
Microsoft had previously ventured into music services with its Zune brand.

Groove Music was superseded by Media Player in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Its subscription service Groove Music Pass was officially discontinued on December 31, 2017, and the Android and iOS versions of the Groove Music app were discontinued in December 2018, restricting the player to its native Microsoft Store base. As of 2014, The Groove catalogue had over 50 million tracks. The app is also associated with a now-discontinued music streaming service, Groove Music Pass, which was supported across Windows, Xbox video game consoles, Windows Phone, as well as Android and iOS. Groove Music (formerly Xbox Music or Zune Music Pass) is a discontinued audio player software application included with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, Windows 11. Songs from the Apple Music catalog cannot be burned to a CD.Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 11


