Nathan KinkeadKodi is Coming to the Xbox One “Soon”
On Feb 8, 2017, the Kodi team announced that they will be working on converting Kodi into a full UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app.
So far, Kodi has only been released to the Windows Store using Microsoft’s Project Centennial, which is basically an automated converter of just about any Win32 app to make it compatible with the Windows Store.
The Kodi team was so happy about reaching over a million new users on the Windows Store that they decided to take it one step further and convert to UWP which will be a lot more work, but it will make it available on Xbox One.
No word yet about a specific timeline as to when it will be available, but I’m just excited that it’s actually going to happen!
In the mean time, here’s a workaround…
Basically, until the Kodi UWP app comes out, you can’t install Kodi onto the Xbox One itself. Instead, you must have Kodi installed on some kind of streaming box, stick, or home theater PC, and then plug that into the Xbox One HDMI In as if it was your cable box.
Then, you can go to the OneGuide app or say “Xbox Watch TV” if you have the Kinect, and you’ll see Kodi.
After you’ve done that, then you can make it even better by integrating IR commands from the Xbox One to your Kodi box so that you can control Kodi using the Xbox.
Read the tutorial to learn more.