Windows Media Player 11 is the most recent version of the player, which is available for Windows XP as well as Windows Vista.

This new version has many new features which are as follows:-

Stacking - Stacking allows graphical representations of how many albums there are in a specific category or folder. The more items there are, the larger the pile or stack is.

Word Wheel - Searches and displays results as characters are being entered, without waiting for Enter key to be hit. Results are refined based on further characters that are typed.

CD Burning - CD Burning now shows a graphical bar showing how much space will be used on the disc.

URGE - The new music store from Microsoft and MTV networks is integrated with the player.

Global Status - Global status shows a broad overview of what the player is doing. The information presented includes status information regarding buffering, ripping, burning and synchronization.

Improved synchronization - Improved synchronization features for loading content onto PlaysForSure-compatible portable players. WMP 11 supports reverse-synchronization, by which media present on the portable device can be replicated back to the PC.

Support CDs - Support for ripping audio CDs to WAV format.

Media Sharing - Media Sharing (via Windows Media Connect) allows content (Music, Pictures, Video) to be streamed to and from Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) AV enabled devices such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Roku SoundBridge. This includes DRM protected PlaysForSure content. WMP 11 on Windows Vista can also connect to remote media libraries using this feature; this is not available on the Windows XP version.

Integrated Web-browsing - Integrated web-browsing support to browse online music stores.

Disc Spanning - Disc spanning splits a burn list onto multiple discs in case the content does not fit on one disc.