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2006–2012 2012 2012–2015 2015–2020 2020–2022 2022–present
2006–2012 2012 2012–2015 2015–2020 2020–2022 2022–present

Zune Music[]

2006–2012[]

Zune Music

Xbox Music[]

2012[]

Xbox Music

This logo was used only at the E3 Xbox Music announcement.

2012–2015[]

Xbox Music (2012)

This logo was used on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

Despite the rebranding to Groove Music on Windows 10, the app name and icon for the Windows 8.1 app still remains.

Groove Music[]

2015–2020[]

Groove Music logo 2015

Groove would replace the Windows Media Guide after June 30, 2016.

Microsoft shut down its premium music streaming service, Groove Music Pass on December 31, 2017. However, Groove Music does function as a music player that plays offline music files.

2020–2022[]

Groove Music logo

This logo was also originally designed for Windows 10X, but was only used on Windows 10 and 11.

Media Player (2022–2024)/Windows Media Player (2024–present)[]

2022–present[]

Media Player 2021
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  None
Launched:  February 15, 2022

In November 2021, Microsoft announced the addition of video playback functionality to Groove Music, and with it the rebranding of the app to Media Player. The Preview version was released first on Windows Insider Program on Dev Channel in November 2021, and then later in Beta and Release Preview channels on February 3, 2022. The final version became available to the Stable build of Windows 11 in February 15, 2022. This app was originally only available to Windows 11 users but in December 2022, it became available to Windows 10 users.

Movies & TV and Windows Media Player Legacy will co-exist together with the new Media Player.

In 2024, it was rebranded as "Windows Media Player".


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