How to download and install Kodi on Android TV

How to download and install Kodi on Android TV

How to download and install Kodi on Android TVKodi is a multimedia manager what is It allows to access the multimedia files saved in the local network or in the USB drives connected to the SmartTV. Here we tell you how to install Kodi on your Smart TV with Android TV and add content from your local network to view it from the comfort of your sofa.



When considering creating a media center system for the room, the options are basically limited to two: Kodi o Plex. Both are cross-platform media management systems. This means you can use them from computers, smartphones, tablets, and even expanding platforms like Raspberry Pi, Chromecast.


While one of these two file management platforms yields excellent results, Kodi is much more versatile thanks to the numerous add-ons with which it is possible to add features and third-party web content, such as subtitles, trailers of the best films, lyrics for your favorite songs, etc.

THE Kodi app is available on Google Play in so you won't have problems installing it on your Smart TV. You just need to log into Google Play and search for Kodi using the search bar. Make sure you install the XBMC Foundation application. So, you just need to launch the app and start setting it up.


How to download and install Kodi on Android TV

If for some strange reason, other than not searching for the application correctly, the Kodi application does not appear on the Google Play, all is not yet lost as you can download the installation APK file from the Kodi website.


To do this, log into the Kodi website from another device and go to the Downloads section. Here, choose the Android category and download the appropriate APK file according to the hardware of your Smart T. As a general rule, many Smart TVs use the compatible APK with RMV7A (32 bit). Once downloaded, copy the APK file to a flash drive and connect it to your Smart TV.


Then, from the Smart TV, go to the Security and restrictions section and activate the Unknown sources function to allow the installation of applications outside of Google Play.


Now, navigate to the USB drive where you saved the APK using a file browser and run it by clicking Install. Now, Kodi will be installed on your Smart TV the same way you would have installed it from the official app store.

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Once this step is complete, you can launch Kodi and use it as you would on any other Android device as there is no difference in its functions and it will transform your Smart TV in a media center.

One of the first adjustments you need to make will be to change the interface language so that all options appear in Spanish.


Do this by accessing the Settings section from the gear in the side menu. Then, in the Interface Settings section, choose Region and Language, choose the language for the interface and it will be translated immediately.


A media center with no files to play is a sad and boring place, so it is best to fill it with content that you share remotely over the local network using DLNA or equivalent protocols that must already be configured or from any removable media connected to your Smart TV.

To do this you need to tell Kodi a location where you should find and update your media files.

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Access the Settings section again from the cogwheel, but in this section go to the section content settings. Then, tap on the Videos category to choose the first source where Kodi should look for this type of file.

In the options that appear, choose the Add video item and a new box will appear in which you will see the Search button.


In the list of possible sources, select the UPnP devices option and the remote computers or servers sharing the content on the local network will be displayed. Choose one and click OK to add it as a content source.

If you have different file servers, you can repeat the steps to add new content folders to the library.

To conveniently view from your Smart TV and sort all the remote content that you store on your computers and DLNA or Miracast servers, access any category of content from the Kodi side menu.

For example, Music, select one of the remote file servers you set up in the previous step and right-click or click on the Android TV remote to see the options and, choose Scan Item by Collection.


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Then, it will start scanning your music collection and classify different albums, artists, songs, etc. Click on one of them and start playback on the Smart TV, provided the source server is turned on and connected to the network.

Repeat the same process to add content to different content categories.

One of the great advantages of using a media center like Kodi is the ability to install Kodi add -on o additional components that add additional functions to your multimedia content or improve the connectivity of your multimedia center by adding new content sources from the Internet such as YouTube. or hundreds of other online services.

In  Kodi, these add-ons have their own section in the side panel that makes it easy to manage and configure these add-ons for content. Already in the previous section you have added a remote source for music, install a plugin that will provide you and show on the screen the lyrics of the songs that are played in Kodi.


 install a Kodi add-on on your Android TV you just have to access that section from the side panel and choose the Download option. Then go to the Letters section and there is the add - CU LRC Lyric s . Select this add-on and, in its configuration window, choose the Install option.

After downloading the necessary data. the add-on will be installed in Kodi. From now on, when a song is played again, it will read this additional metadata to identify and automatically show the song lyrics on the screen and go to the beat of the song as if it were karaoke.

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