
The best Kodi skins follow Kodi’s development path, and they’re updated often. They bring all-new menus, new kinds of animations, different ways of presenting your media library, and more. Instead, they can completely change the way Kodi looks and works. What’s interesting about Kodi skins is the fact that they don’t just bring a fresh coat of paint. However, the good thing is that you can easily change the default Kodi skin, and there’s plenty to choose from. That’s because Kodi 19 ‘Matrix’ comes with a default skin called ‘Estuary,’ which hasn’t really changed in quite some time now. Choose Artwork from the left-hand menu and then toggle the Show media fanart as background to On.When it comes to its interface, Kodi has been playing it safe for a while now. To enable fanart in Estuary go to System then to Settings. Choose Background from the side menu and then check the Show fanart box to enable this feature. To enable fanart in Arctic Zephyr, go to Settings and then to Skin settings. Now go to Background Options in the left-hand menu and make sure the Hide background fanart and Hide fanart in full screen visualizationcheckboxes are set to Off.

They are displayed as a rotating wallpaper on themes like Arctic Zephyr and Confluence. In Kodi, these cover images are called fanart.

Once you're done making your changes, exit out of the customize screen and your changes will be automatically saved and applied to your skin.Īnother fun way to customize Kodi is to use the large cover images of your favorites movies, shows, and albums that appear on your home screen. From here you can select whether you want submenu items to include folders, specific albums or movies, or particular add-ons. Find an option called Submenu or Add-on shortcuts. In some themes you can change what appears as the sub-menu options for each item here too. One handy item to add to your main menu is your Favorites, so you can quickly find the shows, movies, or albums you go to the most. You can reorder the items, remove items, or add new items. Each of these items will appear as a main menu item on the home screen.

You'll see options like Movies, TV shows, Settings, and Power here. This will bring up a panel where you can customize what items appear on your home screen. Find an option called Home, Home window, or Main menu items in the menu. This panel will vary slightly from theme to theme. To do this, go to Settings then to Skin settings. The home screen is the first thing you see when you open Kodi, so you should customize it to show your most-used features or add-ons.
