Installing Android on Spotify's Car Thing: Is It Really Possible?
10 Jun 2024, 13:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Car Thing is a broken piece of technology, people keep looking for ways to keep it alive; one of the common attempts is installing Android
What a Class Action Does to a Company: Spotify Starts Offering Refunds for Car Thing
31 May 2024, 04:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spotify has changed its mind: the company is now issuing refunds to customers who purchased the discontinued $90 Car Thing
Scalpers Want $200 for Spotify's Failed CarPlay Killer, and Users Jump at the Offer
25 May 2024, 13:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spotify has recently announced the end of Car Thing, a failed experiment that ended badly; people don't want to give up on it, though
Spotify Will Soon Make Your $90 Car Thing As Useful as a Rock, Literally
24 May 2024, 13:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company announced that it will soon disable Car Thing, telling users to look for disposal information; the device will be useless
Spotify Killing Off Car Thing Proves It Has No Idea How Android Auto and CarPlay Work
6 Aug 2022, 13:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Car Thing, a device that was launched with so much fanfare earlier this year, is getting the ax because it didn’t make any sense anyway
Go Home, Spotify, You’re Drunk: Car Thing Killed Off After Only Five Months
27 Jul 2022, 19:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spotify has decided to retire Car Thing, its ambitious hardware project that allowed users to listen to music behind the wheels
It Looks Like Spotify Really Wants to Build an Android Auto and CarPlay Alternative
7 Apr 2022, 21:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Car Thing is getting a bunch of updates that push the device into Android Auto and CarPlay territory; the new features are rolling out this week
Spotify Kills Off Car View, Long Live Car Mode
30 Mar 2022, 20:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A new Car Mode is currently in development, with Spotify now letting a small set of users try it out when listening to music via Bluetooth
Spotify Drops Support for Pioneer and Kenwood Head Units
20 Mar 2022, 20:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Launching the app from these head units is no longer possible, with users now being told to switch to Bluetooth or USB connections
Spotify Makes Its Android Auto and CarPlay Alternative Available for All Users
22 Feb 2022, 22:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Car Thing no longer requires a special invitation, so pretty much anyone in the United States can order the device from Spotify’s website
Spotify Brings Its Android Auto and CarPlay Alternative to More Users
14 Oct 2021, 22:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company has announced that Car Thing is now available for more users in the United States, as it’s giving more people the chance to buy the device
Spotify Hopes It Can Replace Android Auto With Its Own Media Player
14 Apr 2021, 08:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company has announced Car Thing, a new device available as a limited product in the United States for Premium subscribers
Spotify’s Mysterious Car Device Leaks Again as Launch Could Be Near
3 Apr 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / New photos that have apparently been discovered in the most recent version of Spotify for iPhone indicate the Car Thing project is evolving
Spotify’s Car Thing Leaks, Looks Hard on the Eyes
16 Jan 2021, 12:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Spotify is still working on its “Car Think” piece of hardware, though right now, it looks completely different from the 2019 prototype