[Feature Request] Adobe Fresco for Android

Report · Sep 26, 2019

Hello,

Is Adobe Fresco coming to Android? If it is, are there any release dates yet or perhaps even a beta tester program?

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Report · Dec 14, 2022

I would like to report this comment because this is a lie. It's the end of 2022 now, and in 16 days it will be 2023. Still no news or anything for Android version.

Report · Mar 02, 2023

Why is Adobe ghosting a huge part of its customer base? This is crazy! I have been engaged with Adobe products from their very beginning. I've never seen them treat paying customers this badly. They need to wake up before competitors start to bite into their base. Do they really want to be just an Apple company? That would be a serious mistake!

Report · Mar 06, 2023

No, they definitely want to be in all hands as possible. If they wanted to be Apple only, they wouldn't have Fresco for Windows. I mean they don't even have a version of the app for the Mac. They want to make sure it runs as great and bug free as possible. And really, if they made one for the Android, the only device I could see it being compatible with is the Galaxy Tab

Report · Aug 01, 2023

Is there un update of the fresco android progess?

Report · Nov 06, 2019

I have a Huion brand monitor and interactive touch pen. I would LOVE to be able to use Fresco, but I see it is currently only available for Apple and Wacom products. Will Fresco ever be available for the type of monitor I have?

Report · Feb 21, 2022

There is Fresco for Windows. So you can work with it. Now let's hope for an Android version quick because I really want to ditch that crappy iPad

Report · Mar 02, 2023

Yes! I totally agree!

Report · Dec 04, 2021

Where is the basic logic within the Adobe business model concerning it's software product support pathway? Dropping Adobe Draw and removing vector Export and then not offering Fresco (and when they do it will be lesser than the full version) for Andriod users is monumentally going to be crippling from millions of small businesses and freelanceer.

Android users garnish circa 72% of the world market share of devices whilst Apple own a meager 26% of the market share, and yet Apple users for some reason get the cream of the crop for useability on their devices agains Android.

If nothing else, Adobe are missing out on $£Billions in revenue by cutting off the product support for Android users across the world SO I ask this to the CEO, CFO, COO and their Boardmembers... WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Report · Feb 22, 2022

I think with these apps, Apple's OS tend to get features first because the devices are running the same version of the OS, it makes it so much easier to develop for and perfect. Windows and Android come later because of so many variations of the OS, a lot of the devices are not running the same version of the OS, some are running versions that are several years old and with that wide variety of the OS, it makes it extremely difficult to develop for it, because they need to make sure of the device limitations. Which is why when Fresco rolled out to Windows, there was a small number of devices that slowly grew. I get it, you want Fresco on Android, it's eventually going to come. But do you want to wait to have a version that works properly and flawlessly on your device? Or do you want it now and have a version that is potentially so buggy that it's unusable?

Report · Feb 22, 2022

Honestly.... before Android users had something in the form of Draw.... now we have nothing. No draw, no fresco, and even worse, nothing on the horizon to solve the created problem.

Noone expects Adobe to have anything ready to go. They obviously do not. But committing to something would be better in this case. As there was something they just took away.

Report · Feb 22, 2022

Ow and the "working perfect"argument falls flat too, because both both the iOS and MacOS versions have bugs. So.... yeah...

Report · Mar 15, 2022

THAT was a complete fail. Gaslighting at its lowest. I'll give that poster a D for their ability to conjure up nonsensical BS.

Report · Nov 01, 2024

Why not make it then for the Galaxy and Pixel line, which is the largest percentage of users?

Report · Feb 12, 2022

ITS BEEN YEARS! I pay for the adobe subscription and used sketch a lot! why would you drop Sketch without a replacement app for android users!?

Report · Jun 27, 2023

I just got a Samsung S6 Lite Tablet and I'm just embarking on trying to find the best app that gives the most realistic emulation of painting on canvas using oils or acrylics and optionally (but not required) watercolors. There are so many apps to choose from hoping to same some time if someone would be so kind as to confirm some things about Fresco. Most all the reviews are more drawing than painting-centric.

1) Which fluid media can it emulate? Oils? Acrylic? Watercolor?

2) It appears to support what is commonly called "impasto" which is that it makes the brush strokes have depth and not be flat. Just confirming this is true and works well?

3) Using layers can you sort of designate the layer as wet paint or dry paint so that a subsequent layer on top of it will either blend/smear with or not smear with the underlying layer?

4) Does it support Samsung S-Pen so that when you tilt the pen the stroke gets wider as it would in real life with certain brushes?

5) Does it have creative options like emulation of a palette knife?

6) Can it create high enough resolution images that would be appropriate for quality prints on large canvases like 4-foot by 5-foot?

7) Is it currently stable and not crashing for Play Store download for Android Tablets?

Thanks much in advance!

Report · Jun 28, 2023

Fresco is not yet available for Android tablets. So far, only Windows based tablets (Surface etc) or iOS based tablets (Ipads)
It is also available on windows desktops.

see the requirements here
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/fresco/system-requirements.html

This have been a request for quite some time, but we've seen no updates on this. I have no doubt it will be available on Android based tablets in the future, but not in a near one I'm afraid.

