Spotify Will Throw Its Vehicle Equipment Called “Car Thing” In The Trash

This effort of Spotify, which once aimed to produce its own hardware, did not yield the expected response. Made for use in vehicles Car Thing The accessory named has not been produced since 2022. According to the news, this accessory will become unusable as of December 9.

On the other hand, Spotify will not give a refund or in-app credit for devices. On the other hand, the company uses these devices become open source It doesn’t bring it either. Instead, Spotify abandoned the project completely and sent an e-mail asking Car Thing owners to dispose of the devices responsibly.

“Don’t recycle” advice from Spotify

Spotify told customers to reset the device to factory settings and then find a way to recycle it responsibly. Spotify also stated in its statement that there will be no continuation or new version of this product. Company Car Thing It started taking pre-orders in April 2021. Later, the product went on sale for $90. Five months later, production of the device was terminated.

Car Thing hardware actually quite promising It was an attempt, but the final product was nothing more than a remote control for the Spotify application on a smartphone. That’s why no one except a small niche audience was willing to buy the device. However, making the device open source could lead to more interesting uses.