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News with the Tag: Release

Kodi 21.3 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.3 "Omega" - Release

The more observant of you will have noticed that we've had some issues getting this version out to everyone, so some of you will have received this already depending on what channel you use (Flatpak, Google Play, winget community repos...). No matter, it's here for everyone now. While work is well…

Team Kodi

December 16, 2025·3 min read
Kodi 21.2 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.2 "Omega" - Release

\UPDATE FOR WINDOWS USERS: If you're experiencing crashes since this update was released, please read the note at the end of this post about updating your Visual C++ runtime. New Year, New Kodi? Not quite, but here we go with the next point release of the 21.x "Omega" series. The usual story:…

Team Kodi

January 19, 2025·4 min read

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Kodi 21.1 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.1 "Omega" - Release

Okay, a late announcement - apologies, you can blame the summer holiday season. Or, if it's easier, you can just blame me as the bloke with the keyboard, that works equally well. Either way, many of you will already have noticed this, but, in case you haven't ... Team Kodi is here with the first…

Team Kodi

September 10, 2024·2 min read
Kodi 21 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.0 "Omega" - Release

It's time! We are very pleased to present the latest and greatest release of Kodi, v21.0 "Omega". With this release we have seen over 3,750 commits since v20.0 "Nexus" was available to the world on January 15th, 2023. As always, this has been a huge effort from many contributors, testers and…

Team Kodi

April 06, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.5 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.5 "Nexus" - Release

Nexus just won't end, it seems: we're back already, this time what we hope will be the final release for the Nexus line. Welcome to 20.5! An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.4 on Github, as usual. Release notes Input Reverted a number of…

Team Kodi

March 03, 2024·2 min read
Kodi 20.4 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.4 "Nexus" - Release

It looks like one last hurrah was premature for the "Nexus" line: we find ourselves back again already, this time with a new 20.4 release. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.3 on Github, as usual. Android users, please see note at the bottom of…

Team Kodi

February 11, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.3 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.3 "Nexus" - Release

A new year dawns, and brings with it one last hurrah for the Kodi "Nexus" release line. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.2 on Github, as usual. Release notes Estuary An assortment of fixes for Estuary, including home categories' focus…

Team Kodi

January 10, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.2 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.2 "Nexus" - Release

As is always inevitable in software, we are back with a new release of Kodi "Nexus". An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.1 on Github, as usual. Release notes Audio An assortment of E-AC3 related fixes were backported. Estuary A fix to the Music…

Team Kodi

July 02, 2023·3 min read
Kodi 20.1 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.1 "Nexus" - Release

As is always inevitable in software, we are back with a new release of Kodi 20.x "Nexus". An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.0 on Github, as usual. Release notes Audio @fritsch has been working feverishly on Android-related audio issues over…

Team Kodi

March 13, 2023·4 min read
Kodi 20.0 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.0 "Nexus" - Release

It's Time! We are pleased to present the latest release of Kodi, v20 "Nexus". With over 4,600 commits since v19 "Matrix" was released on February 19th, 2021, this has been a huge effort. Thanks go out to our team members, and everyone in our community who sent a pull request, tested and gave…

Team Kodi

January 15, 2023·4 min read
Kodi 19.5 "Matrix" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre, surrounded and overlaid with a cascade of random computer characters, falling like rain from the top of the screen. Below the image, in blue text: "Kodi 19.4 - Matrix".

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.5 Release

Happy Holidays, everyone! To celebrate, here we have release 19.5. This release caps off the v19 Matrix development cycle - we are not intending anything further now until 20.0 "Nexus". Without further fanfare, then I give you Kodi "Matrix" 19.5: more bug fixes, some backports, no real new…

Prof Yaffle

December 24, 2022·2 min read
Kodi "Kore" Remote Logo

Release 

Kore 3.0

Is Web 3.0 here? We don't know, but Kore 3.0 certainly is! Shiny, decentralized and software-based, it's ready to take over your old, centralized, atom-based remote. As a major release there are lots of changes, too many in fact to list here, but the main ones are: Migration to Google's Material 3…

SyncedSynapse

October 15, 2022·2 min read
Kodi 19.4 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.4 Release

Is it too late to say "Happy New Year"? Probably, but this is still the first release of 2022, so let's go with that anyway. It's point release o'clock once more, so, without further fanfare, I give you Kodi "Matrix" 19.4: more bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since…

Prof Yaffle

March 05, 2022·2 min read
Kodi 19.3 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release

Okay, we know that we've only just released 19.2, and some of you are probably even still waiting for that, but that's a big part of the reason we need to push out a new build. We still had some challenges with the Xbox release, and some other issues came to light that we didn't want to ignore -…

