XBMC (also known as Kodi) is a very popular open-source media center software designed for home entertainment. XMBC is being supported, developed and modified everyday by hundreds of coders around the world. XBMC is popular because of its customizability options and a wide variety of addons available for it. You can use XBMC on your phone, tablet or PC as a video player to play DVDs, Blu-rays and videos stored in your hard drive or you can use it to stream free or subscription based TV shows or movies.
XBMC is evolving rapidly and many useful and interesting addons are being added daily for it. You can totally replace your cable subscription with XBMC. People new to XBMC in 2016 won’t know which addons they want to use, so this article lists the best XBMC addons available. Following are some of the best XBMC addons in 2016:
More Fun with These Best XBMC Addons in 2016
1) Addon Installer
The Addon Installer XBMC addon is regarded as the app store for XBMC. Addon installer is the most useful addon ever for Kodi. Addon Installer lets you browse and install XBMC addons and it also updates each addon you have installed. This is a very important addon in 2016 since it can help novice users of XBMC easily install new addons. Many XBMC addons mentioned in this article are available in the Addon Installer.
2) Velocity
Velocity was launched earlier in 2016 and has been very well received by XBMC users. The Velocity addon for XBMC has quality sources and incredible features. Sources include a wide variety of TV shows and movies which are integrated with Trakt. You can log in with your Trakt account in Velocity XBMC addon and it will sync everything you watch with Trakt. Velocity will also provide lists for unwatched TV Show episodes, watchlists and recommendations all synced with Trakt. Although a Trakt account is not necessary for Velocity, it still is a very powerful XBMC addon.
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3) YouTube
One of the most popular XBMC addons in 2016, many users can’t live without the YouTube addon for XBMC. The YouTube addon lets you login to your YouTube account and you can view all of your subscriptions and all YouTube videos from within XBMC. Many of the features of this addon are similar to the YouTube website and mobile apps.
4) cCloud TV
There are many XBMC addons which can replace cable, cCloud TV addon is one of them. You might not even want to have a cable subscription after you try cCloud TV. cCloud TV can give you access to hundreds of channels including sports, news, movies, children’s channels and music from around the globe. Many channels are available in different languages from different regions around the globe.
5) Zem TV
Zem TV is a Pakistani XBMC addon which features live streams of Pakistani channels along with international and Bollywood movie streams. Zem TV addon has a wide variety of sports channels including ESPN, Sky and BT Sports.
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6) TwitchTV
The TwitchTV XBMC addon lets you watch all gaming streams from Twitch. Twitch is the most popular platform for gamers to stream their PC, Xbox One and PS4 games to viewers around the world. Many people watch Twitch game streams for online game tournaments. TwitchTV addon has the same features as the website and mobile app including searching for streams by game and Twitch account login. TwitchTV is an official XBMC addon.
7) Veetle
Veetle is the perfect Kodi addons for those who do not know what to watch or have trouble in picking what to watch. Veetle is best addon when you want to discover new TV shows or movies. Veetle has a large list of live streams from around the world even streams of popular movie franchises like Marvel Comics movies, Star Wars and also Star Trek TV shows.
8) TuneIn Radio
The popular online radio portal has made its way to XBMC. The TuneIn Radio addon for XBMC is awesome for music lovers to stream all their favorite TuneIn Radio streams through XBMC. You can login to your TuneIn Radio account in this addon and stream all you favorite radio streams. This addon also has much of the same features as the website and mobile app including searching for streams by genre, location, language and featured radio streams.
9) XMovies8
XMovies8 is another popular XBMC addon for movies available in the Addon Installer. XMovies8 addon has a wide variety of movies available in its collection. The best feature of this addon is that it plays movies on one-click and picks a stream source automatically, which means you won’t have to select from a long list of sources to check which is working. Unfortunately, the video quality may not be always good or what you want because you are not selecting the source of a stream.
10) SportsDevil
SportdDevil is the most popular XBMC addon for sports in 2016. SportsDevil has longest list of sports channel streams and videos than other addons like NBC Sports Live Extra. Everything on SportsDevil is free to watch unlike the NBC Sports addon which requires a cable/sattelite subscription to watch sports streams. The video quality may not always be great, but the long list of sources and stream options are great. SportsDevil addon for XBMC is a must have for hard-core sports fans. SportsDevil is available in the Addon Installer.
These were the best XBMC addons in 2016. This article will help you if you don’t know which addon you want to install on Kodi. There are a lot of good addons available but deciding which to try out is difficult. XBMC is becoming a very popular media center solution because of its incredible customization possibilities and its robust collection of addons. It is available for PC, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS (jailbreaking required), Raspberry Pi and many more platforms so you will have no problem enjoying the impressive features of XBMC whichever OS or device you are using.
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