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Looks a lot like my first Sirius radio, that you needed to run a bunch of wires all over the car to pick up Satellite Radio before they were built in from the dealer. I think I bought it from Best Buy, back in the 90's.
 
How does one listen to Spotify if they're driving an older car with an old radio/no infotainment system?

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Spotify is looking to provide a product for customers who want a "more seamless" and personalized in-car listening experience, especially in the large number of cars that do not support modern in-car infotainment systems.
I'm not sure, but maybe by using your smartphone? Since you need a smartphone connection for this to work in the first place, you might as well save 80$ and cut out the middleman.

Bonus: you can use your phone for other cool things too, like GPS navigation!
 
It's at least sexier than the Blaupunkt Stalk...state of the art in the long long ago...in the before times. Look at that thing! Ahh, the 1980s. We had it goin' on back then!

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I'm not sure, but maybe by using your smartphone? Since you need a smartphone connection for this to work in the first place, you might as well save 80$ and cut out the middleman.

Bonus: you can use your phone for other cool things too, like GPS navigation!
Well, maybe you want to use your phone for navigation. Then it could be good to have a voice-activated dedicated screen for Spotify, I guess.
 
I'd buy this if it worked well. I like to keep my phone in my pocket while I drive, and I don't like having a mount on back of my phone. My car is 2014 vintage so it doesn't have carplay. Also, I don't like Bluetooth as much because it also connects to to car's microphone every time I try to use hey siri, which means there's a three second delay from saying hey siri to when the car's microphone connects, effectively making it useless and frustrating because the first few seconds if my request get lost.
 
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Why would a company invest all the R&D and energy into a new device that will surely have fewer and fewer users with each passing year? Every new car has built-in entertainment that syncs with phones. And the cars that don’t have them are getting older and older and more likely to be trashed.
That’s the odd part you still have to connect your phone to the car and connect the device to your phone. It’s like adding an extra layer just for fun.
 
That’s the odd part you still have to connect your phone to the car and connect the device to your phone. It’s like adding an extra layer just for fun.
Well, the device has microphones that are always on and a screen that is always on. Your phone probably doesn't have that.
 
Well, the device has microphones that are always on and a screen that is always on. Your phone probably doesn't have that.
Oh great so Spotify is always spying on you. Don't know that I would trust them with that capability.
 
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This feels like a scam, and I think I just got scammed. They ask you to be "put on the list" IF "Car Thing becomes available" ... in reality they asked me to confirm my contact information, seems like a data grab.
 
Could you use this while traveling? Or if you rent a house for the Summer? just mount it up somehow? I can see people using this in rentals for long drives.
 
Lol at all the complaining people. This is definitely not for you guys. For me this is perfect. It’s like when you rather use your Apple Watch when you go running instead of your iPhone. For me, I rather have a dedicated music device than using my iPhone. My car doesn’t have CarPlay so this is perfect.
 
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I really don't see this being a hit with very many people, especially when we bring our phones with us everywhere.
 
Eh, at least they’re trying something. I’ve always said that, for any company strongly complaining about Apple’s App Store and ecosystem, work your way out of it, then. If this is part of that effort, then they’ve earned a little respect from me. A future version could even be affiliated with T-mobile’s new service, $60 a month for that, add in 10 dollars for the subsidized device and you’ve got Spotify wherever you are.
It feels like the wrong approach though. Why not just team up with the car providers and provide a built in app - similar to how Sirius XM does. Most of these new cars come with cellular anyway; or some sort of dedicated chip that you could activate built into the radio like Sirius.
 
How does one listen to Spotify if they're driving an older car with an old radio/no infotainment system?

2nd sentence of this post...

Spotify is looking to provide a product for customers who want a "more seamless" and personalized in-car listening experience, especially in the large number of cars that do not support modern in-car infotainment systems.

Aftermarket Apple CarPlay head unit. Here in my 2009 Mazda 5.

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It was in my old 2002 Toyota Sequoia too.

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I’m currently building an Apple CarPlay thing for my 2011 motorcycle too although I found out someone made an HUD that goes inside the helmet that has CarPlay.
 
Coming from a guy that, up until a week ago, had an old car...this actually makes it easier than mounting a cellphone and easier to navigate. With that being said, I do not think it is so convenient that many people will be buying this over a basic cellphone mount. Happy to have Apple CarePlay now 😁
 
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How do you use it "hands-off"? Or is Spotify ignoring safety in the name of hardware sales? Guess they are thinking it's no different than your radio tuner knob. But it's very different since you need to look at the screen to see what you're navigating.
 
I’m all for cool things but this doesn’t seem cool to me and even if I didn’t have CarPlay I wouldn’t want this. Maybe others will feel different
 
How do you use it "hands-off"? Or is Spotify ignoring safety in the name of hardware sales? Guess they are thinking it's no different than your radio tuner knob. But it's very different since you need to look at the screen to see what you're navigating.
It says it's voice controlled, I guess in the same vein as the Amazon and Google voice controlled devices.
 
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