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A useful helper for all users who want to manage their music collection and play their favorite songs stored on the PC, in iTunes, or in OneDrive

Microsoft Groove Music, previously known as Xbox Music and Zune Music, has had many identities, but its goal remains the same: to bring more than 40 million songs to music fans' ears. Difference Between Groove Music and Windows Media Player? Windows Media Player is famous as a default and a great media player for decades, whereas Groove Music is a new music service from Microsoft. Groove Music is the Universal Windows application through which users can stream music on other devices such as Windows Phone and Xbox. Open the Groove Music. Select a folder where you want Groove Music to look for music files. The you can see all your albums. 4, You can sort files by album, songs, artist. Open the Groove app and Right click on the album you want to add a cover too. Click on Edit Info. After that date, you won’t be able to stream your OneDrive music through the Groove Music app. What will happen to my music files in OneDrive? Your personal music files will still be available in OneDrive, which you can access online or through the OneDrive application on any supported device.

Ever since Windows 8 arrived and brought about some important changes in many respects for Microsoft's proprietary operating system, all eyes were on the newly born apps and their Store, especially since a handful of those applications came with the OS.

Windows evolved to 8.1 and later on, Windows 10, and many of the utilities did the same, particularly those developed by the Redmond-based corporation. Among them, one of the more popular apps, Groove Music, formerly known as Xbox Music, is trying to deliver its users all the content they need when it comes to songs, albums and performing artists.

Listen to locally stored music

The interactive app aims to serve as both a music player and a content manager, combining both in an attractive interface. Groove Music can collect automatically all the tracks stored in the default Music folders, and it allows you to specify custom locations as well.

The player is intuitive and, no matter the section you are browsing, it doesn't disappear from the lower side of the interface. As such, you can always get a glimpse at the song name, pause it, jump to the next or the previous track, activate shuffling or playlist repeat, and control the volume.

Create playlists and organize your music

The software comes with support for playlists, including those generated in iTunes, so if you want to add your music this way, simply use the 'Import playlists' function. Just as well you can save the currently playing tunes into a new list and have it displayed in the left pane for quick access.

Organizing your music collection requires nothing more than you adding the music in the playlists. Groove Music automatically extracts information regarding albums, artists, and song names, placing the titles in the designated areas.

An overall good, but limited music player

With a few of the old features of Xbox Music gone and new features in the spotlight, Groove Music is, on the whole, a good music player with simple playback control, and a reliable audio collection manager. Nevertheless, the rather limited set of features it carries makes it more suitable for basic tasks.

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Groove Music was reviewed by Olivian Puha

4.0/5

LIMITATIONS IN THE UNREGISTERED VERSION

Groove music pass subscribers get access to the online music catalog (a 30-day trial is available, but credit card information is required to activate it)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Internet connection

New in Groove Music 10.18112.10711.0:

Minor fixes and improvements
Please note, not all features are available in all markets

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runs on:: Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 8 32/64 bit
file size:: 73.8 MB
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