Adobe Flash Player 10.2 Direct Download Links for Windows & Mac

Following our custom of providing the direct download links for major Adobe products such as CS6, Acrobat XI, Photoshop & Premiere Elements 11, and Lightroom 4, below you’ll find all the DDL for the just-released new Adobe Flash Player 10.2. This is important because the free Flash Player is the most widely-used and often-downloaded software in world, and some people find it easier to gain access without a download manager (Akamai/Adobe DLM), or with their own DLM, and without additional products or toolbars included.

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What’s New in Flash Player 10.2?

Flash Player 10.2 introduces Stage Video, a full hardware-accelerated video pipeline for best-in-class, beautiful video across platforms and browsers – making Flash video dramatically more efficient (a 10X reduction in CPU usage in some demos). This advance in performance builds on the benefits of H.264 hardware accelerated decoding and optimized power consump­tion introduced in 10.1, and works with all of the existing video on the web viewed in Flash Player – so will save significant battery life on portable computers and mobile devices.

Additionally, this release of Flash Player offers all new features like multiple monitor full-screen support (enabling you to watch videos in true full screen on one display while multi-tasking on another), custom native mouse cursors (another popular request from designers and devel­opers), and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) hardware accelerated rendering support.

And other existing capabilities have been enhanced – like better sub-pixel rendering for superior text readability, fast switch between bitrates to automatically adjust to changing network conditions, and improved localized input method editor (IME) support.

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So, without further ado, here are the direct download links – just click to download and install:

For Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003

 » Download Flash Player 10.2 for Internet Explorer (IE) browsers

 » Download Flash Player 10.2 for non-IE browsers (Firefox, Opera, etc.)

For Mac OS X 10.4 – 10.6

 » Download Flash Player 10.2 for Safari, Firefox, Opera

Resources

• Adobe Flash Player installation instructions
• Adobe Flash Player full system requirements
• Verify/test installed version of Adobe Flash Player
• Troubleshoot installation problems with Adobe Flash Player
• Configure Adobe Flash Player settings after installation
• Uninstall Adobe Flash Player

(Note: Internet Explorer sometimes drops file extensions from these downloads – so if you’re using that browser, you may have to add a “.exe” back onto the name of your file before starting it.)

Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that delivers uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers. Flash is the standard for engaging PC experiences – 99% of PCs worldwide have Flash Player installed and 85% of the top 100 websites use Flash. Approximately 75% of online videos are viewed and 70% of web games are delivered using Adobe Flash technology. More than 3.5 million designers and developers use the Flash Platform to deliver expressive content and applications that run consistently across the widest reach of browsers, operating systems, and devices.

Learn more about Flash Player and the new features in version 10.2.  Or go with the direct download links for Flash Player 11 instead.