It’s still available online for now at a discounted price of 49.99. Finally, in February 2022, the dashboard accessory became available for general sale in the U.S. Spotify’s Car Thing was first available as invite-only in April of last year but has since expanded access to everyone. Then, the company released Car Thing in a limited, invite-only launch in April 2021. be intended more towards Spotifys own hardware such as its Car Thing. The device was first hinted at in 2019, via a Spotify press release. Spotify is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23. But all it does is sit on the sidelines, hogging the one precious power port, while a smartphone plays content from Spotify over a car stereo via AUX or Bluetooth. Finally, in February 2022, the dashboard accessory became available for general sale in the U.S. It’s still available online for now at a discounted price of 49.99. Then, the company released Car Thing in a limited, invite-only launch in April 2021. The dashboard accessory was meant to enable a “seamless and personalised in-car listening experience” for Spotify’s music and podcast streaming customers. Spotify’s Car Thing was first available as invite-only in April of last year but has since expanded access to everyone. It was initially made available on an invite-only basis in April 2021 before Spotify opened up a public wait list to buy the accessory in October.

In both name and purpose, Car Thing has been vague and silly from the beginning. This initiative has unlocked helpful learnings, and we remain focused on the car as an important place for audio.

I got my invite in November 2021 and jumped at the chance to buy a Car. The company announced Friday that Car Thing. Initially available as an invite-only purchase, the 90 Car Thing is now available to all Spotify Premium members in the US. Existing devices will perform as intended. Spotify's in-car entertainment system known as just 'Car Thing,' launched this spring on an invite-only basis, is now becoming more broadly available. A Spotify spokesperson told Tech Crunch that, “the goal of Spotify’s Car Thing exploration was to better understand in-car listening, and bring audio to a wider range of users and vehicles.” On the discontinuation of the device, the spokesperson further said the following:īased on several factors, including product demand and supply chain issues, we have decided to stop further production of Car Thing units.

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