# A little advice please: looking for step tracker and Spotify **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785 "2022-05-02T03:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TXRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/1 "2022-05-02T03:16:08Z")
Hi all! I haven’t posted in a long time so if I’m in the wrong forum please feel free to move it. For his birthday this year I would like to buy my brother a step tracker that he can play Spotify on while he walks. He is on the spectrum and is not completely computer illiterate but he isn’t very good at it either. Anyone got a good recommendation? I would tell you he has a flip phone and uses a laptop to watch YouTube. That’s it. Also if there is a better option that I haven’t thought of please feel free to share. He only listens to 80’s hair bands so I don’t really need variety. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/2 "2022-05-02T05:26:12Z")
At first I thought that trying to combine a step tracker with a Spotify player was a bit of a reach, but apparently not. Both Fitbit and Garmin make them. > **[Top 7 Best MP3 Players with Spotify App in 2023 | NoteBurner](https://www.noteburner.com/spotify-music-tips/mp3-player-with-spotify.html)** > > In this article, we have listed the 7 best portable MP3 players that can support Spotify app. Come here and choose the one that suits you most. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/3 "2022-05-02T05:32:00Z")
I edited the title to make it a little more descriptive. If i didn’t get it quite right, let me know and I’ll change it. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/4 "2022-05-02T05:35:05Z")
Hey, you’re good. I was just looking for the button to report this for a title change, then I thought I was going nuts when it had changed on the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![TXRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/5 "2022-05-02T15:25:56Z")
Thanks to both of you. My problem is not getting him something so involved he can’t use it . I’ll go take a look at the 7 suggested and see if the level of difficulty will work. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-advice-please-looking-for-step-tracker-and-spotify/963785/6 "2022-05-02T15:51:42Z")
Some Garmin’s can do spotify, some can download music to the watch so you’re playing from a local source, via BT headphones. This is an advantage if he walks anywhere out of connectivity range.