Question about background music feature

Theperson45 · Jul 18, 2016

At E3, Mike Ibarra announced the background music feature, which is coming in August. I understand this will allow us to play saved audio files from our PC to the Xbox, but what I'd like to know is, what about the real-time stereo mix coming from the PC?
(i.e. any application that's running on the PC, not just files). Will it be possible to stream that to the Xbox also?

:)

NonSportsGirl · Jul 18, 2016

Best Way to Play Music on XBone

It wasn't directed at you but a general question.

Why does it take Windows 10 to play music in the background, why hold back a basic feature?

Chae247 · Jul 18, 2016

Background music

In the new update it stated "Background Music: Today’s update brings the ability for the highly requested feature of Background Music, which lets you listen to your favorite music in the background while gaming on Xbox One. The Pandora app, launching soon,
is the first of many partners who will support Background Music, with Groove Music, iHeartRadio and other apps coming later."

Pandora is coming soon, as stated in the update release. However, there is one current App that will work with this function called CAST, it is a free music app. You can use this now until the other music apps are updated to work with the new Background
Music feature.

Hope this helps!

Theperson45 · Jul 18, 2016

I mean, there are already some Windows 10 apps like 'Stream What You Hear', that allow you to output your real-time PC audio to DLNA, which I can then listen to in the Xbox Media Player app (snapped while playing a game). That's all fine. So, will the
background music feature allow me to do the same thing, but without having to snap?

SMX Matrixnez · Nov 2, 2018

the background music is already in evidence in the preview app on Xbox

this can reach all day on August 2 that is when the update anniversary arrives at the console

SMX Matrixnez

the background music is already in evidence in the preview app on Xbox

this can reach all day on August 2 that is when the update anniversary arrives at the console

Theperson45

I mean, there are already some Windows 10 apps like 'Stream What You Hear', that allow you to output your real-time PC audio to DLNA, which I can then listen to in the Xbox Media Player app (snapped while playing a game). That's all fine. So, will the
background music feature allow me to do the same thing, but without having to snap?

NonSportsGirl

It wasn't directed at you but a general question.

Why does it take Windows 10 to play music in the background, why hold back a basic feature?

XBF Crystal P

Hi there DMR Exodus,

Thanks for reaching out here in Xbox Forums. I understand there is a question on how to save music on the Xbox One.

This feature is not available on the Xbox One. For more information, check out this article:

Playing background music on Xbox One.

Hope this helps.

Chae247

In the new update it stated "Background Music: Today’s update brings the ability for the highly requested feature of Background Music, which lets you listen to your favorite music in the background while gaming on Xbox One. The Pandora app, launching soon,
is the first of many partners who will support Background Music, with Groove Music, iHeartRadio and other apps coming later."

Pandora is coming soon, as stated in the update release. However, there is one current App that will work with this function called CAST, it is a free music app. You can use this now until the other music apps are updated to work with the new Background
Music feature.

Hope this helps!

Question about background music feature