But connected gadgets like Amazon’s Kindle and Google’s Home Speakers succeeded by offering simple integrations with their parent companies’ other products and services.Hail Mary hardware projects like Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player and Google Glass AR glasses were discontinued after falling flat with consumers. Angela Lang/CNET Spotify s 80 Car Thing has signed up more than 2 million people total on its wait list, CEO Daniel Ek said Wednesday, suggesting a well of demand for the gadget that makes.
Now it joins a long list of tech companies that’ve attempted to make the jump from software to hardware. Hard(ware) right turn… Spotify has twice as many listeners as its closest streaming rival ( Apple). The waitlist to purchase Car Thing, now priced at 80 USD, in the United States opened up shortly after. The $90 dash-mounted gadget is meant for cars without infotainment screens, and lets drivers control their Spotify tunes via touchscreen or voice control: It works only with Spotify Premium and requires a smartphone with Bluetooth or an aux cord. Its first physical product - it’s literally called Car Thing - went on sale in the US yesterday after a limited release last April, when 2M people joined the waitlist. Blasting Billie Eilish on the Car Thing īlasting “Good 4 U” in your ’97 Civic… Spotify’s Car Thing is now a real thing.
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