Spotify Is Reportedly Testing Its First Hardware Called ‘Car Thing’

Spotify has reportedly tested a smart assistant that is controlled via voice to help US drivers to get a better experience while traveling on their vehicles. The first hardware of the music streaming company from Sweden is called ‘Car Thing’.

Spotify wrote a post on its official blog saying that

To charge power, ‘Car Thing’ is plugged into the 12-volt outlet of the vehicle. In addition, it also makes use of Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to the driver’s smartphones and car.

According to a report from The Verge, drivers just have to say “Hey Spotify” to start the device and then, a song request will be displayed and show their available playlists. The next part is users’ duty: they just need to choose any favorite songs.

In terms of design, ‘Car Thing’ includes two major parts: the first part is a circular screen that shows what song you are listening to, and the second part contains many buttons which can help you to handle with various tasks relating to playlist presets.

Spotify may test the first hardware with a group of certain users and it is likely that the company will provide ‘Car Thing’ for free for its premium users.

The famous music streaming company further said,