And this is my annual video where I go over the tech products that failed, flopped, and lost funding this year.

這是我的年度影片，我將在影片中回顧今年失敗、失敗和失去資金的科技產品。

Some of it is a little sad, but some things you will be glad to see gone.

其中有些東西讓人有些傷感，但有些東西你會很高興看到它消失。

Hey, did you know that you outlasted this and this and this fella?

嘿，你知道你比這個、這個和這個傢伙都長壽嗎？

Yeah, I'm proud of you.

是的，我為你感到驕傲。

I'm Bridget Carey, and it's time to say goodbye to the tech that died in 2024.

我是布里奇特-凱里，是時候和 2024 年逝去的科技說再見了。

Fossil smartwatches are now smartwatch fossils.

Fossil 智慧手錶現在成了智慧手錶化石。

The watch company Fossil is no longer making smartwatches.

手錶公司 Fossil 不再生產智慧手錶。

The last model was the Gen 6 that ran Wear OS.

上一個型號是運行 Wear OS 的第 6 代。

And if you say, well, that's because Apple has the best smartwatch, don't hold your breath because Apple can't track your breath anymore.

如果你說，那是因為蘋果擁有最好的智慧手錶，那就別憋氣了，因為蘋果已經無法追蹤你的呼吸了。

This year, Apple discontinued selling watches that use the blood oxygen sensor because Apple lost that patent dispute and was ordered to remove the feature.

今年，蘋果停售了使用血氧傳感器的手錶，因為蘋果在專利糾紛中敗訴，被勒令取消該功能。

That's not the only Apple product to die.

死掉的蘋果產品不止這一款。

Apple Pay Later became Apple Pay Right Away.

Apple Pay Later 變成了 Apple Pay Right Away。

The Buy Now, Pay Later service was shut down less than a year after it launched.

先買後付服務推出不到一年就關閉了。

Apple also put an end to iTunes.

蘋果還終止了 iTunes。

Yes, iTunes still exists for Windows 10 and 11, but to get people to move on, Apple made sure that the apps it has in the Microsoft Store could handle syncing media between Windows PCs and iPhones.

是的，iTunes 仍適用於 Windows 10 和 11，但為了讓人們繼續使用，蘋果確保其在 Microsoft Store 上發佈的應用程式可以處理 Windows PC 和 iPhone 之間的媒體同步。

That includes the Windows version of Apple Music, the TV app, and Devices app.

其中包括 Windows 版本的 Apple Music、電視應用和設備應用。

If losing iTunes makes you sad, well, Apple certainly does not care about your need to rip your old music CDs because Apple also discontinued its USB SuperDrive.

如果失去 iTunes 會讓你傷心，那麼蘋果公司肯定不會在乎你翻錄舊音樂 CD 的需求，因為蘋果公司還停產了 USB 超級驅動器。

But who needs something to read CDs and DVDs anymore?

但是，誰還需要讀 CD 和 DVD 的東西呢？

Best Buy stopped selling physical movie discs this year.

Best Buy 今年停止銷售實體電影光盤。

And Redbox, a company that began 20 years ago, announced it was shutting down 24,000 of its kiosks when it filed for bankruptcy.

而 20 年前成立的 Redbox 公司在申請破產時宣佈關閉 2.4 萬個售貨亭。

And since I'm already breaking the hearts of 90s kids, here's another relic of the 90s that's now gone.

既然我已經傷透了 90 年代孩子們的心，這裡還有另一件 90 年代的遺物，現在已經不復存在了。

Instant Messaging Service, ICQ, shut down after 27 years.

即時資訊服務 ICQ 在 27 年後關閉。

So the age of instant messaging is officially dead.

至此，即時通訊時代正式宣告終結。

Google wouldn't be Google if it didn't shut down a bunch of side apps that you didn't know about, so I'll just list them and let's see how many you used.

如果谷歌不關閉一堆你不知道的輔助應用程式，那它就不是谷歌了，所以我就把它們列出來，看看你用了多少。

Google Pay in the US ended in June to move everyone to Google Wallet.

Google Pay 在美國的業務已於今年 6 月結束，所有人都將轉用 Google Wallet。

Google Podcast discontinued to move everyone to YouTube Music.

Google Podcast 停播，將所有人轉移到 YouTube 音樂。

Google discontinued the Stack PDF Scanner app to get everyone to just use Google Drive, which does the same thing.

谷歌停用了 Stack PDF Scanner 應用程序，目的是讓大家只使用谷歌 Drive，它也能做同樣的事情。

Google One VPN ended and it didn't move everyone to something else because no one was using it.

Google One VPN 終止後，並沒有因為沒有人使用它而將所有人轉移到其他地方。

Google Jamboard shuts down at the end of December.

Google Jamboard 將於 12 月底關閉。

It's a digital whiteboard app for Google Workspace.

這是一款適用於 Google Workspace 的電子白板應用程序。

But it also was an actual 55-inch whiteboard connected to the cloud that cost $5,000, plus a $600 a year annual support fee for a whiteboard.

