Adobe has rolled out Adobe AIR 2 Beta version for the Adobe Air apps users. According to Adobe this new version is based on the success of the previous release and included many new features.

According to Adobe some of the AIR 2 improvements are follows:

• Support for the detection of mass storage devices
• Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets
• Support for native code integration
• The ability to open a file with its default application
• Multi-touch and gesture support
• New APIs for access to raw microphone data
• Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support
• Global error handling
• Improved cross-platform printing
• Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards

You may read the full change log of Adobe Air2 Beta here. Adobe Air2 Beta works for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

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