You can relive the iPod glory days with this Spotify and Apple Music web player

Stream your Spotify playlists with this blast from the past

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If you miss the good old days of the iPod, this nifty browser-based music player is a great way to relive those fond memories, while enjoying your thoroughly modern playlists fromSpotifyorApple Music.

Software developer Tanner Villarethas recreated the iPod Classic as a web app, complete with the click wheel interface that allows you to scroll through your music.

It’s best used on your phone or tablet so you can use your finger to turn the click wheel, but you can use it on a desktop or laptop if you prefer. Be warned, though – trying to use the click wheel with a mouse or touchpad isn’t the easiest endeavor.

To get started, you need to sign in to yourAppleMusic or Spotify account by scrolling to ‘Sign In’ at the bottom of the menu. Then, a selection of your most listened-to artists will appear on the virtual iPod, as well as some of your personal playlists.

It even comes with the iPod’s built-in Brick Breaker game if you want to go on a real nostalgia trip.

Can you still buy an iPod?

Older iPod models are available to buy onAmazon, though these are renewed or refurbished models.

If you want something a little more modern, Apple released a new iPod in 2019. TheiPod touch (7th generation)was the first upgrade to itsportable music playersince 2015, and came with “enhancements to power, capability, and communication”, with a focus on gaming – which makes sense, as it was released around the same time as Apple’s gaming service,Apple Arcade.

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The 7th-gen iPod touch looked and operated much like an iPhone, albeit without the capacity for mobile data, which begs the question: who would buy an iPhone that can’t make calls in this day and age, when music streaming via your smartphone is so easy?

Parents, for one. Without mobile data, parents don’t have to worry about kids downloading games over a mobile network and gobbling up expensive data plans with a few swipes, and limiting Wi-Fi access is much easier.

Plus, for parents concerned about exposing their kids to the potential hazards of the online world, the iPod touch could represent an attractive middle ground between regular ‘dumb’ phones and a fully connected iPhone.

Apparently,there’s a new iPod model on the way this year, too. That’s according to MacRumors contributor@SteveMoserand tipster@AppleLe257on Twitter, although they’re keen to label this as a ‘rumor’ rather than a ‘leak’ – so it sounds like it’s something that’s been heard in passing from inside sources, rather than something there is hard evidence for.

There are a couple of reasons we’re inclined to believe it: number one, Apple’s recent announcement ofa lossless upgradefor Apple Music, and number two, it’s the 20th anniversary of the original iPod this year.

We’re also waiting for the long-rumoredApple AirPods 3. Could Apple announced the new AirPods alongside an upgraded iPod later this year, perhaps to coincide with the expected release of theiPhone 13in September?

Only time will tell, but for now, this cool web app will remind you why the iPod was so popular in the first place.

ViaThe Verge

Olivia was previously TechRadar’s Senior Editor - Home Entertainment, covering everything from headphones to TVs. Based in London, she’s a popular music graduate who worked in the music industry before finding her calling in journalism. She’s previously been interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on the subject of multi-room audio, chaired panel discussions on diversity in music festival lineups, and her bylines include T3, Stereoboard, What to Watch, Top Ten Reviews, Creative Bloq, and Croco Magazine. Olivia now has a career in PR.

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