Report · Feb 28, 2023

This app is not compatible to Android user at all, unlike the previous drawing apps, I cannot use Fresco on my Android phone or my iMac

Report · Feb 28, 2023

Yes, you're right, Fresco isn't compatible with Android systems,

only on Ipad, Iphones, Windows tablets (Surface, HP, Lenovo, samsung... ) and Windows on desktop.
You can check all the requirements here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/fresco/system-requirements.html

Report · Mar 01, 2023

As the other user stated, it's not available on Macs or Androids. I've asked about Macs, especially since the M series macs use the same processor as iPads. It seems more likely than Android. And that's no slight to Android. It's just that there's so many different versions of Android running around, with manufacturers changing it to suit their devices and a lot of devices not even using the same generation of Android that it makes it very hard for them to develop it and make it bug free. It's why they built on iPadOS first. There's no variation on the OS, and most are running the current build.

Report · Nov 02, 2023

Hi,
This is getting ridiculous. You now have better devices for digital drawing on the go than iPhone in the form of Foldables. With the Z Fold series, you can even get a pressure-sensitive stylus.

Samsung tablets in the S-series come with a stylus in the box. Which are unique compared to the (cursing removed) pencil Apple tries to pawn off.

The first time I asked for Fresco on Android was in 2019. We are now almost five years further. Android hardware is objectively more capable of drawing on the go than ever. And yet, not a peep by Adobe. What (cursing removed) are you doing right now?
Suppose Fresco for Android isn't a thing by the end of 2024. I'm just going to quit Adobe products. I'll replace the whole (cursing removed) suite, and Ill make (cursing removed) sure I'll describe it so others can follow my example as painlessly as possible.

Report · Nov 03, 2023

The reason why it hasn't came out yet is due to the extremely fragmented nature of Android. Fresco came to iPad first, because iPadOS is consistent across the board, and almost all devices are running the same version of the software. Windows came next, it took a little longer and isn't available to all Windows devices due to various differences in hardware and capabilities. But, unless you have some madman still running Windows XP, most are running a relatively recent version of the software. But even then, all the features aren't available. I briefly had an Wacom Mobile Studio Pro and Live brushes wouldn't work until I updated the graphics driver and even after that, it was extremely limited. Android is the freakin Wild West. I mean no offense to those who swear by Androids, but you have devices with capabilities all across the board and so many of them are not running consistent versions of the OS, because every manufacturer wants to adopt Android to their version of what they want for the OS, and what version is never consistent. It makes it extraordinarily difficult to develop. They want to release a product that is without bugs and trying to build for Android makes it hard, because what's bug free in the Z-Fold might be buggy AF on a Galaxy. And even if they release it without bugs, you might be without features. No offense to Android users, but it's a common thread I've heard other developers say as to why they skipped Android, is because it's too hard to develop and make it usable across all devices

Report · Nov 03, 2023

That might all be true. But at the price that is being paid for a subscription it should be very possible. Esspecially because they would be far from the first. Also they litterally disproved your hypotheses themselves by releasing Premiere Rush on Android, which I also use. That app was not available across the board at first. It is right now.

Another point, the Android space might be fragmented, like the Windows space. However there are only a few kings in the Android space. When you build for Samsung S-series phones/tablets and Z-series and the Google Pixel series you are hitting over 80% of the potential Adobe Android user base.

The Android market has consolidated so much the last few years, it isnt that bad anymore. Long term support is here now too.

Honestly, your argument is about 5 years old (abuse removed).

Report · Nov 06, 2023

And yet, not a peep by Adobe.

By @HerveMaas

This is a user-to-user forum where we try to assist those who have questions about how to use the Adobe apps.

The product developers for Adobe Fresco use a different website called UserVoice for feedback. If you want to make your feelings known to the developers instead of to volunteers who do not work for Adobe, you can do so at this link:

https://adobefresco.uservoice.com/forums/919786-adobe-fresco/suggestions/44090415-fresco-on-android

Jane

Report · Jan 29, 2024

Well it obvious Adobe as a company doesn't [cursing removed] for their Android users and considers it's non-apple clientele second rate. So the only rational thing I can do is give the community and Adobe community manager my farewell. I won't be treated as a second rate customer while paying a ridiculous monthly fee. I'm moving to alternatives as of last week. I am completely done with Adobe.

Have a good life, and if Adobe ever decides to change it's annoying way of working I might consider a comeback. But honestly the way things are now. I don't expect it to be likely.

People that want to know my current suite and want to give it a go. Just Google my name and you will probably find a profile to get in contact with me.

Report · Feb 14, 2024

In this link, thera are more 1200 votes and still nothing 5 years later.
Please Adobe wake up, and reoffer Fresco on Android (at least Adobe has planned to been purchased by Apple ?)

[Feature Request] Adobe Fresco for Android

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