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Was about suggest the new Sony Walkman's but then checked out the prices - maybe not
https://www.gearnews.com/sony-walkman-is-back-meet-the-new-audiophile-grade-mp3-players/
CanonAxe-
Yep - looked at the previous gen of that (£200ish) - it runs android and I found a guy who did a mod to clean up the UI with nova launcher and kill the most of the google apps etc. But its too pricey and doesn't have a speaker. Ideally needs a speaker cos kid likes audible to get to sleep or while playing lego and the additional hassle of connecting to a BT speaker is annoying. At the moment they are forever asking to borrow our phones. Im hoping to be able to give them something that gives them music and stories whenever - without them needing to ask me, or for me to check they aren't on youtube. Kindle kids does audible through BT but no spotify either.
Sheppz
Clueless apple guy over here - I want to give my kid (9) a 'device' that he can use for spotify, audible, borrowbox. only - nothing else - I wan't him to be able to get into music/audio (like i did with a sony tape walkman) - without having to helicopter parent over youtube / games / web access. Is modding an old android phone with nova launcher the way ?