[oattes]

Is there a way to refresh the home screen, without having to restart my device. If I watch a show, the progress widget doesn't change to the next episode when I go back to the home screen.

Oh and excellent skin by the way.

This should be happening automatically. It is working for me just fine. I would note however, that sometimes it seems that Kodi misses the fact that a movie/show has been seen and in these cases -- no surprise -- the skin widgets don't get updated either ;-). There are also some widget options that you might consider regarding updates (automatic or forced).