Walkman Thingy with Chromecast?

Walkman Thingy with Chromecast?

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paulrockliffe

Original Poster:

15,956 posts

233 months

Friday 28th October 2022
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I'm after a music player as a Christmas Present, I want to be able to load it up with music, listen using Bluetooth headset and also use Cast to play on various Chromecasts.

I know these are largely obsolete because for 99% of people you just use your phone, but I want something that isn't a phone and that has buttons that only does Music, does this exist these days?

Ta

paulrockliffe

Original Poster:

15,956 posts

233 months

Friday 28th October 2022
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I did do a similar search myself before I asked, your search results are the same as mine - a list of stuff that doesn't have Chromecast built in.

I saw Sony do a range of their own infeasibly expensive things, I assume because no one wants them they have a chap who makes them to order.

If it doesn't exist then I can probably use a cheap phone and lock it down so it boots into YouTube Music or similar and stop everything else working, but I'm trying to avoid the fkabout solution.

ChickenvanGuy

326 posts

177 months

Saturday 29th October 2022
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I know they're out of production, but it seems an iPod Touch may be able to do this wth some initial faffing:

https://www.techfollows.com/chromecast/set-up-goog...