Spotify opens the waitlist to buy Car Thing, its weird $80 `smart player`
(Android Central)

You`ll need Spotify Premium to use it, though. What you need to know Spotify opens up the waitlist for its first hardware product. The Car Thing connects to a smartphone in order to stream music to your car. The device costs $80 and requires Spotify Premium to work. Spotify has a Car Thing, and soon you can have a Car Thing too. The company announced on Thursday that it is opening up the waitlist to purchase the device, which costs $80. Car Thing is Spotify`s first hardware product and features a large, easy-to-use dial for scrolling through menus, or you can control the device via the touch-screen or `Hey Spotify` voice commands. At launch, the device was given limited release, based on an invite-only system, but now that`s no longer the case. That said, the device is completely dependent on your smartphone; it connects to iOS or the best Android phones using Bluetooth in order to play music in your car, which is only possible from your phone`s Bluetooth or AUX connection. I...