iPod Touch Officially Discontinued, Ending iPod Line After 20 Years

Apple has officially announced the end of the final iPod Touch model, ultimately concluding the famous iPod product series that began in October 2001 with the release of the first iPod. While Apple did not invent the portable music player industry, its unusual scroll wheel and practical shape and size attracted the world's attention at the time.

Apple has released the immensely popular iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and iPod Touch series in addition to many variations of the original iPod over the past several years. Over the years, the business has limited its product selection, retiring the iPod (later renamed iPod Classic), iPod nano, and iPod shuffle. The series had not been updated since the release of the 7th Generation iPod Touch in mid-2019, which was the last surviving model on the market four years after the previous refresh.