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Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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How did this connect to your car and Internet? Literally anything with blue tooth support will work with a smartphone. If you need to go cheap then a cable and mp3 player can work.
Wait was this thing really just an extra control screen for your phone? Looking at their manual it connected to the car power, pulled information from the phone, sent the information back to the phone, and the phone sent the information to the car.
If that accurately describes what was happening then please just get a car mount for your phone.
It worked just as you described it, but having actual buttons helped use it in the car easier. The Car Thing was simply a remote control of sorts for Spotify using Bluetooth to connect to the phone. The phone itself is what connected to the Internet and your car.
I’m sure a phone mount would work, but I was just curious if there was something similar that others used.
That's fair. And it's ridiculous they want to brick such a simple device.