Spotify’s much-anticipated in-car gadget, a voice-controlled music player known colloquially as the Car Thing, has just shown up in a handful of in-app renders unearthed by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser, who found the images in Spotify’s app code. These renders match up quite closely with photographs of the real deal submitted as part of filings to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The renders also show off different options for connecting the Car Thing to your dashboard or windshield – there appear to be mounts for air vents, or a glass suction mount. This indicates that the Car Thing should be compatible with a wide range of cars, both new and old.
Spotify’s February event came and went without a mention of the gadget, we have no formal name for the product, let alone any indication of whether the Car Thing will be available for customers to purchase. These more recent renders do suggest that the product may have some kind of future, but what that looks like remains to be seen.
So there’s no formal product name, potential release date, or any other information indicating if this will ever make it out of Spotify’s testing lab and into a consumer’s car. But the updated design and the FCC filings and now the in-app renders do suggest the product may have a future. We just don’t know what it looks like right now.
