Groove Music
Groove Music (formerly Xbox Music or Zune Music Pass) is a discontinued audio player software application included with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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Groove Music on Windows 10 | |||
| Developer(s) | Microsoft | ||
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| Preview release | Windows 11: 11.2110.34.0
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| Operating system | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 11 | ||
| Platform | x86, x64, ARM, ARM64 | ||
| Predecessor | Zune Music Pass, Xbox Music Pass | ||
| Successor | Media Player (2022) | ||
| Available in | 113 languages | ||
| Type | audio player | ||
| License | Freeware | ||
| Website | music | ||
The app is also associated with a now-discontinued music streaming service, Groove Music Pass, which was supported across Windows, Xbox video game consoles, Windows Phone, as well as Android and iOS. As of 2014, The Groove catalogue had over 50 million tracks. Its subscription service Groove Music Pass was officially discontinued on December 31, 2017, and the Android and iOS versions of the Groove Music app were discontinued in December 2018, restricting the player to its native Microsoft Store base.
Groove Music was superseded by Media Player in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The update was rolled out to Windows 10 users between January and June 2023.