Kodi 17 , 18 and future versions Android software

Hello
I have an Android media player with Android version 4.4.2. It is running well at this time with Jarvis 16.1

i saw kodi version 17 soon to come and 17 beta will need Android version 5 at minimum

so couple questions. will there be a point in time in the future with jarvis 16.1 where it will no longer function well or be able to use the video plug in’s?

i saw some similar upgraded media players to mine come with android version 5.1
if i did buy a different media player would android version 5.1 be sufficient or will there likely be a time in the future that newer kodi releases may require later android versions like version 7 (i think latest )

thanks