
However, the first-gen product had its limitations including spotty Bluetooth connections to wireless headphones. The on-device buttons make it possible to skip between playlists and albums stored locally.

However, since then, the Mighty MP3 player has attempted to fill the shuffle’s shoes with its matchbox-sized music player that syncs directly to the user’s Spotify Premium account. Mighty has enough storage for 1,000 songs or podcasts synced over Wi-Fi from your smartphone. However, the real cost was the portability and freedom from smartphone internet while out running or simply relaxing.

The iPod shuffle, um, shuffled off this mortal coil back in 2017, thanks largely to the trend towards music streaming over downloading.
