Apple Remote Integrated Headphones

• The third-generation iPod Shuffle includes the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic. These headphones contain the necessary buttons to control track skipping and playback. Alternatively, users may purchase the Apple In-ear Headphones with Remote and Mic. These headphones also include the audio control buttons, but the earphone itself is an insert style. These integrated remote headphones are guaranteed to work with audio controls in the third-generation iPod Shuffle.
  
  

Studio-Style Headphones

• Studio-style headphones come in a variety of price ranges and styles. Over-the-ear styles look like earmuffs and tend to passively block ambient noise. Over-the-ear closed styles surround the ear and block more ambient noise than over-the-ear open styles, which have small openings in the ear cup. On-ear headphones are lighter than over-the-ear styles, but do not block any ambient noise. These headphone styles are all compatible with audio playback on the third-generation iPod Shuffle; headphones with integrated remotes and the "Made for iPod" logo include remote functionality.
  
  

Earbuds and Insert-Style

• Earbuds and insert-style headphones are common with MP3 player use, since they are light and very portable. Insert-style headphones also passively eliminate ambient noise, as the rubber padding forms a seal inside the ear. Earbuds do not eliminate ambient noise, as they rest in the bowl of the ear. These headphones from third parties that include integrated remotes are compatible with third-generation iPod Shuffles as long as the "Made for iPod" logo is present; any earbud or insert-style headphone is compatible for audio playback only.
  
  

Active Noise-Reduction

• Active noise-reduction or noise-canceling headphones are the most effective choice for buyers who do not want to be disturbed by any ambient noise. Active noise-canceling headphones use tiny microphones to monitor outside noises, then reproduce them out of phase to cancel the ambient noises inside the headphone. Active noise-reduction headphones typically do not come with an integrated remote, though ones that do will control the third-generation iPod if the "Made for iPod" logo is present. Active noise-canceling headphones are fully compatible for audio playback on this iPod Shuffle.