Apple Music's website now shows a virtual first-generation iPod on at least some error pages, according to The Verge and Engadget, a novelty that Engadget ties to the player's 25th anniversary^1,2.

The Verge reported Friday that a 404 page on Apple Music includes a recreation of the original iPod that can play music, after users posted about it on social media¹.

Engadget said loading a broken Apple Music page presents the usual "page not found" message plus the line "give this a spin instead," then a fully interactive original iPod².

That simulation, Engadget wrote, has a library of 1,029 playable songs and the familiar sections for Playlists, Artists, Songs and Settings².

Engadget described the included tracks as early-2000s fare, naming acts such as Baha Men, blink-182 and Eminem, and said some artists it saw in the United Kingdom might not appear for U.S. visitors².

Engadget credited Notebook Check with finding that the Brick game, an easter egg on the real first iPod, can be opened the same way: holding the center button on the About screen for a few seconds².

Neither outlet quoted Apple, and it was not clear from the reports whether the 404 iPod is a permanent feature or a limited anniversary gag^1,2.

Sources

1. The VergeApple revives the original iPod as an Apple Music easter eggOct 23, 9:58 AM
2. EngadgetApple Music has a fun Easter egg for the iPod's 25th anniversaryOct 23, 11:47 AM

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