但這也是一塊連接到雲端的 55 英寸白板，售價 5000 美元，外加每年 600 美元的白板支持費。

Yeah, I wonder why it died.

是的，我想知道它為什麼死了。

And probably the most notable, Google stopped making the Chromecast after 11 years, which was a hit because of how cheap it was to stream content to a TV.

最值得注意的可能是，谷歌在 11 年後停止了 Chromecast 的生產。

To replace the Chromecast, Google began selling a $100 device called the Google TV Streamer, which also streams video, but by calling it a new product, they can now charge you more to put YouTube videos on your television.

為了取代 Chromecast，谷歌開始銷售一款售價 100 美元的設備，名為 Google TV Streamer，它也能流暢播放影片，但由於將其稱為新產品，他們現在可以向你收取更高的費用，以便在電視上播放 YouTube 影片。

Now some things died quickly and it's a relief they did.

現在，有些事情很快就過去了，讓人鬆了一口氣。

Meta shut down the celebrity lookalike, AI Chatbots.

Meta 關閉了模仿名人的 AI 聊天機器人。

They had the face of a celebrity, but they went by different names.

他們長著名人的面孔，卻用著不同的名字。

Yes, please kill it with fire.

是的，請用火燒死它。

Snapchat can't seem to ever get its hardware to take off.

Snapchat 似乎永遠無法讓自己的軟體起飛。

It launched a flying camera called the Pixie Drone and then recalled all of them for overheating batteries.

它推出了一款名為 "小精靈無人機"（Pixie Drone）的飛行相機，隨後又因電池過熱召回了所有相機。

Spotify also crashed out in the hardware game.

Spotify 也在硬體遊戲中敗下陣來。

It shut down the accessory called CarThing, which was a thing that streamed music in your car.

它關閉了名為 CarThing 的配件，這是一種可以在車內串流音樂的東西。

It was $100.

要 100 美元。

Now that thing is just e-waste.

現在，那東西就是個電子垃圾。

All units don't work and you have until January 14th to request a refund.

所有設備都無法使用，你可在 1 月 14 日之前申請退款。

Lots of tech dies when it loses usefulness and that applies to a well-known robot that retired this year.

很多科技在失去效用後就會消亡，今年退役的一款著名機器人也是如此。

Boston Dynamics said farewell to its hydraulic Atlas humanoid robot as it back flips its way to oblivion.

波士頓動力公司（Boston Dynamics）的液壓仿人機器人阿特拉斯（Atlas）告別了人世。

It caused us so much collective discomfort to see what moves they could get this robot to do.

看他們能讓這個機器人做什麼動作，這讓我們感到非常不舒服。

And now they made a video of all the ways it also awkwardly rolled to the ground.

現在，他們還製作了一段影片，記錄了它笨拙地滾到地上的各種方式。

Atlas has been jumping and lifting and doing this stuff for 11 years in development.

在 11 年的發展過程中，阿特拉斯一直在跳躍、舉重和做這些事情。

But no time to mourn because the company is working on another more frightening humanoid product to take its place, this time fully electric.

不過，我們沒有時間哀悼，因為該公司正在開發另一種更可怕的人形產品來取代它的位置，這次是全電動的。

The journey to replace humans with robots is never easy and one such robot has lost funding.

用機器人取代人類的征程絕非易事，其中一個機器人卻失去了資助。

Moxie the Robot is a cartoon-faced AI chatbot.

機器人 Moxie 是一款卡通臉 AI 聊天機器人。

It's designed to serve as a close friend to a kid.

它的設計目的是成為孩子的親密朋友。

It's a developmental toy for young kids to talk to.

這是一款適合幼兒交談的益智玩具。

They can play games and learn.

他們可以玩遊戲，也可以學習。

It was very ambitious and very expensive.

它雄心勃勃，耗資巨大。

It was first announced in 2020 and it cost $800.

它於 2020 年首次發佈，售價 800 美元。

Moxie cannot perform core functionality without connecting to the cloud servers and those cloud servers cost money.

如果不連接雲服務器，Moxie 就無法執行核心功能，而這些雲服務器需要花錢。

There's no more funding.

沒有更多的資金了。

Owners were abruptly notified that the robot would just stop working because of funding issues.

業主們突然接到通知，由於資金問題，機器人將停止工作。

But as of the time I am recording this video, the company says it is trying to explore options to keep it operational as long as possible.

但在我錄製這部影片時，該公司表示正在努力探索各種方案，以儘可能延長其運行時間。

And a lot of people online are really upset.

網上很多人都很不高興。

There are videos of kids who are bracing for their robot buddy to die any day now.

有影片顯示，孩子們正擔心他們的機器人夥伴隨時會死去。

It is legitimately sad.

這確實令人痛心。

Here's hoping for those kids that Moxie finds a new life in 2025.

希望莫克西能在 2025 年找到新的生活。

And if there's another tech product that disappeared this year that I did not include, pay your respects in the comments and I'll see you all in the new year.

如果還有其他今年消失的科技產品我沒有收錄，請在評論中表達您的敬意，我們新年再見。