![]() Sure, most people are likely married to their platforms and ecosystems of choice by now. The trouble is that Car Thing is a Spotify product and, as such, only works with Spotify. I’ve never used one, but it’s a slick-looking piece of hardware. Crucially, it’s from that annoying period between, say, 20, when vehicles came with aux jacks or Bluetooth audio capabilities, but intuitive touchscreen interfaces weren’t a thing yet, let alone CarPlay and Android Auto. The idea behind the Car Thing is reasonable and one I figure many of us on this pokey car site can relate to: You want to listen to music from your streaming service of choice inside your car, but your car happens to be old. However, with this wide-scale release, the Car Thing will cost money: $US90 (around $125). “Free” happened to be the right price for the Car Thing, because it requires an active Premium subscription to work. Initially, Spotify Premium subscribers could get them for free. ![]() Spotify’s Car Thing - a music-playing gizmo that mounts to a climate vent or CD slot and connects to older cars via Bluetooth or an aux jack - is now available to the pubic after a lengthy limited-release, invite-only phase.
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