The new Media Player app for Windows 11 follows in the footsteps of the legacy Windows Media Player and Groove Music. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has built a new media playback app for Windows 11 to supplant both Windows Media Player, which hasn't really changed since 2009, and the Groove Music app. Windows Insiders can start testing ...

If there's one thing Windows 11 has been good for, it has been the renewed attention and useful updates to the built-in apps that ship with Windows. Sometimes this means new features for ...

Microsoft has released a new update for the modern Media Player app for Windows 11. Version 11.2203.30.0 is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel with several interface improvements ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Melbourne-based IT firm, itSecure, today issued a strong warning to users of recent version Windows Media Player to download software from Microsoft to patch the application's ...

In brief: Microsoft has applied a fresh coat of paint to one of its oldest default OS apps: the venerable Windows Media Player. Now just called the 'Media Player' in Windows 11, the revamped app is ...

Marc Sonnenschein reports that the link for Windows Media Player 7.01 now really downloads the new update (as opposed to the prior version). He also notes that the file is now about 1MB smaller than ...