Microsoft, after formally burying the Windows Phone as predicted, has released a new update that may be the death knell of another beloved Microsoft product — Windows Media Player.Windows 10 ...

REDMOND, Wash., May 16, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the immediate availability of Windows Media™ 7.1 updates for the Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media Software ...

The new media player is the second key feature of Windows Vista being made available to XP users ahead of the new operating system. Earlier this month, Microsoft released the final version of ...

The latter is now known as Windows Media Player Legacy, and it’s the app you’re familiar with if you’ve ever interacted with Microsoft’s media player prior to Windows 11. It can make ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4, 2002 — This evening at the Hollywood and Highlands Complex, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate beta availability of the new Windows Media (TM) Player 9 Series. A key ...

Microsoft is once again reviving its media megastar Windows Media Player (WMP). Version 10.0 offers a more streamlined design, improved syncing with portable devices, and something called the ...

Microsoft is now rolling out a new media player that matches Windows 11's look and feel as a replacement for the Windows 10 Groove Music and (in the future) the legacy Windows Media Player app.

Or that time in 2017 when Microsoft accidentally removed Windows Media Player from Windows 10. As with most bugs of this nature, it's difficult to determine how widespread the problem is.

Windows 10 wasn't mentioned, so the new Media Player is perhaps only a Windows 11 app. About the Author Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.

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.

Microsoft on Monday said it shipped a new version of Windows Media Player, a week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox player. The software maker posted the free download ...