Currently there is no many apps supporting with background music, you can only use Cast or Microsoft’s Groove Music to play music in the background. Pandora is another app available on Xbox One with support for background music — you can download the app now from the Windows Store. However, Groove Music should be more than enough, as one of the main benefits is the ability to play music from files you have stored on your OneDrive account.
How to play background music on Xbox One
Playing music on the background is pretty straightforward.
Background music from USB flash drive is also supported (soft of)
And even more interesting, background music also supports playback of files stored on a USB flash drive, but you’ll need to download an app called “Simple Background Music Player”.
Just be aware that you must to store your music on a folder called “Xbox Music Library” for the console to recognize it.
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