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Development on Kodi also includes making sure it keeps working on all current and older operating systems. However at some point we also have to say goodbye and end support. In the past we already had to say goodbye to the first XBOX, Windows XP, Apple TV2, Ubuntu 12.04, anything lower than OSX 10. …

Although we released Kodi v17 not long ago our developers never stop and already work hard towards the next version. Version 18 will have the codename Leia as announced in this article. Different from past years where we combined several new features in one article we will handle them separately for…

Now that our little April Fools' joke, which you can read more about here, is over, we're excited to announce that both kodi.tv and addons.kodi.tv have been fully updated and renewed! In addition, we're working hard right now to update our forums to the latest version of the forum software, so those…

When deciding on a code name for the release of Kodi 18, we determined to do things just a little differently this time around. Normally, when we pick a new code name, we go through the suggestion threads, gather together the top 5 or top 10 suggestions, and vote on them. We did something similar…

By now, you’ve probably heard that Plex has brought their experience to the Kodi platform, and now it’s finally in the repo! In case you didn’t know, Plex is a great way to organize and consume media on nearly any smart device you already have. Plex Media Server walks you through how to setup Plex…

UPDATE: 24 December 2016 ..and with those wise words, it’s time to bring our search to a closure. over the course of the upcoming days, our team members will spend some time going through the list of all suggested names, we’ll be counting, re-counting, checking and double-checking and trying very…

Kodi has many hidden secrets and even team members don’t know the full potential it packs. One of those features you might not know is that Kodi also has a web-interface from which you can browse your library and start playback directly on your Kodi device. It’s something we’ve never really promoted…

Past March we announced that v17 would feature a brand new default skin called Estuary and since then it has been included in every build we have released. During this period our developers kept improving on how it looked, behaved and made use of the latest features that got included from what is…

With the release of Windows 10 Anniversary update, Microsoft announced its Desktop Bridge (Project Centennial) feature which in theory should allow regular desktop applications to be converted to UWP-like store app without any real code changes. With the Desktop Bridge developers would gain easy…

Since the first Raspberry Pi was announced in 2012, it was inextricably linked with XBMC/Kodi. It was built with the tinkerer in mind and capable of new advanced applications, but always with the perfect fallback of being the tiny living room Kodi media center that could. Today, the Raspberry Pi…

We have been quiet for quite some time as our last official release announcement was about Kodi v16.1 “Jarvis” bugfix release end of April. We can assure we have not been sitting still as work for v17 progressed in a steadily pace. Our developers have actually been working on v17 since early…

There seems to be a growing amount of reports where users are suddenly missing add-ons from their Kodi installation. It seems there are some factions out there that are removing each others add-on without the user approving or even knowing this. While we as team do not want to be associated with the…

A long, long time ago when Kodi was still called XBMC, a new skin came into life. It was on 21 November 2009 that the switch was made from PM3.HD to Confluence. Over the years it has fulfilled it’s purpose as the default skin which every one sees on a fresh Kodi installation and many likely never…

Over the past few years it’s become clear that many users have been watching pirated content using unofficial and unsupported add-ons that frequently break, and they are installing add-on repositories whose trustworthiness is questionable, leaving themselves open to numerous security exploits…

We hope you all enjoyed the Christmas diner and are now spending some quality time using Kodi as your media center. Since we ’ll probably have nothing to report in coming week we as team already want to wish you all a happy 2016. Sorry, no surprise release this time. The new year will hold a lot of…

Thanks for all your suggestions! We decided to go with the most popular suggestion from the community and have selected Krypton as the code name for Kodi v17 ! Since the dawn of time, or at least since 2008 each released version has received a code name next to the version number. Giving each…

By default Kodi starts with the Confluence skin which gives users almost everything they need to enjoy it as media center. Though one of the great powers of Kodi is that it can be adjusted in many ways. One of the most noticeable ones is changing the so called skin. Each version of Kodi (and XBMC in…

By default Kodi starts with the Confluence skin which gives users almost everything they need to enjoy it as a media center. Though one of the great powers of Kodi is that it can be adjusted in many ways. One of the most noticeable ones is changing the so called skin. Each version of Kodi (and XBMC…

We just wanted to make a quick Blog to say thanks to one of our sponsors - ByteMark - for providing us with a brand new dedicated SSD web server. We currently run a number of back-end services for Kodi such as this website, forum, wiki, mirror redirector, buildbot ect. With the ever increasing use…

As you may have heard by now, we have a few announcements to make that should be of particular relevance to you Kodi for Android users out there. Google Play Firstly, Kodi is now available in Google Play. You can download it at the previous link or using the following QR code. The version…