Get a Kodi 17 download now for the latest version of Kodi, Krypton! Check out all Kodi 17 new features and information on how you can download the latest version now!
December 29th: The Kodi 17 Release Candidate is here! If all is well, this will be the final release of Kodi 17 for everyone. Check out the changes below and feel free to update today if you are comfortable from the Kodi website.
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December 19th: Kodi 17 Beta #7, the last beta before the release candidate, is now ready for download. Inching closer to release still, this version polishes up the default Estuary skin and adds IEC61937 audio passthrough support for Android.
- Update Estuary and Estouchy skin with some bugfixes
- Enable IEC61937 audio passthrough support on Android for DTS-HD, TrueHD, DTS:X and ATMOS in case the Android version supports this
- Fix PVR channel OSD display conditions
- Fix possible crash in PVR EPG
- Fix multiple selection in file browser
- Fix wrong window size on OSX
- Further improvement of cmake build system
- Various other improvements and fixes
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November 30th: Kodi 17 Beta #6 is now available for download! Inching closer to official release, some of the bigger bug fixes in this version are as follows:
- Fix video stall on Android during skipping of video
- Fix not updating favourites menu after change has been made
- Further improve controller support
- Better music library scanning and usage
- NOTE: Switching a skin on Windows is currently broken.
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October 29th: Just 4 days after the last release, Kodi 17 Beta #5 is now available for download. Still just bug fixes this time around.
Known details that still have to be figured out: Currently, upgrading add-ons and skins on Windows does not work and there are known issues with video freezing on Android. Once these are ironed out, Kodi 17 will be officially released.
For specific details and download information, click here.
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October 25th: Kodi 17 Beta #4 is now available! Continuing to fix bugs, the Kodi team is inching closer to official Kodi 17 release. If you need a new Android Kodi box to be compatible with Kodi 17, check out this post for more details.
Kodi 17 Beta #4 Changes
- Fixed relative seeks on video playback.
- Fix controller on NVIDIA Shield TV not working after it went to sleep.
- Fix video playback when skipping beyond end of file on mp4 videos
- AMD/ATI cards improvement
- Fixed aspect ratio calculationfor 3D modes
- Fix several memory leaks
Click here to try out Kodi 17 Beta #4
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Original Post:
A Kodi 17 download is now available! The beta of Kodi is now released, which officially takes Kodi 17 from development stage into pre-release!
Disclaimer: Beta still means that Kodi 17 is being worked on and fine-tuned. The version may not be stable enough for your main Kodi box yet and is not going to be 100% working. One of the biggest changes you’ll read below is that Android 4.4 and lower support is being dropped, so at the very least take this as a warning sign if you are looking for a new Kodi box soon.
If you want to download Kodi 17 Kypton, click here. Read about all of the new changes in Kodi 17 Krypton below!
Kodi 17 Krypton Changes and Improvements
- Brand new default skins! Gone is Confluence and in is Estuary and Estouchy (optimized for tablets).
- Improvements to DVDPlayer, which allow for playback of DVD discs/files.
- Updates to videorendering and openGL drivers.
- Complete rewrite of audio/video syncing (less offset audio).
- Improved playback of live streams. Internal buffers no longer fill up!
- Input stream add-ons – Add-ons can now be written to support multiple stream qualities or camera angles and you can select this on the fly in Kodi. For example, a stream might be offered in 540p, 720p, or 1080p and you can now switch on-the-fly in Kodi.
- Kodi PVR settings improved.
- Full HD audio passthrough support in Android.
- Android 5.0 Lollipop minimum. This means Android 4.4, which is now 2.5 years old, is not supported by Kodi. This should give you a good baseline for which Kodi boxes to avoid buying online.
- Custom AMLogic Kodi code has been turned off, which is one of the reasons that Android 4.4 firmware is no longer supported.
- If installing third-party add-ons, you have to acknowledge that the add-on is not supported by the Kodi foundation.
- You can now view which add-ons have been installed or updated.
- Settings section has now been made more clear.
- Music library improvements – tag reading and scraping, improved artists handling.
- Tons of other improvements.
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