I liked my Spotify Car Thing - I drive a 15 year old Mazda it doesn't have any screen. Much nicer UI to pick songs than trying to unlock phone and use Spotify while driving.

Spotify is facing continued backlash over its decision to discontinue support for Car Thing, its in-car streaming device, announced earlier in May. The device will no longer work starting on ...

As noted by TechCrunch today, in October 2021, Spotify CEO and founder Daniel Ek said that more than 2 million people initially signed up for the Car Thing waitlist. By July 2022, Spotify revealed ...

Spotify is bricking Car Thing, its first hardware launch. The company isn't offering trade-ins on the $80 devices and told users to trash them.

The Spotify Car Thing made me realize I should have just bought a car phone mount, which would safely secure my phone and allow me to control music, see directions, and easily take a call.

Spotify has officially shut down its Car Thing accessory that offered simple and slick control over music and playlists while driving, and it’s giving owners just over a month (January 14th) to ...

Spotify's Car Thing has terrible specs, powered by an Amlogic S905D2 with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores and a Mali G31 MP2 GPU. On top of that, it has 512MB of RAM and just 4GB of eMMC storage.

Spotify’s Car Thing, designed for older vehicles, will be discontinued with support ending in December 2024, sparking community-driven revival efforts.

So far, the main advice from the community seems to be not to connect the Car Thing to the internet. At the same time, Spotify encourages you to contact customer service to discuss your “refund ...

Notably, Spotify listed the projected price for the Car Thing at $79.99 when the waitlist opened last fall. If you have been planning to buy one since then, prepare to pay $10 more than expected.

Spotify released the Car Thing back in 2021. Since then, it's gathered a niche following and that group wasn't too happy when Spotify decided to pull the plug earlier this year.