In job ads for hardware product managers located in its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, it described the hardware as “a category-defining product akin to Pebble Watch, Amazon Echo, and Snap Spectacles” and working within the voice space. Users have the option of a touchscreen or a physical dial that scrolls menus and makes a selection.Ĭar Thing was initially offered to select Premium subscribers in April before being “launched” in mid-October on a limited basis.Īt this point it’s only available to US subscribers until the chip supply is resolved.įive years ago, Spotify was signalling plans to move into making its own hardware devices. “We just can’t make enough to get them out there to consumers”.Ĭar Thing, which costs $110 in Australia, is especially convenient for users to navigate Spotify in cars with no, or older, infotainment systems.ĭrivers with a smartphone with a wi-fi or mobile data connection can turn on tracks, podcasts, albums or playlists inside Spotify’s library with a “Hey Spotify” command. “The #1 constraint for us at this particular moment… is chip shortages,” admitted Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. It didn’t expect 2 million to rush to sign on. For example, one command and say, “Hey Spotify, play rock songs," and the music streaming platform will immediately do it.Last month Spotify invited its premium privileged to go on its waiting list. One can also ask for any genre, activity or mood song to play of their wish. The Voice Command facility will also help the driver to get a personalised playlist suiting his or her mood. Through the Voice Command, one will be able to just queue whatever he or she likes just by saying “ Hey Spotify, queue ABC song." To view the queue, the user will have to state, “Hey Spotify, open my queue" or he or she can press and keep holding the dial when in the ‘now playing’ view. With the dial feature, one will have to press and keep holding the dial to play or add the highlighted song or podcast to the queue. To activate the touch mode, one will have to tap the ‘Add to queue’ icon next to a track in the playlist. He or she can do that via touch, the dial, voice command and view the queue. Also Read : Bentley partners with LifeScore for ‘adaptive music’ in carsĪ user can also add songs or podcasts to the queue using four different ways.
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