to begin pushing Adobe Flash Player closer to its inexorable grave at the end of the year with a new version of its Chrome web browser.

Chrome 55, which the web giant plans to release in December, will replace Flash with HTML5, Google announced Monday. Noting that the browser plug-in has played a key role in the proliferation of video in the internet, Google said the change will lead to improved security, reduced power consumption and faster page load times.

"HTML5 is much lighter and faster, and publishers are switching over to speed up page loading and save you more battery life," Anthony LaForge, curator of Flash in Chrome, wrote in a blog post. "You'll see an improvement in responsiveness and efficiency for many sites."

Google said it will begin to deemphasize Flash in September with the release of Chrome 53, which will begin blocking the plug-in.

Adobe did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome - CNET