The player also supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Finally, you connect the device to your car stereo via AUX, Bluetooth, or USB. A 12 V power adapter connects to Car Thing and your car's auxiliary power outlet, and the device then connects to your phone via Bluetooth. For free Spotify users and people who don’t use the service as their primary audio streaming platform, the Car Thing simply doesn’t do nearly enough to warrant deepening your connection to Spotify. The device is meant to provide a way to listen to Spotify in your car without the need to look down at your phone or deal with clunky built-in car interfaces, which can be dangerous to use on the road. Car Thing also requires a connection to your phone for mobile data or Wi-Fi. Spotify Premium currently costs $10 per month for individuals, with plans going up to $16 per month for six accounts. The company released Car Thing to a limited number of subscribers in October, and it announced on Tuesday that anyone can buy the device for $90-but you need a Spotify Premium subscription to use it. The device does shine, however, when you ask the voice assistant to start a playlist, and it registered those commands easily.Ĭarman also notes that currently, Car Thing requires a data connection because it can only stream audio, although Spotify did not rule out a future update for accessing any downloaded content.Spotify is entering the hardware market with Car Thing, a smart music player meant to sit on your dashboard. I generally felt like I could more efficiently navigate Spotify just by using my phone at stop lights. When a song that I didn’t like played, it took longer to say, “Hey Spotify, skip” than it would have to just tap the skip button on my phone. The voice controls mostly worked - for some reason it only got tripped up on a Kid Cudi request - but I grew frustrated with the steps it took to control music. Ashley Carman of The Verge had an opportunity to try Car Thing for a couple of days and had this to say about the device: Spotify Car Thing NEW - Factory sealed Ready To Ship FAST SHIPPING. A short life It’s a strange end to an experimental product that had an equally strange life. The streaming service quietly announced it had discontinued its first foray in hardware during its Q2 earnings presentation, noting that the decision negatively impacted its reported gross margins. Car Thing, which also comes with dashboard mounting hardware, is controlled using its touch screen, programmable buttons along the top edge of the device, the knob, which allows drivers to scroll through the service’s content, and Spotify’s new ‘Hey Spotify’ digital assistant feature. Car Thing, Spotify’s unique and short-lived in-car device, is no more.
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