Some updates for Car Thing are coming based on Spotify’s learnings in the year-long trial period it’s gone through. The interface is a car-friendly copy of the Spotify app on your phone with big icons meant to make inputs easier than what you might get tapping away on your smartphone. It features a touchscreen, a dial, preset buttons and voice control.

It’s meant to bring deep Spotify access to older cars that don’t have today’s convenient Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity features. The little music player’s premise remains the same. Its limited-release trial periods are over, and now anyone can buy it for $89.99. I forwarded the email and got a reply stating they received and to delete the email and not click on any links or attachments (no attachments on the email).The Spotify Car Thing is officially on sale for the masses. I believe this is a scam to get you to click a link and open a page with spyware or malware on it. I have a PayPal US and PayPal China account, not a UK one. The merchant, Spotify, is listed twice with emails to their support address and a cancel now link provided as well as the PayPal UK help site.Īs the transaction is in GBP I guess the UK is the best thing they can go with.

The Description field in the transaction is blank, just unit price and Qty and amounts are listed.

My first and last name is not used in the email, PayPal typically adds in your account's profile real name.

I checked the detials of the email and discovered this as the largest clue

The FROM address is all wrong, as is the TO address.

The email looks conviencing but there are a few items that drew my attention. I received one of these email this morning and checked on PayPal and this transaction is not listed anywhere.

Is the spotify car thing a scam