New iPod touch

Ideal for music, games, AR, and more

IN THE WEEK before WWDC 2019, Apple shipped a new iPod touch, starting at just $199. The design is unchanged from the last update almost four years ago, with a 4–inch (diagonal) display, headphone jack, and Home button (but no Touch ID). The 326ppi, 1,136 x 640 screen is the same as on the iPhone 5 and iPhone SE. Inside, however, there’s a powerful Apple A10 Fusion chip, delivering twice the speed and three times the graphics performance of the previous model, Apple says.

The 7th–gen iPod touch runs the latest version of iOS, and will do just about everything the latest iPhone can do except for making calls and other functions that require cellular network access, GPS, or NFC. You can’t pair it with an Apple Watch or use it for Apple Pay, but you can use messaging apps, play games, ask Siri, or access the internet as long as you do it all over Wi–Fi or Bluetooth.

The A10 chip, for the first time on an iPod, also supports Group FaceTime and AR apps using the 8MP rear camera or FaceTime HD front camera, and will support the forthcoming Apple Arcade game streaming service.

Just want to listen to your music? The new iPod touch comes with up to 256GB of storage for downloaded and purchased tracks, or you can stream 50m songs with an Apple Music subscription.

The new iPod touch comes in six colors and starts at $199 (32GB). The 128GB model is $299, and the 256GB version is $399. Find out more at apple.com/ipod-touch.