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2006ā2012 | 2012 | 2012ā2015 | 2015ā2020 | 2020ā2022 | 2022āpresent |
Zune Music[]
2006ā2012[]
Xbox Music[]
2012[]
This logo was used only at the E3 Xbox Music announcement.
2012ā2015[]
This logo was used on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
Despite the rebranding to Groove Music on Windows 10, the app name and icon for the Windows 8.1 app still remains.
Groove Music[]
2015ā2020[]
Groove would replace the Windows Media Guide after June 30, 2016.
Microsoft shut down its premium music streaming service, Groove Music Pass on December 31, 2017. However, Groove Music does function as a music player that plays offline music files.
2020ā2022[]
This logo was also originally designed for Windows 10X, but was only used on Windows 10 and 11.
Media Player (2022ā2024) Windows Media Player (2024āpresent)[]
2022āpresent[]
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In November 2021, Microsoft announced the addition of video playback functionality to Groove Music, and with it the rebranding of the app to Media Player. The Preview version was released first on Windows Insider Program on Dev Channel in November 2021, and then later in Beta and Release Preview channels on February 3, 2022. The final version became available to the Stable build of Windows 11 in February 15, 2022. This app was originally only available to Windows 11 users but in December 2022, it became available to Windows 10 users.
Movies & TV and Windows Media Player Legacy will co-exist together with the new Media Player.
In 2024, it was rebranded as "Windows Media Player".
- A new era of the PC - Windows Blogs (January 26, 2022)
- New Media Player for Windows 11 begins rolling out to Windows Insiders - Windows Blogs (November 16, 2021)
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