Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player 12 is the most recent version of Windows Media Player. It was released on October 22, 2009 along with Windows 7* and has not been made available for previous versions of Windows nor has it been updated since for Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11. The latter instead uses Groove Music (for audio) and Microsoft Movies &amp; TV (for video) as the default playback applications for most media; As of May 2020, Windows Media Player is still included as a Windows component. Windows RT does not run Windows Media Player.