Kodi introduced a number of sifnificant changes on April 1,
with the most notable being it shifting its focus to Xbox One, ending support
for all other platforms – including Android, iOS, Linux and macOS – in the
process.
“We have a good long run being a multi-platform system, but
at the end of the day covering six or more platforms has become far too much of
a stress,” noted Kodi on April 1 (think about the date).
“Android support alone taxes resources in a way no volunteer development
team can ever be expected to handle.”
“And all the other platforms just makes this worse. So, in an
executive decision that we believe the entire community will support, we at
Team XBMC, you ask? Well, Kodi also decided to undergo a rebranding, reverting
its name back to XBMC.
