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Vimeo launches Universal Player for HTML embeds

Stuart Dredge
Vimeo launches Universal Player for HTML embeds

Now more iPhone and iPad-friendly than ever.

Online videos site Vimeo has launched a new 'Universal Player' which will ensure its videos embedded on other sites and blogs run smoothly on iPhones and iPads.

The player detects what kind of device is viewing a video, and serves up the right format accordingly.

"For example, it will serve mobile video to iPhones and Androids and HD to iPads and Desktops," explains Vimeo.

"On other mobile devices it can use the native player of the device or an optimized mobile Flash player with bigger controls."

Vimeo launched an HTML5 player for its own site in January this year, so this update purely covers embeds on other sites.

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