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Having issues with free Movies, TV Shows, Sports, IPTV Streams?

Jun 29, 2017
Christian Hewitt
Due to recent legal action against websites and repositories promoting add-ons that use pirated (stolen) media content, many have shut-down their services. This is driving a large increase in users complaining in our forums and on social media about their "Kodi Box" no...
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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...
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Seven years ago we said goodbye to the original XBOX

May 27, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
Seven years ago on this day we said goodbye to where Kodi(XBMC) once started. On 26 May 2010 we officially announced that XBOX support and it's development would continue elsewhere. Here's the original announcement from 26 May 2010 XBMC (XBMP really) started as a...
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Kodi v17.3: A minor bug fix and security release

May 25, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
Sorry for this quick bump to v17.3 however we deemed it necessary. In the previous v17.2 we had a slight issue due to packaging certain binary add-ons like PVR, visualisation and Inputstream. Sadly we only uncovered this too late after release. Additionally on the...
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Kodi v17.2: A minor bug fix and security release

May 21, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
Update: We have now released v17.3 to solve the problems mentioned below: v17.3 announcement Update: Due to packaging issue after release some add-ons like PVR, visualisation and Inputstream are missing. Also on Ubuntu 14.04 an issue came to light. We will release v17...
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Kodi V18: Goodbye Windows Vista

May 13, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
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...
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Kodi presenting at Microsoft Build 2017

May 11, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
Last year we announced that the team worked together with Microsoft on creating a Microsoft Store version of Kodi using their Desktop Bridge (Project Centennial) project. Taking this opportunity to reach millions of Windows 10 users has proven quite successful and...
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Team Kodi, Porto, Portugal 2017

Devcon 2017 - Day Three

May 7, 2017
Prof Yaffle
So - we've got to Day Three already, which means the final day of this DevCon. As the church bells rang in the day on this cloudless Sunday morning, the team was looking jaundiced. You can see the strains showing: long days of intense concentration are taking their...
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Wetek Play

Devcon 2017 - Day Two

May 6, 2017
Prof Yaffle
Day two dawns on what is a much better day in now-sunny Portugal. The team has emerged, blinking slowly in the unfamiliar daylight - copious amounts of espresso have been drunk to neutralise the effects of all those craft beers - and we're off once again. This is also...
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Devcon 2017 - Day One

May 6, 2017
Prof Yaffle
Welcome to DevCon 2017! Unlike previous years, where we've tried to give a live blog of what's happening (much harder than it might seem!), this year, we're aiming to simply summarise the event for you all in a series of posts. So: DevCon 2017. Thirty-two of the finest...
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Selling Pirate Boxes Now Illegal in the EU - Dev Journal

May 5, 2017
Nathan Betzen
We wanted to address the recent judgment by the EU Court of Justice regarding so-called piracy boxes. We should start by saying that none of us are lawyers in the EU, so consider anything we say to be opinions and not facts. If you want facts, ask actual lawyers. The...
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Kodi v18: Android Leanback suggestions, search and voice typing

Apr 29, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
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...
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Kodi DRM

Dev Journal: Kodi and DRM

Apr 24, 2017
h.udo
For any of you that might have been living on Planet Mars the last few years and are not familiar with all the talk surrounding DRM, here is the digest version: Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to a broad range of technologies, techniques, and standards, many of...
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Porto, Portugal

Kodi's 2017 Developers' Conference

Apr 6, 2017
h.udo
We're excited to announce that the 2017 Kodi's Developers' Conference will be from the 5th through the 7th of May in Porto, Portugal!
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We Have a New Website

Apr 2, 2017
Nathan Betzen
We're excited to announce that the Kodi.tv website has been fully updated!
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Construction site, Credit: Alissa Eady

And.....we're baaaaack!

Apr 1, 2017
Prof Yaffle
Happy April, everyone. Did you miss us? :) Apologies if we scared you, but you'll have noticed that we've redecorated while you were looking the other way . Some might even suggest that taking the website and forum down for a couple of days was all part of the plan.....
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Kodi Krypton

Kodi v17.1 “Krypton”

Mar 23, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
This is the bugfix release for v17.1 “Krypton” which contains our continuous effort to further improve the v17 release. Our team tried to tackle as much of the reported problems as possible with the limited resources we have. We do want to note that since we are just a...
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Summer of code

We are a Google Summer of Code 2017 Organization!

Mar 1, 2017
Nathan Betzen
We are excited to announce that Kodi has been accepted as a Google Summer of Code 2017 project ! Students, as of the time of this publication, you have about 2 or 3 weeks to start thinking about project ideas. If you are a student interested in applying, please head...
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Kodi v17.1 “Krypton” Release Candidate 1

Feb 23, 2017
Martijn Kaijser
This is the Release Candidate for our upcoming bugfix release v17.1 “Krypton” which contains our continuous effort to further improve the v17 release. Our team will certainly try to tackle as much of the reported problems as possible with the limited resources we have...
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Kodi 17.0

Feb 5, 2017
Kib
Team Kodi are very happy to announce the immediate availability of Kodi 17.0 (Krypton) for Windows, Android, MacOS and iOS. Krypton brings updated default user interfaces, better organisation of settings, and many under-the-hood changes on VideoPlayer, Music Library,...
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