RealPlayer 16 on Windows Initial release April 1995; 23 years ago ( 1995-04) Windows: 18.1.12.206 (June 1, 2018; 47 days ago ( 2018-06-01)) OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 5 years ago ( 2012-09-07) ) Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 8 years ago ( 2009-07-30) ) Android: 1.2.151 (December 27, 2013; 4 years ago ( 2013-12-27)) 16.0 (TBA),,,,, and,, and Available in English, Chinese ( and ), German, French, Korean, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese Website RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a app, developed. The media player is compatible with numerous of the realm, including,,,, and the and formats. RealPlayer is also available for other;,,, and versions have been released. The program is powered by an underlying media engine called. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April 1995 as 'RealAudio Player' and was one of the first media players capable of over the. Then, version 4.01 of RealPlayer was included as a selectable Internet tool in 's installation package.
Subsequent versions of the software were titled 'RealPlayer G2' (version 6) and 'RealOne Player' (version 9), while free 'Basic' versions as well as paid 'Plus' versions, the latter with additional features, have also been offered. For the Windows OS, the RealPlayer version 9 the features of the separate program,. RealPlayer 11 was released for in November 2007 and for in May 2008. RealPlayer 15 was released November 18, 2011. This version allows users to transfer video, music and photos between their computers and mobile devices, share links of videos and photos on sites such as and, and download videos from popular sites such as and. RealPlayer was initially accessed by many users as a to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio (for example, most of the 's websites formerly employed the plugin); but in the early 21st century, and subsequently became preferred options for this purpose. Current status [ ] In February 2016, RealNetworks released RealPlayer 18, which incorporated the features of the previous year's release of RealTimes, an app that makes multimedia montages from users' photographs and videos, backed up and accessible via storage.