

With Mighty, you can bring music to your workouts, daily commutes, and outdoor adventures without stressing over data overages or battery drain. Essentially "the iPod Shuffle for Spotify," this handy device lets you jam out to your favorite playlists offline and hassle-free. Therein lies the brilliance of Mighty: the first on-the-go Spotify music player. The company told TechCrunch more streaming services beyond Spotify will become compatible next year. One slight sticking point for those iPod shuffle fans though… the Mighty isn’t actually capable of shuffling any songs.ĭoes the Mighty Vibe sound like the perfect replacement for your iPod shuffle? Let us know at TrustedReviews on Twitter.At the gym, by the pool, or around the beach, there are plenty of places we'd like to enjoy our music but not necessarily lug around our smartphone. The new Mighty Vibe costs $86 and comes with a redesigned app offering faster operation. However, for those seeking to get away from the constant prodding of screens with sweaty fingers and persistent smartphone notifications while out on a run, it could be the perfect replacement for that ageing or dearly departed iPod shuffle. Related: iPod nano and iPod shuffle obituary However, the design is a far cry from the metallic and sleek designs offered by the latter-get clip-on iPod shuffles. Now the company is back with a new version, the Mighty Vibe, which fixes that ill and also boosts battery life by an hour.īluetooth now works at up to 20 feet, which is fine for a device that’s designed to clip to users’ clothing, while battery life can now last for up to five hours. The device still has that chunkier plastic design, which comes in black, blue and red. 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.
