Apple's hidden a fully functional original iPod in the new Apple Music site

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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:02:18 +0000

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too If you're a fan of the first-gen iPod, or if you're too young to have experienced Apple 's OG music player and want to know what the fuss was all about, you're going to love what Apple's hidden on its Apple Music website: a fully working iPod.

The iPod lives on Apple Music's "page not found" page, and you can control it with your mouse, trackpad or touchscreen to recapture the magic of the music player that changed everything. The library is absolutely massive so I
haven't been able to test every tune, but every random selection played the appropriate song (albeit for just over a minute rather than the full track). Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

It's a great way to market Apple Music, but it's also a great reminder of how brilliant Apple's original portable player was. The iPod changed everything It's 25 years since the original iPod launched, and everything is different. We rarely rip, mix and burn, and the 1,000 song limit seems impossibly small compared to Apple Music's instant access to 100 million songs. But playing with the virtual iPod has made me smile, because it's reminding me of how excited I was by Apple's game-changing device and its successors. You may
like I found my 2006 iPod nano during a clearout and it was an emotive pre-streaming time capsule These two budget hi-res music players evoke the best of the iPod era, but with modern features This iPhone Duo app simulates
a classic Walkman

I think it's really hard to overstate how much Apple changed the way we
listen to music. I wrote about it earlier this year, saying I wish we'd stuck with iPods : "what Apple did was what Apple does so well. It learned from other people's mistakes and then marketed its own products perfectly. 1,000 songs in your pocket."

I've owned pretty much every iPod: 3G, 4G, Nano, Shuffle, Mini, Video,
Classic and I miss their style and simplicity. I've seen people make Walkman emulators for the iPhone Duo; I think that screen would be perfect for an iPod, so I'd love to Apple to make a secret option in the Music app to browse your library with this virtual iPod. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals,
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And standalone music players are on the rise in popularity Apple might not bring the iPod back, but there are several new devices that feel inspired by the old Nano and Shuffle designs , and more recently one that looks like a cross between the Classic and a Zune . My colleague Matt Bolton, meanwhile,
is convinced that it's time for Apple to bring the Shuffle back in a wireless form . Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to
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