Popular media center Kodi is being rebuilt as a Xbox One compatible UWP app

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Published onFebruary 9, 2017

published onFebruary 9, 2017

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Kodi, a popular media center based on the now deprecated Xbox Media Center will soon make its way to the Xbox One as a UWP app (viaNeowin). The announcement was made yesterday during Microsoft’s Windows Developer Day Event, where the company also announced thatthe Windows 10 Creators Update SDK was now feature complete.

For those unfamiliar, Kodi is an open-source, cross-platform app that is now available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Last year, the developerreleased Kodi on the Windows 10 Store using Microsoft’s Desktop Bridge, though the technology doesn’t make it possible to run converted apps on anything else but a Windows 10 desktop computer for now. Fortunately, the developer was pleased by the success of its Windows Store app, which is why the digital hub will be rebuilt as a full UWP app that can run on the Xbox One.

We don’t know yet when the Kodi UWP will be ready, but the announcement makes sense considering that Microsoft introduced yesterday anew “compact overlay mode” for UWP apps in the Windows 10 Insider build 15031. Media apps that leverage this new feature will be able to be displayed in a corner of your screen above your other windows, and we expect thisnew picture-in-picture mode to be enabled on the Xbox One too. It’s great to see that Kodi is finally embracing the Universal Windows Platform, and we can’t wait to see how the app will run on the Xbox One.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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