Apple revives the original iPod as an Apple Music easter egg
If your Apple Music page doesn’t load, a mock-up iPod will instead.
If your Apple Music page doesn’t load, a mock-up iPod will instead.
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Stevie Bonifield
Oct 23, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC
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Stevie Bonifield
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.
If you’ve been feeling nostalgic for your old iPod, you can head over to Apple Music’s404 pageto listen to music on a virtual recreation of the first-generation iPod. The hidden iPod was spotted byusers on social mediaon Friday. It’s appropriately stocked with music from the early 2000s, like Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” or Gorillaz’s “Feel Good Inc.” The iPod seems to pop up on any non-existent Apple Music page, so you can find it by just adding a string of random letters after the main Apple Music URL.
The iPod’s likely an easter egg for the device’s25th anniversaryon Friday. Apple announced the original iPod on October 23rd, 2001 for $399. iPods were a core pillar at Applefor 20 yearsuntil they were eventuallydiscontinuedin 2022, but they’ve beenmaking a comebackover more recent years.
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