Spotify puts Car Thing, its music player for the car on sale

Last year, we learned about the first device launched by spotify. A device to enjoy the music platform in the car without the need for a phone. This device was launched as a test, and it did not go on sale as such, but a few users of the platform were able to enjoy this new device. Now Spotify is finally on sale, although in Spain we still can’t get it, which is definitely going to take us a little longer.

This is a car thing

Listening to music in the car is something as old as driving, whether through the radio or through a specific player, the soundtracks of our cars have changed their technological look for years. And while it is very common to have Android Auto or CarPlay in our car to listen to our favorite music on different platforms, Spotify has chosen Your own device for listening to music In those cars that still have older infotainment systems, without connected multimedia solutions. Despite what we see in the product promotion, there is no perfect user for this device.

And this is the new thing for the car now for sale in compact form, you can see in it 4 inch touch screenaccompanied by Touch dial. With this we can navigate through the device and choose the songs or albums we want to play. But if we don’t want to take our hands off the steering wheel, we’ll always be able to use the built-in voice assistant, which responds to a voice “Hey SpotifyTo carry out the voice commands we want. It basically asks him to play one song or another or play music by a particular artist.

In addition to the dial there is a lower button to return to the previous menu screen as well A series of buttons at the top are programmable, something like presets for car radios. In order to use this device, we need two requirements. The first is to get a Spotify premium subscription, with which we can access the entire catalog of the platform without restrictions. The other is to have a mobile phone with a data connection to the internet, as it will be from this place where Spotify’s Car Thing will play songs from our account, so an external Wi-Fi connection to the car is necessary. Able to enjoy this device and all of our music.

We understand that in this case, it will not be possible to store the music in the memory of this device, because it seems that it does not have an internal storage to do so, and we understand that what it has is the memory needed for storage in the Spotify operating system. This car thing right now It’s on sale in the US, where you can actually buy it for $89.99. The device comes with all the necessary accessories to put it on the dashboard of our car.