Release summary
Major user-facing changes include:
Video/audio
- Upgraded to FFmpeg 8
- Added HEIF/HEIC support
- Fixed playing streams with more than 256 audio+video+subtitles tracks
- Improved audio channel handling
- Improved subtitle selection for "forced_only" subtitles
Library/Sources and Management
- Added Season Plot
- Added Movie/TV Show Original Language
- Fixed bug in Alpha 1 where scanning fails if local NFO files are present
- Improved Video Version importing
PVR
- Fixed Daylight Saving Time switching issues
Weather
- New Weather Skinning API
- Various fixes and improvements for the Home widget and Weather window
Python
- Upgraded to Python 3.13.7
- Added ability to set available fanart
Platforms
- Windows
- Multiple Kodi instances can now be run simultaneously
- Android
- New dialog explaining microphone permission
- macOS
- Fixed high CPU usage in the background
- LG webOS
- Improvements for new Media Pipeline
- Fixed very bright subtitles and GUI when playing HDR / DolbyVision content
- Fixed subtitles sometimes not displaying