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Originally, web browsers could not render Flash media themselves, and required the [[proprietary software|proprietary]] freeware plugin [[Adobe Flash Player]]. Until 2008, there was no official specification by which to create an alternative player. Alternative players have been developed before 2008, but they support Flash to a lesser degree than the official one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/manual/gnashref.html#runs-on |title=Gnash Reference Manual |publisher=Gnu.org |date=2008-05-18 |access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref> Flash support is built in to [[Google Chrome]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2010/03/dev-channel-update_30.html|title=Integrated Adobe Flash Player Plug-in|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131084726/http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.cz/2010/03/dev-channel-update_30.html|archive-date=2013-01-31|work=Chrome team blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2012/08/the-road-to-safer-more-stable-and.html|title=Porting Flash to sandboxed PPAPI platform|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725110647/https://blog.chromium.org/2012/08/the-road-to-safer-more-stable-and.html|archive-date=2018-07-25|work=Official Chromium Blog}}</ref> [[Internet Explorer 10]] (and later),<ref>{{cite web|title=Flash Player issues | Windows 8|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html|publisher=Adobe Systems|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220210445/https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flash Player Issues | Windows 10 | Internet Explorer|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-10-ie.html|publisher=Adobe Systems|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220210544/https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-10-ie.html|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Microsoft Edge]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Flash Player issues | Windows 10 | Microsoft Edge|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-10-edge.html|publisher=Adobe Systems|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220210517/https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-10-edge.html|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
The latest version of the Adobe Flash Player runs on [[Microsoft Windows]], Apple [[macOS]], [[Research In Motion|RIM]], [[QNX]] and [[Google TV (operating system)|Google TV]].
Earlier versions run on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] 2.2-4.0.x (Flash has been released for 4.0, but Adobe announced that they will discontinue support for Android 4.1 and higher.<ref name="Adobe Flash coming for ICS, not Android 5.0">{{cite journal
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