Kodi Leia v18.0 is out. Now supports retro gaming!

by protik7

Few highlights of the new version:

  • Retro gaming support with lot's of controllers already supported!
  • Gaming emulators or controller support can be installed as add-ons.
  • Ability to move the app to SD card.
  • Core changes to the codebase to support " release early, release often" model which means more frequent updates.

Full changelog here .

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PalebloodSky

Been running it on my Shield TV and Mi Box for about a month now (the release candidates) it's a great update and runs well. For emulation I still recommend RetroArch separately though.

ShortFuse

1.12 Android Specific

  • Moved to Android API 26 and SDK 26 with NDK 18 as minimum (meaning at least Android 5.0 is still required)
  • Added support for speech-to-text in Kodi OSD keyboard on Android TV (triggered by voice button on remote)
  • Added support for Android to move the Kodi app to SD card [144]
  • Added support for Android TV Leanback search and recommendations meta data from Kodi [145]
    • Default setting for Android TV Leanback suggestion to random unwatched movies and music albums [146]
  • Changed Rendertype from GUILayer to VideoLayer for Android MediaCodecSurface [147]
  • Changed to use NDK native C interface for Android MediaCodec (for performance gains) [148]
  • Changed to support ZeroConf via native Android API (and deprecates mDNSresponder) [149]
  • Changed to support network information via native Android API (and deprecates POSIX) [150]
  • Changed handling of Kodi's Java interfaces via JNI for better consistency [151]
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elister

https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-180

Digital Rights Management decryption support

DING DING DING! Shame that I dont subscribe to HBO & Showtime. Can anyone confirm this?

EDIT: I have an HDHomerun Prime.

thedevgeek

W00T! excellent news for my ALL in ONE RetroPie arcade/media center build :-)

rauldzmartin

Android Leanback and voice control

Voice control is totally not working for me.

franklinyyz

Does it support HDR to SDR tonemapping on 1080p displays on the nVidia Shield TV?! I'm downloading it right away if it does.

sc3nner

I love how the download says "We are fetching your download from the mainframe..." it's so... retro!

rasnicop

Do you know if it's available through Google Play Store? I have a Mi Box 3 Android TV.

CTU

I am not a fan of the update as it sadly is not comparable with my favorite skin

Reeaast

So it should now be possible to move it to an USB drive on Android TV, correct? I ran out of space if Kodi runs on the internal storage of the TV (of course all movie files are already external).

adrian8572

I wish that will have support for Apple TV 4. Putting Kodi app In AppStore on Apple TV 4 and install it from there like any other app.