For example, you can activate the music player by saying 'Hey Spotify'. Car Thing has a few preset buttons, you can follow it to control music playback as you want. Next you can connect both the car stereo and the Car Thing via Bluetooth. Plug in the Car Thing into the vehicle's 12V outlet for power. It works in the similar way like Echo Auto. Also, they may test some other smart voice-controlled devices for home as well. Right now, it will be only available to a small group of invited Spotify Premium users only. ' Said a spoken person from Spotify.Īccording to Spotify official, there is not an expected time when Spotify Car Thing will reach common users. Our focus remains on becoming the world's largest music and podcast platform. So we don't have a plan yet to release a large volume of such hardwares for every users yet. ' Car Thing is specially developed for helping us learn more about how users listen to Spotify music. So will Spotify follow Apple to release a mass of hardware gadgets? The answer is negative. And the car music entertainment while driving is really a big market. The Spotify's main competitor Apple makes a large amount of revenue through its hardware devices. Will Spotify Focus on Hardware Development Amazon don't have such car stereo infotainment system, but it has the Echo Auto which enables you to bring Alexa to any vehicles.

Users can easily listen to Apple Music by asking Siri or Google Play music by asking the Google assistant directly during driving. This causes a lot of disadvantages when competing with other rivals.Īpple has CarPlay platform while Google has the Android Auto platform. View also: How to Transfer Spotify Music to USB Spotify Joins Competitors In the Car Entertainment SystemĪs one of the top streaming music services like Amazon Unlimited, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Spotify is the only one that doesn't offer hardware solution for vehicles as of now. California, USA, – After many rumors, the streaming music global giant Spotify is now testing its first hardware called 'Car Thing', making its foray of hardware devices.Ĭar Thing is a smart gadget which can be controlled through voice and connected to car stereo or mobile phones via Bluetooth.

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