Prof Yaffle

October 25, 2021·2 min read
Kodi 19.2 "Matrix" Splash Screen

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Kodi "Matrix" 19.2 Release

It's been some time since we released 19.1, and numerous issues have revealed themselves and been resolved in the intervening months. As such, we're probably overdue a formal release of the updates, so, without further ado - here's the latest release in the "Matrix" series. As with other point…

Prof Yaffle

October 08, 2021·3 min read
Kodi 19.1 "Matrix" Splash Screen

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Kodi "Matrix" 19.1 Release

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, no matter how much testing you do before a major release, you'll never find and squash anything like all the bugs until you get a proper, large-scale, mass test of the code. In other words, it's time for a bugfix release on the Kodi 19 "Matrix" series,…

Prof Yaffle

May 09, 2021·4 min read
Kodi 19 Matrix splash screen

Release 

Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" - Release

... yes, it's here! After several iterations of alpha, beta and RC, Team Kodi is pleased to announce that Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" has just been formally released on all supported platforms. Dare you take the red pill, and find out how deep the rabbit-hole goes? By the numbers, then, this version is the…

Prof Yaffle

February 19, 2021·6 min read
Kodi 18.9 Splash Screen

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Kodi "Leia" 18.9 Release

Mutter, mutter... "18.8 will be the last", they said... "all efforts will go into 19.x now", they said... famous last words... Okay, one more roll of the "Leia" die, although this one is really driven by circumstances beyond our control. Technical changes by Cloudflare caused significant issues…

Prof Yaffle

October 23, 2020·1 min read
Kodi 18.8 Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Leia" 18.8 Release

So, here we are again. Those of you with eagle eyes may already have seen this rolling out, but just to make everyone else aware - 18.8 is here. In our ongoing quest to make your lives as simple and fulfilling as possible, we're proud to present what is likely to be the final release in the 18.x…

Prof Yaffle

July 28, 2020·2 min read
Kore logo

Release 

New Kore version - v2.5.1

Kore v2.5.1 Released! Team Kodi are proud to announce the release of the latest version of our Kore Android remote. This version is mostly a bug fix release, but it also includes some improvements that we hope you like. The most relevant changes for this version are: - Add support for sharing from…

Team Kodi

June 20, 2020·1 min read

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All News653Community Updates176Conferences56Deep Dive14DevCon33Developer Updates129Prerelease Announcements138Release Announcements66April Fools7

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Kodi 21.3 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.3 "Omega" - Release

The more observant of you will have noticed that we've had some issues getting this version out to everyone, so some of you will have received this already depending on what channel you use (Flatpak, Google Play, winget community repos...). No matter, it's here for everyone now. While work is well…

Team Kodi

December 16, 2025·3 min read
Kodi 21.2 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.2 "Omega" - Release

\UPDATE FOR WINDOWS USERS: If you're experiencing crashes since this update was released, please read the note at the end of this post about updating your Visual C++ runtime. New Year, New Kodi? Not quite, but here we go with the next point release of the 21.x "Omega" series. The usual story:…

Team Kodi

January 19, 2025·4 min read
Kodi 21.1 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" wrapped around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.1 "Omega" - Release

Okay, a late announcement - apologies, you can blame the summer holiday season. Or, if it's easier, you can just blame me as the bloke with the keyboard, that works equally well. Either way, many of you will already have noticed this, but, in case you haven't ... Team Kodi is here with the first…

Team Kodi

September 10, 2024·2 min read
Kodi 21 "Omega" Splash Screen - the Kodi logo sits at the centre of a black screen, a stylised Greek letter "Omega" around it.

Release 

Kodi 21.0 "Omega" - Release

It's time! We are very pleased to present the latest and greatest release of Kodi, v21.0 "Omega". With this release we have seen over 3,750 commits since v20.0 "Nexus" was available to the world on January 15th, 2023. As always, this has been a huge effort from many contributors, testers and…

Team Kodi

April 06, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.5 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.5 "Nexus" - Release

Nexus just won't end, it seems: we're back already, this time what we hope will be the final release for the Nexus line. Welcome to 20.5! An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.4 on Github, as usual. Release notes Input Reverted a number of…

Team Kodi

March 03, 2024·2 min read
Kodi 20.4 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.4 "Nexus" - Release

It looks like one last hurrah was premature for the "Nexus" line: we find ourselves back again already, this time with a new 20.4 release. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.3 on Github, as usual. Android users, please see note at the bottom of…

Team Kodi

February 11, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.3 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.3 "Nexus" - Release

A new year dawns, and brings with it one last hurrah for the Kodi "Nexus" release line. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.2 on Github, as usual. Release notes Estuary An assortment of fixes for Estuary, including home categories' focus…

Team Kodi

January 10, 2024·3 min read
Kodi 20.2 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.2 "Nexus" - Release

As is always inevitable in software, we are back with a new release of Kodi "Nexus". An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.1 on Github, as usual. Release notes Audio An assortment of E-AC3 related fixes were backported. Estuary A fix to the Music…

Team Kodi

July 02, 2023·3 min read
Kodi 20.1 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.1 "Nexus" - Release

As is always inevitable in software, we are back with a new release of Kodi 20.x "Nexus". An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.0 on Github, as usual. Release notes Audio @fritsch has been working feverishly on Android-related audio issues over…

Team Kodi

March 13, 2023·4 min read
Kodi 20.0 "Nexus" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre of a black page, around it, a dial - a gauge or chronograph, perhaps.

