Spotify has officially shut down its Car Thing accessory that offered simple and slick control over music and playlists while driving, and it’s giving owners just over a month (January 14th ...

Spotify says that Car Thing was discontinued in an effort to streamline product offerings. Car Bricks may be briefly saved from the landfill, though, through the wonder of hacking .

Spotify's first hardware product, Car Thing, is now officially dead. All Spotify Car Thing devices have been disabled. Trying to reboot it will display the following message: "Car Thing is ...

As previously reported, Spotify Car Thing has officially reached its end, with all devices ceasing operation as of today. Introduced in 2022, Spotify Car Thing was the company’s initial foray into ...

Spotify has announced Car Thing, a dedicated Bluetooth-enabled audio controller for your car. Car Thing, which is Spotify’s first foray into hardware, is currently available by invitation only to ...

While much of the software that Car Thing runs on is open source, regular users should be able to install new software on the device without having to be experts. Spotify should release a one-click ...

Disclaimer: This will only temporarily unbrick the Car Thing. Since Spotify turned off the server side APIs, some functions like library browsing, voice controls, and presets have stopped working.