No Support For .wma Files?

[BerryBubbles]

I was surprised that my new S22 Ultra didn't support the sound format of .wma files. I have several notifications sounds in that format, which worked fine on my Note 20U. I decided to converted the .wma to .mp3 on my PC. Thought Android & Microsoft were getting along.

I'll have to test on my Husband's s22 Ultra when he comes home.

There's probably not much demand for .wma support. It's obviously not that important, just a curiosity thing...

 

[Laura Knotek]

I was surprised that my new S22 Ultra didn't support the sound format of .wma files. I have several notifications sounds in that format, which worked fine on my Note 20U. I decided to converted the .wma to .mp3 on my PC. Thought Android & Microsoft were getting along.

I'll have to test on my Husband's s22 Ultra when he comes home.

There's probably not much demand for .wma support. It's obviously not that important, just a curiosity thing...

What music player all are you using? I use Poweramp, which supports .wma. https://powerampapp.com/

 

[NationalTrust]

The majority of my files are wma.
I also use poweramp.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

What music player all are you using? I use Poweramp, which supports .wma. https://powerampapp.com/

They did say it's for notifications, so that probably won't help.

It's a bit inconvenient, but not very surprising. I think at this point it's all but deprecated as a format.

 

[BerryBubbles]

What music player all are you using? I use Poweramp, which supports .wma. https://powerampapp.com/

Thank You Laura. I am using Samsung Music. Looks like they ended support on phone models from 2021 forward. My Note 20 was released in 2020.

I used some .wma files as text notification sounds to identify different members of my family. I'll check out Poweramp. I've always heard good things about their app.

Thanks Again Laura! You are always so very helpful!

 

[BerryBubbles]

It's a bit inconvenient, but not very surprising. I think at this point it's all but deprecated as a format.

I had wondered if native support had run it's course & then after I posted, I saw an article confirming that support had been dropped.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Thank You Laura. I am using Samsung Music. Looks like they ended support on phone models from 2021 forward. My Note 20 was released in 2020.

I used some .wma files as text notification sounds to identify different members of my family. I'll check out Poweramp. I've always heard good things about their app.

Thanks Again Laura! You are always so very helpful!

You're very welcome. I never had the Samsung Music app. It wasn't on my old S10+. I never investigated Samsung Music, since I had purchased Poweramp years before and have used it on every Android device I've owned.