Adobe’s plans to phase out Flash continue. Early in 2016, the software used to create Flash video will be renamed from Flash Professional to Adobe Animate CC. The new software will still be able to produce Flash videos, but it will focus more on HTML5 video.

The ubiquitous and notoriously insecure Flash player – the one that lets you play Flash video in your browser – will continue to be developed and supported by Adobe for at least the next five (and maybe ten) years. But Adobe is making it easier for video producers to move away from Flash and toward HTML5.

Meanwhile, Google has announced that they will start blocking Flash-based advertisements, which should provide the necessary motivation for advertisers to move away from Flash.

References

• Duo Security – Flash Lives On: IT Still Needs to Detect Outdated, Unmanaged Devices
• Ars Technica – Adobe to kill off Flash in January’s Creative Cloud update