![]() ![]() One Car Thing per eligible subscriber, while supplies last. Car Thing will only cost users 6.99 shipping as Spotify is waving the cost of the actual device, again at least for now. ![]() Car Thing requires a paid Spotify Premium subscription plan and a smartphone with WiFi or mobile data connection. However, the music streaming giant’s more general shift towards audiobook and podcast content continues to grow its free and paid listener bases – and casting off the dead weight of Car Thing will likely allow Spotify to amp up focus on the products it actually specializes in (read: audio software, not audio hardware).įor more Spotify-related news, check out our reports on the company’s expansion of a popular social feature, its new Supergrouper playlist tool, and its under-the-radar karaoke mode. For a set time, Car Thing is available at no cost (excluding shipping) to select Spotify listeners. In its aforementioned investor report, Spotify said the decision to call time on Car Thing cost the company €31 million (around $32 million). Spotify is making it easier to get ahold of its first hardware device, the Car Thing, by opening up a waitlist to purchase the device that anyone can join starting today. Support for Car Thing is unlikely to persist for much longer, though, so we’d only suggest picking one up if you’re an avid collector of, well, weird Spotify stuff. Spotify is still selling remaining Car Thing stock through its official website (for almost half price, too), and the company has said that “existing devices will perform as intended” (per TechCrunch). Advertisement Spotifys first hardware foray features a 4-inch. What’s more, owners of so-called older vehicles who do want to listen to Spotify on the move are, in all likelihood, just as happy to mount their phones and use Bluetooth or an aux cable as they are buying a cheaper, third-party media player that functions in exactly the same way as Car Thing.Įssentially, then, Car Thing is dead because Spotify never really cracked who the product was for – but those who do still fancy buying one need not fear. The Spotify Car Thing, which allows users to play the streaming services full catalog using voice or touchscreen controls, is available in the United States for 89.99. Spotify Car Thing Spotify Car Thing Spotfys car accessory cant beat a phone mount. You can still buy a Car Thing as of press time, with the price slashed to 50 as Spotify clears remaining inventory. ![]()
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