The first Mighty player, which launched a decade ago, answered the question of what the iPod shuffle might have become if Apple had allowed it to work with the Apple Music subscription service. The clippable device allows users to download playlists for distraction-free, offline listening. Mighty started off supporting Spotify and then added support for Amazon Music. That was a particularly good move in hindsight as Spotify service changes are forcing Mighty to end support for the leading service next year. (It’s not the first playback device that Spotify has hung out to dry.) Mighty says that its working on new ways to keep its users awash in audio.
Wearables
Fitbit Air is a lump that you don’t have to see the doctor for
Long before fitness tracking migrated to smart watches and relegated fitness bands to a niche, Fitbit started out as a nearly screen-free lump that slid into a small plastic holster and clipped to one’s waist. Now, Google, which has been trying to forge a path forward for the venerable fitness device line as it focuses on Wear OS (and its recently announced update to version 7), has taken the sensor back to its roots with the Fitbit Air, a screen-free device so small that it is worn inside a number of fashion-conscious bands. One bit of the Fitbit world you won’t find it in, though, is the Fitbit app, which Google is rreplacing with Google Health.