{"id":165290,"date":"2021-04-15T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=165290"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:09:13","slug":"spotify-launches-in-car-voice-command-car-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-launches-in-car-voice-command-car-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Launches In-car Voice Command \u201cCar Thing\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Spotify\u2019s new \u201cCar Thing\u201d Brings you News, Music, and Entertainment while you Drive<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spotify<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2021-04-13\/spotify-launches-our-newest-exploration-a-limited-release-of-car-thing-a-smart-player-for-your-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">launched a new hardware device<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that promises to make your daily road trips and errands more entertaining. Called \u201cCar Thing\u201d, you can tune into fun playlists like \u201cSongs to Sing in the Car.\u201d While no one will record you like in Carpool Karaoke, you can still enhance your driving experience in peak traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the moment, Car Thing has a limited release in the United States while the developer tests the launch\u2019s success. You can manage settings and choose which media you want to listen to. It lets you listen to talk shows, news broadcasts, the latest sports updates, and so much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Car Thing testing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2019-05-17\/5-things-to-know-about-spotifys-latest-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">began in 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when the concept first arose from the developers\u2019 minds. Instead of listening to the daily news and music that your car\u2019s radio provides, it gives you the power to decide what you want to hear. You can also use voice control to choose your playlist so that you don\u2019t need to take your hands off the wheel. If you\u2019re a Spotify Premium member, you have the opportunity to claim one for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-165291\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1618475235\/pasted_image_0_13_lvzjzg.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify\u2019s new \u201cCar Thing\u201d Brings you News, Music, and Entertainment while you Drive Spotify has recently launched a new hardware device that promises to make your daily road trips and errands more entertaining. Called \u201cCar Thing\u201d, you can tune into fun playlists like \u201cSongs to Sing in the Car.\u201d While no one will record you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-launches-in-car-voice-command-car-thing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spotify Launches In-car Voice Command \u201cCar Thing\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":165292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2381],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-165290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionspotify"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324918,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165290\/revisions\/324918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165290"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=165290"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=165290"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=165290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}