Xbox Preview’s Groove Music adds new curated playlists and radio stations but drops music videos

Microsoft are bring the universal Groove music app to the Xbox One with the summer update which means it will have the same features as the PC and mobile versions including new playlists and radio stations. I really like the PC version so it’s great to see it come to the Xbox One. There is one feature on the old Xbox One app that isn’t making its way to the new app that I am really going to miss. The old app had music videos so when you played a song from your collection that Microsoft had the official video for it would play on the Xbox, it was a really nice feature. Microsoft say the feature will be coming back “soon” and since the same app is on all the platforms it could mean we get the video feature on the PC and phone.

Here are the release notes from Microsoft:

• Check out the new focus on genres in Explore. You can now see curated playlists, new releases, best new songs, top albums, and top artists…all by GENRE!! Available in US, UK, FR, CA, and DE.
• Radio stations show up in Recent Plays in Your Groove.
• You can check out which artists are included in a playlist in Explore more easily now because they are highlighted when you click on a playlist.
• You can give feedback on playlists in Your Groove with a thumbs up or thumbs down. You can also mute specific songs in a Your Groove playlist if you don’t want to hear it anymore. Muted songs will be excluded when you play that playlist later or save a copy to your collection.
• Introduced landmarks in Groove to reduce tabs when using Narrator.