Google updates Flash because it's responsible for maintaining the bundled copy of Flash Player inside Chrome. Google has baked Flash into Chrome since March 2010. Last year, Microsoft mimicked the practice by including Flash in Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), the Redmond, Wash., company's newest Windows 7 and Windows 8 browser.
Users can download Chrome 24 from Google's website. Active users can simply let the automatic updater retrieve the new edition.
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