Spotify's first and only hardware product: a $90 dashboard touchscreen with a dial, four preset buttons and voice control that ran Spotify from a paired phone in cars without CarPlay or Android Auto. Spotify stopped production in 2022 and remotely disabled every unit on December 9, 2024, refunding only owners who could show proof of purchase.
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The pattern in the sources is regret. Only 25% of owners say they would buy it again, and satisfaction falls from 7.4 to 0.5 out of 10 by the two-year mark.
Owners with older cars that lacked CarPlay or Android Auto valued the dial, presets and voice control, even though it never did more than control Spotify on the phone. The real regret came later, when Spotify disabled every unit in December 2024 and owners had to chase refunds through support.
Became e-waste showing a 'discontinued' message at boot. Spotify reversed its promise to keep sold units working. Compensation was inconsistent, with some owners offered Premium months instead of cash.
Worth it for: Tinkerers repurposing used units; Collectors of defunct gadgets. Think twice if: Anyone wanting a working in-car music controller; Cars with carplay or android auto; Spotify free users.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 7.2 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 7.4 / 10 |
| One month | 7.0 / 10 |
| Six months | 6.5 / 10 |
| One year | 6.0 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 0.5 / 10 |
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The $90 device launched in February 2022, was discontinued that July and is deactivated on December 9, 2024; Spotify added refunds with proof of purchase after earlier offering some owners Premium months, as a class action was filed and owners protested on TikTok.
Explains the refund process via customer service with an emailed invoice, notes Reddit reports of long hold times and split refunds, and describes the 4-inch touchscreen, voice control and preset buttons.
Notes it cost $90 (free for some invite-phase Premium users, later $50), that Spotify told owners to dispose of it as e-waste, and an update confirming refunds with proof of purchase; calls the device not exactly revolutionary.
After the December 9, 2024 shutdown units boot to a 'discontinued' message; owners report mixed compensation and turn to the Car Thing Hax community's DeskThing, GlanceThing and Nocturne projects.
Praises the touchscreen, scroll wheel, accurate voice commands, strong mounts and preset buttons, but says it needs Premium, has no audio output and feels redundant and late in cars with CarPlay or Android Auto.