Spotify Car Thing

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Basic Information
Release Year	2022
Product Type	Physical application extension
In Production	Discontinued, December 2024
Official Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20250127021601/https://carthing.spotify.com/

The Spotify Car Thing was a physical device that allowed extended control of the Spotify app. The Car Thing was only functional when connected to a device running the Spotify app. The product ceased functioning on December 9th when the Car Thing API was shutdown, preventing the device from interacting with the Spotify app.

Consumer Impact Summary

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Consumer Impact Summary

User Freedom

User Privacy

Consumer Protection Incidents

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