Introducing the new Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3. This future Alpha build may be unstable and is recommended for testing purposes only.
As we can see if we install the Kodi v22 Piers version, the aesthetic changes are few and it seems a fairly continuous version in general. In any case we have versions available for Windows in 32 and 64bit compilations in addition to the compilations for Android in ARM V7A format of greater compatibility and ARM V8A for Shield TV or similar. In the following months this version will evolve and we will inform you about its new features.
Download Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3
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Download Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3 for Android
The Alpha and Beta versions are not available on Google Play, so we have to install the APK manually. Here is a guide to installing an APK on Android.
- Download Kodi 32bit for Android compatible with all TV-Box
- Download Kodi 64bit for Android compatible with NVidia and others
Download Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3 for Windows
- Download Kodi 64bit for PC compatible with any PC (Recommended)
- Download Kodi 32bit for PC compatible with old PCs
Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3 changelog
Release highlights
- Added support for taglines in TV shows
- Added support for H264 AVCC subtitles
- Added support for full IANA language tags
- Added N64 support using software rendering
- Added JSON RPC methods “Player.GetChapters” and “Player.OnPropertyChanged“
- Upgraded FFmpeg to v8.0.1
- Upgraded Python to v3.14.3
- Changed MySQL/MariaDB collation to utf8mb4
Video
- Improved Blu-ray support for both menus and playback
- Improved TV show episode handling for blu-ray
- Improved changing chapters in movies
- Improved seeking during tempo change
Audio
- Changed default samplerate from 44.1kHz to 48kHz
- Fixed missing 200ms of audio at the start of video playback
- Fixed occasional missing audio when changing playback speed
- Fixed AC3 audio duration being incorrect for non-48KHz content
- Improved handling of low-latency audio
Subtitles
- Fixed handling of WebVTT (ISOBMFF) subtitles
- Fixed PGS/VobSub subtitle selection for foreign audio tracks
- Fixed crash when handling some BCP47 language tags added in Alpha 2
Library
- Improved tagline handling for movies and TV shows
Games
- Improved shader support
- Fixed Black screen for games with unaligned textures
- Fixed crash when changing resolution
Streaming and network
- Fixed playback of tcp:// streams
- Fixed media info display for strm:// streams
- Fixed occasional errors resuming UPnP playback
Stacks and compressed archives
- Added support for folder stacks, useful for DVD/Bluray folders
- Improved playback of folder stacks
- Improved handling media inside compressed archives
- Fixed handling of zip files greater than 4GB
Profiles
- Improved creating profiles in custom folders
- Fixed deadlock when viewing Weather with multiple profiles
- Highlighted current profile in profile selection dialog
Platforms
Android
- Fixed Auto Frame Rate (AFR) when resuming from standby
- Improved handling of Dolby Vision L5 metadata
- Improved handling of foreign subtitles
webOS
webOS Video
- General improvements for Dolby Vision support
- Improved handling of Dolby Vision L5 metadata
- Fixed tempo control
webOS Audio
- Improved audio passthrough support
- Improved volume handling in non-passthrough mode
- Improved Dolby Digital audio when using eARC
- Fixed AAC playback on some older versions of webOS
Windows
- Added front-to-back rendering
- Changed default audio output to XAUDIO and WASAPI
- Fixed Kodi unable to run on Windows 8.1
Linux
- Improved power management for systems without logind
- Extended range of keyboard keys and remote buttons
- Fixed long-pressing keyboard keys on Wayland
FreeBSD
- Extract to disk instead of RAM for large compressed archives
A little love for developers and security researchers
- (For researchers) Dropped some unused code that kept tripping CVEs
- (For developers) New KodiAI app on GitHub
- (For developers) Added support Visual Studio 2026
- (For developers) Improved compatibility with C++23
- (For developers) Added meson support for building dependencies
Known Issues
- Kodi is incompatible with MySQL 9.6 (‘sets’ is now a reserved keyword). A fix will be devised for the next v22 prerelease.
- Blu-ray stream details aren’t saved in the library
KODI Tutorials
- Installing Addons on KODI, step by step guide and additional tricks.
- Fix Judder effect, avoid image jumps during playback.
- Multichannel sound on Android and Windows, HD sound in your home.
- Use SAMBA home network with KODI