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Title: Spotify may announce its first hardware product on April 24 Post by: HCK on April 09, 2018, 04:05:23 pm Spotify may announce its first hardware product on April 24
The gadget is made for the car, but that's about all we know right now. This past February, Spotify created multiple job listings for "hardware production" positions. We initially speculated that the streaming service could be working on a smart speaker to go against the Amazon Echos and Google Homes of the world, but new information suggests that the company will be taking a rather different approach. On Reddit and Spotify's own support forums, multiple users have claimed to receive a pop-up in the Spotify app for some sort of music player or controller that goes in your car. The device in question looks like a puck and you'll find green lighting around the edge and what's likely a touchscreen display in the middle. There are two physical buttons on the left for shuffling a playlist and going back a track, and that's about it. Some users apparently saw different variations of the ad, with one saying Amazon Alexa functionality was touted while others report that Spotify was prom... Source: Spotify may announce its first hardware product on April 24 (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/28ka6cbtJPU/spotify-may-announce-its-first-hardware-product-april-24) |