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The all-new Media Player for Windows 11 finally arrives on the Beta Channel

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:22:01 +0000

The freshly redesigned Media Player app for Windows 11 has finally arrived on the Beta Channel. This is two and a half months after the application first landed on the Windows 11 Dev Channel. Read more...

Microsoft is retiring a Windows Media Player feature on Windows 7

Usama Jawad — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:00:02 +0000

With Windows 7 nearing its end of extended support, Microsoft has seemingly begun retiring some services for the OS. The updating of metadata is now unsupported in Windows Media Player in Windows 7. Read more...

Microsoft wants you to move on; ditch Windows Media player for Movies & TV

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:14:02 +0000

A post on Reddit shows Microsoft prompting users running Windows Media Player to ditch the dated app for the new and younger Movies & TV, citing better compatibility and battery life. Read more...