Media Player, developed by Microsoft in Windows 11 to replace the discontinued Groove Music as the default music and video playback application, can also be used in Windows 10 operating systems.

The oldest of them will remember when Windows 3.0 came in 1991 with a player that had multimedia extensions. It was called the same as the new one we are talking about today, Media Player. The application evolved with each new version of Windows and Microsoft renamed it Windows Media Player.

The development was improved to support more video formats, playback of DVDs when they hit the market, music display and support for streaming media. Many of us use it for its integration with Windows, its ability to copy and burn CDs and DVDs, or transfer music tracks from CDs to a computer. But its development ended in Windows 7 and Microsoft considered Groove Music as a replacement, but like the other player, Movies and TV, it went unnoticed.

For Windows 11, Microsoft has created a new player that thankfully follows the classic Windows Media Player approach. modernized with a “modern” design system. It works as a music library for browsing, searching and playing music (including videos) as well as creating and managing playlists and has full screen support as well as a mini player as well as hotkey support. function. It can also burn CDs if you still use them. At least it’s a decent development. It’s still in the improvement phase, but it shows promise.

The new media player in Windows 10

After porting the Alarms & Clock app to Windows 10, now comes another one. At the moment, in an unofficial way, since it is not available in stable versions (Microsoft is expected to include it in Windows 10 23H1), but if you want to try it, we will tell you how to do it already with Neowin. You must be using build 19042 (or later) of Windows 10. From here:

• Go to store.rg-adguard.net.
• Select ProductID from the first drop-down menu.
• Enter 9WZDNCRFJ3PT in the search field.
• Select an RP from the drop down list below.

• Click the checkmark to download the file Microsoft.ZuneMusic_11.2209.30.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle.
• Open the downloaded file and update the app.