Η Microsoft continues to upgrade legacy apps to Windows 11. After releasing the redesigned Clock, Photos, and Snipping Tool, Microsoft brings a new Media Player for Windows Insiders. The news is available for testing on the Dev channel.
The new Media Player for Windows 11 will replace the old one with a major Groove Music update.
Microsoft also wants the new application to replace the classic one Windows Media Player, although the latter will remain available in the Windows Tools folder for some time.
Microsoft believes that many people like legacy Windows applications and for this reason, the company decided to keep the old Paint along with Windows Media Player.
Media Player for Windows 11 also marks the return of a universal app for playback and management of music and videos. The current stable versions of Windows 10 and 11 have separate applications for music (Groove Music) and video (Movies and TV).
In addition to integrating two applications into one, the new Media Player brings a modern user interface. The view for playing music shows the album art as well as extras photos of the artist.
The application also supports CompactView which allows you to keep a small windowproduction over other applications.
It should be noted that the new Media Player for Windows 11 is a public preview, which means that you may experience some errors.
Microsoft is already aware of a bug that prevents playback from networks, as well as bugs that may affect the processing of metadata of an album, or sorting the contents of a library containing tracks with highlighted characters.