Kodi is one of the best-known and most popular media players in the world and many of its users were eager for its new Nexus version, which has been a long time coming. It’s been almost two years since the launch of Kodi 19 Matrix and now you can download, after many betas, the final launch version of Kodi 20.
If you were wanting to definitely download Kodi 20 Nexus, pay attention to some of its most interesting news.
The new version of Kodi is now available
Almost a month ago Kodi version v20 Nexus RC1, (release candidate 1), a ready-to-install version, which meant that the software had passed all internal tests and is ready for release.
Today the final release version is finally here. Almost two years have passed since the release of Kodi 19 Matrix, and now users can take advantage of exciting new features, such as support for AV1 hardware decoding, a complete redesign of subtitles, native support for Apple chips, support for system protocol network file extension NFS version 4 (NFSv4) and more.
To download the stable version of Kodi 20.0 Nexus, you can go to official Web site of the project, select your platform and then choose the program to download.
- For Windows, for example, you can choose whether you want to download the installer for 64-bit or 32-bit computers, or download the program from the Windows Store.
- For Android, you can choose to download Kodi from Google Play, the Huawei App Gallery, or manually download the APK.
- For macOS, tvOS and iOS there is only one download, but for iOS and tvOS you need a jailbroken device
- For Linux and Raspberry, you have to follow the instructions on the web.
As always, there will be other changes that will not be noticeable, but are focused on making Kodi 20 Nexus a more stable and secure version than the previous ones:
“Most of the changes are “under the hood” and invisible to users, but they do improve Kodi’s stability, performance, and security. API changes have been made to evolve the Python and Binary plugins and bring new skinning features. There are Kodi dependency updates on most, if not all, Kodi platforms. Fixes for regular use of static code analysis tools. Database migration fixes for a smoother upgrade… and much more.”
The big improvements of Kodi 20 Nexus
Among the most important novelties that we are going to find in this new version of the multimedia application, some of the most important are the following:
- Support for the PipeWire media server.
- FFMPEG 4.4 and improved AV1 hardware decoding on Android and Linux.
- Support for the Steam Deck controller arrives.
- Kodi has support for the NFS version 4 Network File System protocol.
- New Estuary PVR widget to view current programming.
- All dependencies have been updated.
- Independent volume adjustments for sounds in the interface.
- We have a new dialog in the Color Picker window.
- Improvements in integrated games.
- Python update on Android and Apple systems.
- New features for HDR videos like adding information to videos.
- Improvements in DVD and Blu-Ray playback.
- Improvements in the interface and the use of skins.
- We will be able to make a more optimized use of subtitles.