Flash Player To Come Bundled With Google Chrome, New Browser Plugin Api Coming

The rumors were true: Adobe and Google are tightening their partnership, seemingly both warily eying Apple in the process - and Mozilla plays a role in this story as well. Concretely, Adobe has announced that its Flash Player will be included with future versions of Google Chrome right out the gate, so users will soon no longer be required to download and install a third-party plugin to make it work with the open source browser built on top of Chromium. Furthermore, updates to Flash Player will be delivered directly via Google Chrome's updating system, ultimately minimizing security risks that tend to surface when using outdated software and components.