The iPod is still featured in Apple’s product lineup. But to purchase the device on the company’s website, one must dig into the Music menu and look past the little-known HomePod icon.

Irene Kim: This transformed the way we listen to music ... Exactly what Apple was looking for. Apple's new media player was now possible. The first iPod was announced on October 23, 2001.

which debuted on HomePod but can also be browsed as playlists curated by Apple in the Music app. Sounds include nature, rain, ocean, and white noise, and they will launch the appropriate playlist in ...

From eight-track tapes to the iconic iPod, these once-popular music formats shaped how we listened to music—until they ...