Microsoft released it’s summer 2016 update, and finally after 2 years they have released Background Music, which was released late on the original Xbox and a release feature on the Xbox 360. The problem is, they didn’t update their own apps! Seriously the only app that supports it is CAST, an app to listen to Podcasts! WTF!
Now they have announced support for the crappy Microsoft Groove, it’s paid app, and Pandora, but no word on Media Player and that is the rub! On the Xbox 360 you could stream music from a dlna server on your computer, and control it via the app or via a quick pop up. The Media plays music from DLNA servers or USB, though you can’t rip music to the hard drive like you could on the 360, but no the app does not support Background Music, and there is no world when it will.