We would generally recommend people to stay with “Leia” until “Matrix” reaches a stable first version (19.0) and ideally until 19.1, which will fix many bugs that are missed in testing.
Alpha means that a lot of stuff is partially working or not working at all, so if you want to give it a spin, keep that in mind. However, most of the popular platforms already have packages ready, which you can pick right away from the official download page.Īs for the status of the Kodi 19.x “Matrix” release, the Alpha 2 landed at the start of the month, bringing many new features, improvements, and fixes. Actually, my preference is DM because their is a lot of junk that promises good stuff and when installed is not what I want, I can completely delete all those files out of Kodi.
Obviously, the latest Kodi version won’t land on all platforms immediately, as building the apps and testing them takes time, so be patient. With my original setup of 18.2 I could not install from Git browser and Download Manager. Now, you can find the xbmc-addons-chinese entry. Also, with this version, Kodi 18 Leia becomes maybe the most stable and well-supported release from the XBMC team, and the users who are not planning to upgrade to Kodi 19 may continue to use the previous major version and enjoy its robustness for years to come.