The Kodi team has just released version 17.4 RC1 of their great app. They have already been underway on v18, their next big release, but are also working on 17.4 to address bugs that can’t wait for v18 to be completed. This is a release candidate, so it’s not fully vetted for issues just yet, but if you’ve had any crashing issues, you might want to give v17.4 RC1 a try. The easiest way to install it on the Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, or Fire TV Edition televisions is by using my Downloader app and entering bit.ly/kodi174rc into the URL field on the home screen. Minor updates like this new one never add any new features and are only released to improve the stability of the last major release, which was v17.

The Kodi team has just released version 17.2 of their great media player app. They’re still working on the next big release, “Leia” v18, but have release this new intermediate version because it contains an important patch to a security vulnerability that could allow malicious subtitle zip files to access your device. Read more ›

Kodi version 17.1 has just been released. An official announcement has not been made yet, so it’s not entirely clear what has changed since version 17, but the final v17.1 APK was just added to the official download page. This new version likely doesn’t add too many new features, but instead fixes bugs that have surfaced since v17 was released last month.

The easiest way to install or update to Kodi 17.1, on the Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick, is to use my Downloader app and enter bit.ly/kodi171 in the URL field of the app. If you need more detailed instructions, you can find them here in my guide.