The company said the device’s microphones feature noise suppression technology to help tune out the sounds of the road - and an “adaptive interference cancellation technology” that helps the Thing prioritize your voice over all other sounds and voices. Users can also save their favorite music and podcasts to four available preset slots, then ask Car Thing to play them by clicking or calling out the preset by number. With voice control - which works through several microphones on Car Thing - users can ask Car Thing to play songs, albums, podcasts, playlists, genres, moods and more, as well as to “like” songs.

Users can control what’s playing by using the touch screen, the dial or Spotify’s “Hey Spotify” voice control mode. The gadget stays put in said mounts using magnets and can easily be removed and taken with you (or hidden).

It weighs in at three ounces and can mount to a dashboard (sticky), air vent (using grips) or a CD player (slot needs to be empty). In terms of real estate, Car Thing is 5-inches wide, 3-inches high and an inch think. premium subscriber who wants to buy one for $89.99.Ĭar Thing marks Spotify’s first hardware product and features a 4-inch touch screen, a large spin dial and buttons galore on a “sturdy unibody” with “matte-textured rubber details” throughout. Following years of planing and testing, the company’s whimsically-named Car Thing is now available to any U.S. Spotify’s standalone smart player for cars is ready to hit the road.

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