Editing IPod Shuffle (section)

===4th generation===
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[[File:Apple-iPod-Shuffle-Display.jpg|thumb|Various iPod Shuffles (4th generation) on display at an [[Apple Store]]]]

On August 27, 2010, Apple won a patent for a "Very small form factor consumer electronic product",<ref>{{Cite patent|number=8368643|title=United States Patent: 8368643 - Very small form factor consumer electronic product|gdate=February 5, 2013|invent1=Dabov|invent2=Yeates|invent3=Montevirgen|inventor1-first=Teodor|inventor2-first=Kyle|inventor3-first=Anthony|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm&r=32&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=(apple.ASNM.+AND+20130205.PD.)&OS=an/apple+and+isd/2/5/2013&RS=(AN/apple+AND+ISD/20130205)}}</ref> which describes the parts and processes that go into making the ultra-portable music player, the iPod shuffle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/13/02/05/apple-wins-exhaustive-fourth-generation-ipod-shuffle-patent|title=Apple wins exhaustive fourth-generation iPod shuffle patent|last1=Mikey|first1=Campbell|website=AppleInsider|language=en|access-date=2020-02-18 |date=February 5, 2013}}</ref>

On September 1, 2010, the fourth and final generation was released<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1153816/new_ipods.html|title=Apple releases redesigned iPod nano, shuffle|work=Macworld|access-date=2018-09-11|language=en}}</ref> as part of the new iPod lineup. The fourth generation features the return of clickable track and volume controls from the first two generations. The control pad is 18% larger than the second generation of iPod Shuffle, and the dimensions of the device are {{convert|29|x|31.6|x|8.7|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and it weighs {{convert|12.5|g|oz|1|abbr=on}}.

The model also features [[VoiceOver]] from the third generation, now with a devoted physical button, in twenty-nine languages (Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish). It also features [[ITunes#Genius|Genius]], and can handle multiple playlists. Like the previous generation it supports MP3, [[Variable bitrate|VBR]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Protected AAC]], Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), [[WAV]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]] and [[Apple Lossless]], and its battery lasts for 15 hours of music, according to Apple.

It was originally sold in five colors (silver with a black control pad, green, blue, orange and pink with a white control pad). However, on September 12, 2012, Apple held an event to formally introduce the iPhone 5, as well as a new iPod lineup, and the iPod Shuffle remained unchanged except for seven new color options (silver or black with a black control pad or green, blue, pink, yellow, and purple with a white control pad), as well as a [[Product Red]] edition model with a white control pad. Unlike the second generation, the iPod does not come with a dock, but like the third generation, comes with a 45&nbsp;mm USB Cable. The included in-box headphones do not feature the remote control, but the device supports them.

On September 10, 2013, to coincide with the release of the [[iPhone 5S]], the "Slate" color option was replaced with "Space Grey".

On July 15, 2015, Apple released 6 new colors (blue, pink, silver, gold, space grey, and [[Product Red|Product (Red]]) for the iPod Shuffle.

On July 27, 2017, the iPod Shuffle, along with the [[iPod Nano]], was discontinued.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pierce |first=David |date=July 27, 2017 |title=Goodbye iPod, and Thanks for All the Tunes |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/goodbye-ipod-and-thanks-for-all-the-tunes/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>