- Minor update, primarily aimed at ensuring Kore remains up to date with the latest Android versions;
- Add back button navigation on addons listing;
- Improve haptic feedback on remote control pad;
- Various bug fixes.
Lots of changes in this version, too many in fact to list here, but the main ones are:
- Migration to Google's Material 3 UI guidelines
- Redesign most of Kore's screens
- Redesign the notifications
- and lots and lots of code cleaning and generic bug fixing.
Given the level of changes, there certainly are bugs lurking around. If you find one, please let us know at the forum (https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=369711) so we can make Kore a better remote.
- Add support for sharing from Amazon Prime Videos and from Arte (The European Culture Channel) to Kodi;
- Allow local playback of items in the "Files" section;
- Fix download of media files not working;
- Fix "Play from here" in the "Files" section;
- Prevent continuous refresh of playlist in the remote section in some configurations;
- Support sharing of local filenames with spaces in the name;
- Support for self-signed certificates;
- Remember last used tab in various sections.
- Improved PVR section: new search option, sort recordings and hide watched items;
- Add support for sharing local files to Kodi, by using the side menu "Local Files", or by choosing Kore as the share target for a file;
- Allow changing Kore's language in Settings;
- Add new sort option for albums, movies and tv shows (by year);
- New color themes (Sunrise and Sunset) and tweaks to the others;
- Show all the available playlists (in the playlist screen), even when nothing's playing;
Fix issue with remote interface not updating when play starts
- Improved addons list
- Enable direct sharing of a URL to a specific host
- Bug fixes and UI tweaks
Version 2.4.4
- Enable playing movies locally on device (you need a movie player installed on your device to use this. This option is enabled by default, if you don't use it, disable it in settings)
- Add new setting to use skip steps instead of seeking in the notification
- Improve sharing from youtube
- Bug fixes and UI tweaks
Version 2.3.3- Fixes for Android Oreo- Make control pad scalable on smaller devices- Improve showing text with markup codes on the Now Playing and PVR sections- Handle playlists shared from YouTube app- Option to use volume hardware keys anywhere inside Kore- Bug fixes
Version 2.3.2- New slide up panel with media controls on information screens- Added new Favourites section to the navigation side panel- Remote bottom bar shortcuts now configurable through Settings- Added watched indicator to movies and tv shows list- Various UI tweaks, including new colors and icons- Bug fixes
Version 2.2.0- Redesign settings screen- Redesign TV show details to include next episodes and seasons list- Show volume level on the Now Playing screen- Added various new sort options on movies, TV shows and albums lists- Improved songs list, showing the artist name on each song- Support sharing to Kodi plain video urls- New option: keep screen on when using the remote- Various UI tweaks- Bug fixes
Kore™ is a simple, easy to use and beautiful remote that lets you control your Kodi® / XBMC™ media center from your Android™ device.
With Kore you can
– Control your media center with an easy to use remote;
– See what’s currently playing, and control it with the usual playback and volume controls;
– Queue to, check and manage the current playlist;
– View your media library, including details about your movies, TV shows, music, pictres and add-ons;
- Start playback or queue a media item on Kodi, stream or download an item to your local device;
– Send YouTube, Twitch and other videos to Kodi;
– Manage live TV channels and trigger recording on your PVR/DVR setup;
- Navigate your local media files and send them to Kodi;
– Change, sync and download subtitles, switch the active audio stream;
– And more, like toggle full screen playback in Kodi, trigger clean and updates on your library and send text directly to Kodi
Kore works with
– Kodi 14.x "Helix" and higher;
– XBMC 12.x "Frodo" and 13.x Gotham;
License and development
Kodi® and Kore™ are trademarks of the XBMC Foundation. For further details you can visit http://kodi.wiki/view/Official:Trademark_Policy
Kore™ is fully Open-Source and released under the Apache License 2.0
Should you wish to help on future development you can do so by visiting https://github.com/xbmc/Kore for code contributions.
Kore asks for the following permissions
Storage: needed for local file navigation and downloading from Kodi
Telephone: needed if you want to pause Kodi when an incoming call is detected.
Kore does not collect or share information to the outside.
Need help or have any problems?
Please visit our forum at http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=129
Images shown on screenshots are Copyright Blender Foundation (http://www.blender.org/), used under a Creative Commons 3.0 License
Kodi™ / XBMC™ are trademarks of the XBMC Foundation