Kodi v17.0 “Krypton” Release Candidate 4

Kodi 17 Krypton release candidate 4 is now available. Here are the details on the latest release of Kodi.

Those familiar with the extremely popular Kodi – formerly XBMC – media centre software will likely already be well aware that version 17 of the platform is currently in development, with the team aiming for a full and final release. After coming out of beta and into the release candidate stage, the team has now officially released the fourth RC of Kodi 17 Krypton and is now available to download with immediate effect.

Fixes did in this release candidate:

• Update Estuary and As touchy with some bugfixes and improvements
• Fix Kodi not starting on some phones running Android 7
• Revert changes that disabled plugin listing cache that which caused reduced browsing speed
• Fix the cause of favourites not refreshing
• Fix add-ons not being added to favourites if done through add-on manager
• Update our default web interface Chorus2 with several fixes and features
• Fix possible deadlock when installing/uninstalling PVR add-ons
• Fix possible failed add-on installs on Windows with a retry
• Fix changing song ratings
• Make sure to stop playback before uninstalling a PVR add-on
• Try to handle graphics failures due to bad graphics driver on Windows
• Fix long timeout for certain audio streams