mp3 player

Pocket music device

An mp3 player is a portable electronic device for playing digital audio files, particularly those in the mp3 format.

The category emerged in the late 1990s and dominated personal music listening until smartphones absorbed the function.

Apple's iPod became synonymous with the category: I loaded my mp3 player with podcasts for the flight.

Related

skip track · flash memory · drag and drop · file transfer · firmware updates · microprocessor · playlist · portable music · on the go · headphones · earbuds · Zune · shuffle · audiobook · sound quality · bitrate · digital audio

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audio delivery method

mp3 playerstreaming service

Internet media delivery platform

Spotify · Apple Music · Pandora · Tidal · live radio

audio output type

mp3 playervoice recorder

Device capturing spoken audio

digital recorder · microphone · dictaphone · recording device

technological era

mp3 playerrecord player

Device playing vinyl albums

phonograph · turntable · gramophone · cassette player · Walkman

Family

mp3, player, play, plays, played, playing, playable, replay, replays

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G