Release 

Kodi 20.0 "Nexus" - Release

It's Time! We are pleased to present the latest release of Kodi, v20 "Nexus". With over 4,600 commits since v19 "Matrix" was released on February 19th, 2021, this has been a huge effort. Thanks go out to our team members, and everyone in our community who sent a pull request, tested and gave…

Team Kodi

January 15, 2023·4 min read
Kodi 19.5 "Matrix" Splash Screen - a blue Kodi logo sits in the centre, surrounded and overlaid with a cascade of random computer characters, falling like rain from the top of the screen. Below the image, in blue text: "Kodi 19.4 - Matrix".

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.5 Release

Happy Holidays, everyone! To celebrate, here we have release 19.5. This release caps off the v19 Matrix development cycle - we are not intending anything further now until 20.0 "Nexus". Without further fanfare, then I give you Kodi "Matrix" 19.5: more bug fixes, some backports, no real new…

Prof Yaffle

December 24, 2022·2 min read
Kodi "Kore" Remote Logo

Release 

Kore 3.0

Is Web 3.0 here? We don't know, but Kore 3.0 certainly is! Shiny, decentralized and software-based, it's ready to take over your old, centralized, atom-based remote. As a major release there are lots of changes, too many in fact to list here, but the main ones are: Migration to Google's Material 3…

SyncedSynapse

October 15, 2022·2 min read
Kodi 19.4 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.4 Release

Is it too late to say "Happy New Year"? Probably, but this is still the first release of 2022, so let's go with that anyway. It's point release o'clock once more, so, without further fanfare, I give you Kodi "Matrix" 19.4: more bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since…

Prof Yaffle

March 05, 2022·2 min read
Kodi 19.3 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.3 Release

Okay, we know that we've only just released 19.2, and some of you are probably even still waiting for that, but that's a big part of the reason we need to push out a new build. We still had some challenges with the Xbox release, and some other issues came to light that we didn't want to ignore -…

Prof Yaffle

October 25, 2021·2 min read
Kodi 19.2 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.2 Release

It's been some time since we released 19.1, and numerous issues have revealed themselves and been resolved in the intervening months. As such, we're probably overdue a formal release of the updates, so, without further ado - here's the latest release in the "Matrix" series. As with other point…

Prof Yaffle

October 08, 2021·3 min read
Kodi 19.1 "Matrix" Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Matrix" 19.1 Release

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, no matter how much testing you do before a major release, you'll never find and squash anything like all the bugs until you get a proper, large-scale, mass test of the code. In other words, it's time for a bugfix release on the Kodi 19 "Matrix" series,…

Prof Yaffle

May 09, 2021·4 min read
Kodi 19 Matrix splash screen

Release 

Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" - Release

... yes, it's here! After several iterations of alpha, beta and RC, Team Kodi is pleased to announce that Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" has just been formally released on all supported platforms. Dare you take the red pill, and find out how deep the rabbit-hole goes? By the numbers, then, this version is the…

Prof Yaffle

February 19, 2021·6 min read
Kodi 18.9 Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Leia" 18.9 Release

Mutter, mutter... "18.8 will be the last", they said... "all efforts will go into 19.x now", they said... famous last words... Okay, one more roll of the "Leia" die, although this one is really driven by circumstances beyond our control. Technical changes by Cloudflare caused significant issues…

Prof Yaffle

October 23, 2020·1 min read
Kodi 18.8 Splash Screen

Release 

Kodi "Leia" 18.8 Release

So, here we are again. Those of you with eagle eyes may already have seen this rolling out, but just to make everyone else aware - 18.8 is here. In our ongoing quest to make your lives as simple and fulfilling as possible, we're proud to present what is likely to be the final release in the 18.x…

Prof Yaffle

July 28, 2020·2 min read
Kore logo

Release 

New Kore version - v2.5.1

Kore v2.5.1 Released! Team Kodi are proud to announce the release of the latest version of our Kore Android remote. This version is mostly a bug fix release, but it also includes some improvements that we hope you like. The most relevant changes for this version are: - Add support for sharing from…

Team Kodi

June 20, 2020·1 min read
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