After appearing in Insider channels since November, Microsoft's rebooted Windows Media Player is gradually making its way to the new Microsoft Store in Windows 11.
Although it was first introduced by accident during a live podcast broadcast, a Dev Channel update in November discovered the existence of this new and (*11*) media player.
It replaces Groove Music, the app that has been Microsoft's default media player for some time now, but the company reportedly wants to make a sequel to the iconic Windows Media Player from the early XNUMXs, when it was one of the most popular apps around. of is the hour
But is there room in 11 for a new media app in Windows XNUMX?
The new app requires you to update your device to Windows 11 build twenty-two million three hundred and forty-six or later, where you can then go to the Microsoft Store and download the new media player for your device.
If you have Groove Music, Microsoft's oldest multimedia application free since 11, the new Windows Media Player will replace it. In our tests, we found that the new media player was free on some of our Windows XNUMX devices, but not all.
But you can still download the original version of Windows Media Player, free since XNUMX if you want a little longing for your computer. But you will not be able to enjoy what the new multimedia player brings.
Along with HDR support when playing videos, the app has been redesigned to match the Fluent design language of Windows 11 and Office XNUMX. The color scheme will also match the theme you have set for your computer, so Media Player will not appear out of place.
The world has been a different place since we used MSN Messenger and Windows Media Player nine in two thousand and two. This was before the season that Netflix existed, and "streaming" was what Rivers did, rather than being a way of streaming.
But now we have many options to choose which applications we can use to play our videos. While you can play videos on your Mac through QuickTime Player or through third-party media like IINA, Windows 11 offers a wide variety of options.
From VLC Player to iTunes, Microsoft can go out of its way to educate users about what was in Windows XNUMX and why Windows Media Player is still worth using in XNUMX.
Along with Xbox, Surface and other devices from the company, we may see alterations to this new Windows Media Player starting to appear in these products. But time will tell if people want to use a new media player when there is already a huge catalog of media applications to choose from.
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