Starting in the 2000s, MP3 players caused a revolution in online music downloads and distribution (see MP3). All portable music players can read files encoded in MP3 and, quite often, other audio ...

Case in point: MP3 ... online services, where they can live alongside subscription tracks and be shared among multiple devices (including smart speakers). YouTube Music, formerly known as Google ...

The best MP3 players transform your music to superior high-resolution sound, thanks to built-in digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and the fact that, well, they're not your phone. These devices ...

Our in-house expert reviewers, who have over 150 years of collective experience, have been testing portable music players since the heydays of the Walkman, iPod Classic and pill-shaped MP3 player, and ...