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-Flutter is a new way to build high-performance, cross-platform mobile apps.
-Flutter is optimized for today's, and tomorrow's, mobile devices. We are
-focused on low-latency input and high frame rates on Android and iOS.
+Flutter is a new mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android. Flutter is an alpha, open-source project.
 
-_Flutter is an early-stage open-source project._ We are still missing core
-features like accessibility, text input, localization, and more. However,
-you can build demos and examples today. We hope you try it out and send
-us [feedback](mailto:flutter-dev@googlegroups.com).
+For information about using Flutter to build apps, please see the [getting started guide](http://flutter.io/getting-started/).
 
- - For information about using Flutter to build apps, please see
-   the [getting started guide](http://flutter.io/getting-started/).
-
-- For information about contributing code to Flutter itself, please see
-  [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
-
-Community
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+For information about contributing code to Flutter itself, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
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