Kodi 18.6 Updates, Improvements, and Download Links

Kodi 18.6 has officially been released and is now considered the “stable” version of this software.

The following article shows the updates and changes within Kodi 18.6 Leia. You can also download the most recent version using the links below the text or learn how to update.

Important – Please note that TROYPOINT has not tested Kodi 18.6 with any add-ons or builds and some may not work properly with this new release.

Kodi 18.6 Fixes and Updates

There are no new features in the Kodi 18.6 release, only bug fixes.

The Kodi team is pulling some bug fixes from the upcoming 19 release and inserting them into 18.6.  As of now, Kodi 19 is in beta testing with no information when it will be released as stable.

Should you update?  Most people won’t notice any improvements.  If you see something that has been causing problems for you in the list below, yes you should update.

We recommend not updating, if Kodi is running well for you under the current version you are using.

Below you will find the Kodi 18.6 changelog pulled directly from the official Kodi Website.

Audio

• Fixes around visualizations
• Fixes around pause/resume
• Fixes around TrueHD crashes
• Workaround firmware bug (AMLogic v23) (side-note: there are many more Android audio fixes that can’t be merged into 18.x “Leia” because of old AMLogic workarounds)
• Fix to correctly resume audio-only MPEG-TS streams
• Correct headphone enumeration (Android)

Build System

• Updates for missing includes
• Updates for Cmake (Windows)
• Updates for device handling and packaging (MacOS)

Games

• Fixes for launching disc images and .zip files
• Fixes for black screen for RGB emulators (Rpi)

Interface Look & Feel

• Fixes around TextureCache
• Fixes for windowing, refresh rate, mode change and others (Android)
• Fixes for floating/split keyboard (iOS)
• Fix for artist slideshow (Estuary)
• Fix media view from addon given content

Playback/Display

• Fixed race condition for OnPlaybackStarted
• Fixes for MIME type (Android)
• Support for Dolby Vision streams via addons
• Fixes for maximum width and height/vertical-shift (Android)
• Fix for scanning in sub-directories
• Fix size of EAGL layer on external screen (iOS)
• Fix for glTexImage3D (Linux)
• Fix for seeking issues
• Reset playlist on new file playback

PVR

• Fix for multi-line episode names

Other General Fixes

• Fixed incorrectly formatted region time
• Pass JSON serialized path settings to python scrapers
• Fix file access on auto-mounted sources
• Fix seeking with FileCache lockup
• Fix pass-through on USB devices (Android)
• Fix crash if profile.xml gets broken
• Fix cache forward size on EOF

Kodi 18.6 Download Links

For Firestick and Fire TV Users, the following links will provide you with installation guides and updating guides for your preferred device:

Kodi 18.6 on Firestick

Update to Kodi 18.6 on Firestick

TROYPOINT Android Shortcode for Downloader app or browser: https://troypoint.com/k18

Windows

64-Bit

32-Bit

MacOS

64-Bit

iOS (Must have jailbroken device)

ARM

ARM64

Linux

Use the following commands in your Linux/Ubuntu terminal to install Kodi 18.6. Follow the prompts as you would with any other software installation.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

Raspberry Pi

Kodi on Raspberry Pi Guide

Xbox One

Kodi on Xbox One Guide

Fire TV/Cube/Stick

Kodi on Firestick Guide