It comes with three types of mounts that can attach to the car’s CD player, dashboard and air vent. There are two dials on the right side of the screen: One large dial, which is used to scroll through and select content and a smaller dial which, when pressed, takes the user back to what’s playing. However, during a pre-briefing with reporters Monday, the company would neither give a definitive timetable for a wider release nor confirm that the product will get one at all.Ĭar Thing is a three-centimeter thin, 4.5-inch by 2.5-inch touch-screen device where the interface looks exactly like the Spotify app. Car Thing marks Spotify’s first hardware product and is part of the company’s “ubiquity strategy” to create a frictionless listening experience wherever users may be. Premium subscribers beginning Tuesday (April 13). The streaming giant says it will begin rolling out the device, first introduced as a test product in 2019, to an invite-only group of U.S.
When officially launched, the “anticipated retail price” will be $80.Buckle up, because Spotify’s long-teased smart player for cars, Car Thing, is finally getting its debut. And the result is a kind of neat product with an odd look, a cool name, and a potentially fatal flaw.Ĭar Thing is available in limited release in the United States for free, with a $7 shipping and handling charge. It’s almost like Spotify built the voice control aspect of the product, and then lost faith. Will people use it while driving? Absolutely. And none of that looking at the screen should be happening, ideally, while you’re operating a multi-ton motor vehicle.Ĭan it be used while stopped? Absolutely.
Playing is probably just a tap, as is pausing. Selecting requires looking at the screen. Use the dial to browse, select, play, pause, and discover.”īrowsing requires looking at the screen. “You can also browse deeper, curating the perfect soundtrack to wherever you’re headed. “Try the dial for a hands-on way to steer to the audio you love,” Spotify says.
And a massively flawed design choice at the same time.īecause while you can reach for the knob and grab it without looking - unlike a screen - the knob’s actual functionality includes almost nothing that you don’t still need your eyes for. Spotifyīut that’s also the Achilles heel of the product.
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