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Re:Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle by polpo on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:48AM (#14866384)
Yes, you can sync a playlist to the watch so it can play it independently: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204691
Re:Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle by alistairSH on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:53AM (#14866434)
Cool. Didn't know that. I was leaning towards picking up a Garmin Fenix, but this makes the Apple Watch a bit more compelling. Still not sure I can deal with the frequent charging. Hmmmm.

Edit - nevermind - looks like only a single playlist can be synced. That's a pretty major flaw in the system.

Re:Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle by gumby on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:14PM (#14866649)
IIRC the shuffle can only handle a single playlist too -- how would you switch playlists?

BTw in practice I haven't found charging an issue on my 0th gen apple watch and I use it to track both exercise and sleep. It's not "fire and forget" but neither was the iphone for a long time either.

Re:Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle by alistairSH on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:55PM (#14867769)
The shuffle does multiple playlists. Hold the voice button (short push reads song name/artist) to access playlists, device reads playlist title, user clicks voice button to select the one they want. Not a great user experience, but it works.