XBMC 12 ‘Frodo’ Adds Android Support


The latest version of XBMC, codenamed ‘Frodo’, is finally available for all platforms, including Android , and it has a bunch of great new features. Here’s what’s new.

Straight from the official announcement, here’s what you’ll find in the new version:

  • HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine (OSX/iOS not yet available)
  • Live TV and PVR support
  • h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime
  • 64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux
  • Improved image support, allowing the XBMC database to accomodate numerous additional image types and more interesting and complex skins
  • Support for the Raspberry PI
  • Initial support for the Android platform
  • Improved Airplay support across all platforms, including Airplay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
  • Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
  • Advanced Filtering in the library
  • Video library tags to complement movie sets
  • Advanced UPnP sharing
  • Default video languages now match the language being used by XBMC
  • Translations now powered by Transifex

Check out the link below to read more, or head straight to XBMC’s download page to try out the new version.

XBMC 12.0 – Frodo [XBMC Blog]


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