After more than a year of development, the launch took place Code 21the new version of this veteran and popular multimedia and multiplatform center, perhaps the most distinctive in its category: you can install it on your PC, mobile, TV, Raspberry Pi… And expand it with all kinds of plugins to increase your capabilities to extremes, which are unusual in this type of application.

Codenamed “Omega”, Kodi 21 is packed with changes in substance, but with a few new features in form. If you’ve already been using Kodi 20, you won’t notice anything out of place, although there are details here and there that hint at a refresh. However, as with the previous version, Kodi 21 one more issue add and continue than twist, with special attention to updates.

According to the official announcement, Kodi 21 includes an update among its major new features framework multimedia FFmpeg 6 one of the key components of the application; improved support for DolbyVision profiles on Android; improved integration with native windows on macOS; improvements in driver management (gamepads) games… That would be the tip of the iceberg, though.

«The vast majority of changes are under the hood and invisible to users«, they explain in the ad; «but improve stability, performance and security by Kodi» they deliver. To expand on the data in this regard, the changelog for Kodi 21 contains the same in great detail, although this is information suitable only for developers… or very coffee lovers, that much.

So this launch could be summed up as “more and better”, something that doesn’t look so much like the introduction of a new one killer function, but that’s – considering the power that Kodi offers on its own – its business. If anything, it’s worth noting that Kodi 21 expands its boundaries and is coming to webOS, LG’s TV system so it’s actually a more and betterbut also a add and continue.

Interested in trying out Kodi 21? On the official download page you can find everything: installers for Windows (you also have it in the Microsoft Store), Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi, macOS, iOS, tvOS, webOS… each with different means and procedures, although starting Kodi is really simple. Configuring it manually is trickier, so if you’re new, take it easy… and start by checking out the wiki.