Why can't Xbox one detect my thumb drive so I can play music from it?

It's not currently available yet to listen to your own music on the Xbox One. Perhaps in a future update. Also, it is all in one. It does games, music and video. It offers ways to get that entertainment. It can't drive a car either, so you're right,
I guess it is not all in one...

So, I've got an Xbox 360 Slim hard drive with music on it. How would I go about getting the music onto my Windows 10 PC? I tried a USB stick, but the Xbox won't let me put the music on it.

From what I know there isn't a way to transfer the files from the 360 to a thumb drive due to copyright reasons. I had this issue and when I looked into it, it made sense.

You load music up from CDs and whatnot and as with most things its copyrighted so you can't load up thumb drives and sell them or gift them.

Sorry I can't be of more help

I use USB thumb drive to connect to Series console and capable to play music via Music Player app, this is another music app. Since I have Groove app already installed, still cannot navigate my local music from external thumb.

I assume that Groove is capable to play music without the need of external drive and still playing in background while doing multitask on console.

Unfortunately, although Music Player app has capable to play music, it requires that thumb drive must be connected to console and no way to transfer local music to internal drive at all. Plus the app must be active, doing multitask on console will result in stopping music.

The question, is there a way to use Groove to play music for Series console in my end? If not due to discontinued, what's the point of Groove's availability in my end that yet I still cannot play music?

Update: I connected a random thumb drive to my Xbox and it detects it. Also, the HD in question is a "G-Technology G Drive."

1. Youtube is a feature coming to xbox this december. It will take the form of an app just like the "Netflix" and "Hulu+" apps. As for browsing the internet, that is still in the air...

2. You can already play/stream music and videos to your xbox 360. As of right now you can only burn music from a disk or you can place the music/videos on a thumb drive.