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This page tracks Media Player updates announced for Windows Insider flights. Feedback for Media Player can be filed in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Media Player
Latest updates
June 2026
6/12/2026: Rolling out to Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) with version 11.2605.14.0
- Custom captions — You can now personalize how closed captions appear, with caption styling tied to your Windows caption settings, plus a quick link to open those settings directly.
- "Indexing" banner in the play queue — When your media library is still being scanned, a banner now explains why some items may not appear yet.
- Fixed the look of selected items — Corrected a layout glitch with selected items in lists.
- Fewer playback failures — Improved how the app recognizes supported file types, so more files play without issues.
- Playlists need a name — You can no longer accidentally save a playlist with a blank name.
- Cleaner look for empty playlists — Improved how a playlist appears when it has no items yet.
- More stable play queue edits — Fixed a crash that could happen when changing the play queue while the app was switching between sessions.
- Clearer "missing codec" message — Improved the dialog that appears when a file needs a codec you don't have, with clearer guidance on what to do.