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Kodi v18.1 Leia RC1

Feb 11, 2019

Pre-Release

Upcoming bug fix release... Two weeks have passed since the official release of v18.0 - hopefully, you all like it as much as we do. A final release always comes with some unexpected bugs, however, so the months to come will bring regular v18 updates with further fixes...

Kodi v18 Leia RC5

Jan 12, 2019

Martijn Kaijser

As mentioned in the RC4 release article, a final release was close on the horizon. To that end we hereby present you the last Release Candate (RC5) before we call it a wrap on v18.0. It will not be absolutely perfect but we have to go forward at some point. Don't worry...

Kodi v18 Leia RC4 - A new hope

Dec 29, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

It's the days between Christmas and New Years eve, and some of our developers found the time do squash down some know issues. We hereby present you v18 RC4 that include several fixes we did past two weeks. There's not really anything more to say than wish you all a...

Kodi v18 Leia RC2 - A new hope

Dec 4, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

After two years of hard work by all volunteers, either part of the team or of our great community we can finally say the last steps towards Kodi v18 are being made. In past years many things have changed, either visually or code wise and to be honest i can't even...

Kodi v18 Leia RC1 - A new hope

Nov 23, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

Kodi v18 Leia - Beta 5

Nov 4, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the fifth and last Beta build of Kodi v18 as we are heading towards the final release. Next step will be Release candidates where our focus will be on solving bugs and possible usability problems. So far it has been proven to be quite solid to use...

Kodi v18 Leia - Beta 4

Oct 23, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the fourth Beta build of Kodi v18 as we are heading towards the final release. Since we are now in Beta stage our focus will be on solving bugs and possible usability problems. So far it has been proven to be quite solid to use as a daily driver...

Kodi v18 - Binary add-ons repository

Oct 22, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

The problem For many years our developers have been working getting the Kodi code in component specific parts. In that effort some components have been split off in such a way they are actually separate from Kodi itself, and can be installed at any point in time. We...

Kodi v18 Leia - Beta 3

Oct 3, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the third Beta build of Kodi v18 as we are heading towards the final release. Since we are now in Beta stage our focus will be on solving bugs and possible usability problems. So far it has been proven to be quite solid to use as a daily driver...

Kodi v18 Leia - Beta 2

Sep 11, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the second Beta build of Kodi v18 as we are heading towards the final release. Since we are now in Beta stage our focus will be on solving bugs and possible usability problems. So far it has been proven to be quite solid to use as a daily driver...

Kodi v18 Leia - Beta 1

Aug 27, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the first Beta build of Kodi v18 as we are heading towards the final release. Since we are now in Beta stage our focus will be on solving bugs and possible usability problems. So far it has been proven to be quite solid to use as a daily driver...

Kodi v18 Leia - Alpha 3

Aug 1, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We hereby present you the third and last alpha build of Kodi v18 as we are going forward entering beta stage. This release is a continuation of the previous two with our continous focus on solving bugs and usability problems. So far it has proved to be quite solid to...

Kodi v18 Leia - Alpha 2

Jun 10, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

We have been relatively quiet for a while and several months have past since the first pre-release Alpha build. Today we present you the second official Alpha build in this pre-release trilogy. It is a continuation of the first one which was released beginning of March...

Kodi v18 Leia - Alpha 1

Mar 5, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

A new hope dawns and it is finally time to start heading towards a final release. Today we are happy to announce that we are bringing you the first official pre-release Alpha build to a galaxy near you. Around November 2016 the team decided that v17 Krypton was mature...

Kodi v18 Leia - The story so far

Feb 11, 2018

Martijn Kaijser

Around November 2016 the team decided that v17 Krypton was mature enough to start with the release steps and as such it was branched off from our main development tree. This basically means it received its own place in our development repository and would only receive...

Kodi v18: Windows 64-bit is here

Jun 3, 2017

Martijn Kaijser

UPDATE: 27 December 2017 The 64-bit Kodi version for Windows is now feature complete and on same level as 32-bit. From now on the 32-bit installer will include a warning to ask you to install the 64-bit instead. This upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit version is...

Kodi V18: Goodbye Windows Vista

May 13, 2017

Martijn Kaijser

Dev Journal

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...

Kodi v18: Android Leanback suggestions, search and voice typing

Apr 29, 2017

Martijn Kaijser

Dev Journal

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...

Kodi v18 - "Leia"

Jan 9, 2017

Nathan Betzen

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...

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