Kodi 20.5 Now Available – Features, Updates, & Installation Guides

Kodi 20.5 has been released by the Kodi development team and is now considered the stable version of this software.

The latest release comes less than a month after 20.4 which was intended to be the final version of Kodi 20 before Kodi 21 “Omega” makes its arrival.

There are various bug fixes and other changes associated with Kodi 20.5 including the Select button on various Google TV devices working again which was pointed out by members of the TROYPOINT Insider. However, no major updates were made and the latest release mostly includes small fixes and tweaks.

Provided below are the complete release notes from the official Kodi website with updates, features, and more. We also show you how to update to Kodi 20.5 on your preferred device such as Firestick, Android TV/Google TV, and PC.

Because the most recent update is not available in the Google Play Store, Android users must sideload the application which we have instructions for below.

NOTE: TROYPOINT has not tested all popular addons and builds with the latest release of Kodi 20.5 If you are happy with the version of Kodi you have installed, we suggest continuing to use it on your media device.

Kodi 20.5 – Features, Fixes, & Improvements

Provided below is the complete changelog for Kodi 20.5 pulled directly from the official press release.

Release Notes

Input

• Reverted a number of controller changes that caused massive failures on Android devices. Input handling will now be the same as what was available in 20.3.

Platform Specific

• Android
  • Some great detective work was done by @spdfrk for a fix that meant Kodi would close the app during potential colour mode changes.
  • A backport by @fritsch that intends to bring Nexus inline with Omega behaviour for AudioTrack on Android. This means that some device users will need to add an extra setting to their AdvancedSettings.xml file. Details can be seen at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24729.
• Linux
  • Branding colours have been added to the metainfo file so that they can be used by things like the Flathub store. Info about this can be seen at the Flathub blog post https://docs.flathub.org/blog/introducing-app-brand-colors/.
• iOS/tvOS
  • A change that wasn’t actually in Kodi’s codebase, but a fix nonetheless, means that the inputstream.ffmpegdirect addon is now available to the iOS/tvOS release debs.

… plus, of course, some behind-the-scenes fixes and updates for e.g. library versions.

How to Install Kodi 20.5 with the TROYPOINT Toolbox

If you are interested as installing or updating your device to the latest release of Kodi, the best way to do this is with the free TROYPOINT Toolbox.

This can be accessed on any Android-based devices such as Firestick, Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Smart Televisions, and Android TV/Google TV Boxes such as onn. Google TV Box, NVIDIA SHIELD, and more.

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Kodi 20.5 Download Links

Use the corresponding guides below to update to Kodi 20.5 on your preferred device.

Firestick/Fire TV/Fire TV Cube

Update to Kodi 20.5 on Firestick Guide

Android/Android TV/Google TV

Update to Kodi 20.5 on Android, Android TV, Google TV

Windows

64-Bit

32-Bit

MacOS

64-Bit

iOS (Must be Jailbroken)

64-Bit

Linux

Use the following commands in your Linux/Ubuntu terminal to install Kodi 20.4.  Follow the prompts as you would with any other software installation.

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
sudo apt install kodi

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