Spotify shuts down Car Thing, and now owners have one last chance at a refund

Spotify has officipartner shut down its Car Thing accessory that presented plain and slick regulate over music and percreateenumerates while driving, and it’s giving owners equitable over a month (January 14th) to accomplish out to the company and get a refund. The device begined to dispercreate its final words timely today as enthusiasts feeblent the loss of the device on its dedicated subreddit.

The final message on the Car Thing reads:

Car Thing is disprogressd and no lengthyer opereasonable. Thank you for being on this journey with us, defended travels. For more adviseation, visit carleang.com. Contact customer service by no procrastinateedr than January 14th, 2025 to converse your refund selections.

Spotify proclaimd in May that it intfinished the already disprogressd devices would shut down in December, and now they have. The company also said, eventupartner, that it would toil to publish refunds, but owners necessitate to reach out the company and provide proof of acquire to get compensation.

For most users, the Spotify Car Thing is equitable another piece of e-squander humans will have to deal with procrastinateedr. The company recommfinishs resetting it to factory settings and “defendedly disposing of your device follotriumphg local electronic squander directlines.”

However, tinkerers are discovering novel uses for the difficultware: Car Thing can be hacked to run custom gentleware that doesn’t demand Spotify’s backfinish. As 9to5Google remarks, it’s a bit underpowered to run brimming-on Android, but some projects enjoy “Desk Thing” can repurpose them as a regulateler at your computer desk.