Adobe said Flash 10.1 has shipped on more than 20 million smartphones, despite a ban from Apple.
Last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off a war of words over Flash, banning it from iOS devices such as the iPhone, saying it was weak on security and performed poorly on mobiles.
Despite those complaints, Flash 10.1 has been certified for use on 35 different handsets since it arrived six months ago. This year, Adobe expects Flash to ship on more than 132 million mobile devices, including 50 tablets.
Adobe also noted its AIR platform can now be used to create apps for 84 million smartphones running Google Android, as well as Apple iOS.
David Wadhwani, senior vice president of the firm's Creative and Interactive Solutions Business Unit, said the stats exceeded even Adobe's expectations. “This is tremendous progress toward ensuring that mobile users everywhere have access to their favorite content - from casual games to web video and enterprise applications - regardless of what device they are using,” he said.
Adobe also revealed a few features of its next version, Flash 10.2, including Stage Video, which uses hardware accleration to boost video playback quality while reducing demand on the processor, according to the company.
Stage Video will be implemented on Android's tablet OS, Honeycomb, as well as the BlackBerry tablet OS, and online in H.264 video.
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