

The player controls will sit in the bottom footer of the player.
#WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER UPDATE FULL#
When in full screen, you’ll see the cover art in a corner of the player with an image of the respective artist serving as a rich background. Once you play a song, Media Player will display the album art and rich artist imagery in either full screen or mini player view modes. Music library (homepage) inside Media Player for Windows 11 | Microsoft If you had any playlists saved in Groove Music, they will be automatically migrated to the new Media Player, along with your full library. The new music library inside Media Player will replace Groove Music.

You can easily also create and manage playlists, and get to them right from the music library. It displays your music in an elegant manner across the entire page and allows you to easily access and play anything you like. The music library serves as the homepage and is a fully-featured part of the app. The app shows your local collection of music and videos right on the homepage, though both sections are separated and you’ll be greeted unto the music library when you open the app. The app has been updated with WinUI controls, Fluent Design and Mica Material, all fancy names to basically tell you that it’s modern and looks like a part of Windows 11. Starting with the homepage, the entire UI has been overhauled. The logo for Media Player for Windows 11 is a natural evolution of the Groove Music logo It’s currently only limited to Insiders in the Dev Channel but we have enough info and even some screenshots to take a proper first look at the Media Player for Windows 11.
#WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER UPDATE PATCH#
Just announced today as part of its Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft is rolling out a brand new Media Player for Windows 11. Well, what do you know, that time is here and it’s looking more promising than ever. So, it only makes sense that the default Windows Media Player would be getting the same treatment sometime soon. Things like a modern Paint app and redesigned Notepad to name a few. Microsoft has acknowledged and tried to tighten all of its loose ends with Windows 11. While it can play both videos and music, entirely separate apps exist within Windows 10 for both of those things. On top of that, the Windows Media Player is also not unified. Let’s be honest, people only use the Windows Media Player because they don’t have the actual player they want to use installed or maybe because it’s too much of an effort to change defaults. Microsoft has never quite been able to find its grips with a go-to media player for Windows.
