Groove Music

Groove Music
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
Windows 1010.21102.1042.0. / October 27, 2021 (2021-10-27)
Preview release
Windows 11: 11.2110.34.0
Operating systemWindows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 11
Platformx86, x64, ARM, ARM64
PredecessorWindows Media Player
SuccessorMedia Player (2022)
Available in113 languages
Typeaudio player
LicenseFreeware
Websitemusic.microsoft.com 

Groove Music (formerly Xbox Music and Zune Marketplace) is a discontinued audio player software application included with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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Groove Music was superseded by Media Player in Windows 10 and Windows 11.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.