Official line
Groove Music Pass ended earlier; app later removed from focus.
Microsoft · Music · Product
Groove Music
Discontinued
2015–2023 · 8 years in market
Launched
Jan 1, 2015
Discontinued
Jan 1, 2023
Cause of death
Lost to a competitor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
Xbox Music, then Groove. Streaming pass sold to Spotify; the app became a local player, then faded.
Why it died
Editorial reading
Spotify and Apple Music owned playlists. Groove owned a tile on the Start menu.
Founder takeaway
A music service without exclusive taste or social sharing is a skin on a catalog you do not own.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Spotify
Spotify
Microsoft even partnered on the way out.
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