Do you prefer living at the edge? Does untested software excite you? If this is the case, you could just would like to subscribe to a brand new beta rolling out this week.

Adobe announced that the Flash Player 11.9 and AIR 3.9 betas at the moment are available on Adobe Labs. The betas will provide users with a glimpse at among the new features Adobe is operating on for both platforms. As always, AIR is receiving nearly all of the updates while Flash Player receives just a few minor upgrades.

Starting with Flash Player 11.9, Adobe announced that the beta supports Mac OS X 10.9, or Mavericks. With Mavericks support, Flash Player developers shall be ready to make sure that their Flash content works properly at the newest version of Mac OS X when it launches later this year.

Speaking of Mac OS X, the Flash Player 11.9 beta now supports .pkg installation. This can make it easier for system admins to deploy new versions of Flash Player across networks.

Moving directly to AIR 3.9, Adobe says that its popular AIR Workers feature is now available on mobile devices, specifically Android devices. The feature allows developers to execute background code without interrupting regular app processes. Adobe notes that AIR Workers would be available on iOS within the near future, and should get a protracted beta period.

In other background code news, AIR 3.9 supports “background execution of code on iOS and Android when render mode is determined to “direct”.” It will get slightly tricky with CPU and gear consumption so Adobe recommends you try out the discharge notes before diving into this actual feature.

As for other features, AIR 3.9 added support for iOS 7, Mac OS X 10.9 and XXHDPI Icons.

If you’re inquisitive about the way forward for Flash Player or AIR, which you could grab them today from Adobe Labs.

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