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Kodi 15.0 Beta 2 Brings Android 4K Playback, Adaptive Seeking

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 14 June 2015 at 10:20 AM EDT. 3 Comments

More than one month after the Kodi 15.0 Beta 1 release, the second beta is out for Kodi 15.0 "Isengard" as the successor to XBMC. Kodi 15.0 Beta 2 brings with it new features.

Kodi 15.0 Beta 2 brings clean-ups to its database, support for refresh rate switching with Android 5.0, support for 4K@60Hz video playback on Android with supported hardware and Android 5.0+, adaptive seeking, and many other improvements.

More details on the changes in Kodi 15.0 Beta 2 can be found via the announcement at Kodi.tv.

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