A few things you might not know.
Same generation.
Two names.
Millennials are also called Gen Y. If you’ve used both names, you’ve been talking about the same people.
Not always
twenty years.
Baby Boomers cover 19 birth years. Gen X and Millennials each span 16. There’s no one-size-fits-all length.
Still a Millennial
at eighty.
More birthday candles won’t change your generation. Your birth year decides the group, so you never age out of it.
Let’s rewind.
Pick a decade. See what was brand new.
Big buttons, little screens, and games worth taking turns for.
The NES comes home
The NES made its North American debut in 1985. Its Japanese counterpart, the Family Computer, had arrived two years earlier. Time to find Player 2.
The Game Boy tags along
Nintendo’s Game Boy reached the U.S. in 1989, putting interchangeable game cartridges in a handheld. Your next game could come along for the ride.
A couple of words. A new console. Plenty to talk about.
The first text says hello
The first SMS was sent on December 3, 1992, from a computer to a phone. Its entire message: “Merry Christmas.” Two words with quite a future.
Hello, PlayStation
The original PlayStation launched in Japan on December 3, 1994. North America and Europe joined the game in 1995. Those little discs had big adventures inside.
First came more songs. Then a whole lot more than phone calls.
A thousand songs, one pocket
Apple announced the first iPod on October 23, 2001, promising room for up to 1,000 songs. That little scroll wheel had a lot of playlists ahead.
The iPhone joins the chat
The first iPhone went on sale in the U.S. on June 29, 2007. A phone, a music player, and the web could share one pocket.
Touchscreens grew, and the living-room console learned a new trick.
The iPad makes an entrance
The first Wi-Fi iPad reached U.S. stores on April 3, 2010. Browsing, books, and games got a bigger touchscreen to call home.
One console, two ways to play
Nintendo Switch launched on March 3, 2017, with a neat party trick: move the same game from the TV to a handheld screen. Take your turn anywhere.
There’s more to the story.
All good readsMeet the whole family.
From the Greatest Generation to the newest arrivals.