Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the intersection of entertainment and technology. She's reported from locations spanning from Disneyland to Serbian refugee camps, and she ...

I love streaming Spotify music, but my phone's and laptop's built-in speakers aren't the best. Typically, I use HomePod to stream music from my iPhone and iPad despite knowing it lacks native Spotify ...

After discontinuing the device, Spotify is now ending Car Thing's operations, which means that it will no longer work or have any purpose come the shutdown time. In a recent announcement, Spotify ...

While Spotify’s Car Thing device isn’t exactly pointless, it certainly has a narrow use case as we detailed in our recent review. Now, Spotify Car Thing is picking up its first major update with the ...

(CNN) - A Spotify device that lets users stream music over their car’s sound system will stop working later this year. On Thursday, the music streaming service said it is discontinuing the Car Thing, ...

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) discontinued its debut hardware product, which enabled users to control Spotify through car speakers using voice recognition and preset buttons when connected to a ...

Is there a future for disconnected devices? Are we on the brink of coming full circle, arriving back at a place where dedicated devices that are cut off from the web will once again be en vogue? As ...

Spotify is testing a new feature for speakers with support for Spotify Connect that will allow users to select a device as their Favorite Device. A notification will pop up when your phone is ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

Spotify is testing out a new feature that lets you select a favorite speaker from the Spotify app. Once selected, the app will ask if you want to transfer your current listening session to that ...