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Got my Core yesterday but it had Kodi 15.2 not 16 installed in Android, also no Australian/NZ power point adapter on the power supply. I can't install Kodi 16 on a spare SD card (32GB), fails to complete the Kodi install (however today I will leave it on with blank screen for a couple hours and see if it finishes). Anyway, I'm off to buy an 8GB card now, thinking 32 is not compatible...

I'm a bit surprised how slow the Core boots to Android off the NAND (Compared to an OpenElec NUC) and also that no Netflix app is pre-installed. Need to find that somewhere.

Depending on the installed Android version on your Core you may need a uSD card (blank but formatted) to be installed for your first OTA update (initially updates required a uSD card to be present, but an update fixes that) then further OTA updates won't need it.

I just downloaded the Wetek Media Player (which is a fork of Kodi optimised for the Core) from the Wetek forums, within the browser on the Core. Then go into your download folder and click on the apk file and it will install. No need for an external card. (A USB keyboard and mouse helps navigate the browser - I use an RF keyboard+touchpad I also use on other boxes when I need to do this)

Netflix, Spotify etc. should be in the Google Play apps store (possibly only if they offer it in your territory). That's how I got Netflix running on my Core.