Xbox One background music to be powered by Groove

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Published on July 21, 2016

published on July 21, 2016

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Earlier this month, we reported that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update would soon bring background music on the Xbox One. As the feature had been previously implemented on the Xbox 360, background music has been one of the most asked features on the next generation gaming console, to say the least.

According to a new report from Windows Central, Microsoft is currently teasing a “new app experience” on the Groove Music app on the Xbox One that will include background music playback. Twitter user Christian Schröer shared a picture of the announcement yesterday:

Already teasing 🙂 pic.twitter.com/HJSIQ0XXgS

— Chris ???? (@HerrKasomat) July 20, 2016

This new Groove Music app may well be available to members of the Xbox One Preview programs before the public roll out of the Anniversary Update in August. Over the last few days, Microsoft has been delivering several new Xbox One Preview builds to members of the program, and we also reported this morning that the UWP MSN Weather app was one of the first UWP apps to appear on the Xbox One. We’ll let you know as soon as we learn more about this new background music experience on the gaming console, in the meantime let us know in the comments if you’re can’t wait to get the feature on your Xbox One.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.