Spotifys Car Thing officially has expired.
Long live Spotifys Car Thing.
But thats not stopping tinkerers from keeping the dream of Spotifys Car Thing alive.
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It all depends on how much youre willing to work to resuscitate it.
So far, themain advicefrom the community seems to be not to connect the Car Thing to the internet.
Ive seen scattered Reddit reports that the company provides premium subscriptions instead of full refunds.
I reached out to Spotify for further clarification.
What do you do with the Spotify Car Thing if you have one and its rendered useless?
You could try diving into the tinkering community to see what you find.
All the hacks require some knowledge of jailbreaking and tapping into the command line.
Another route thats popped up a bit is this random-assthird-party dongle.
It appeared in a comment on a subreddit devoted to hacking the Car Thing.
It essentially adds button and knob functionality if you have Android Auto or Apple CarPlay already available.
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