{
  "id": 1802749,
  "title": "Bring your old Spotify Car Thing back to life with this new software",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/bring-your-old-spotify-car-thing-back-to-life-with-this-new-software",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T21:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-car-thing-software-3700098/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Spotify Car Thing, a hardware device for streaming Spotify content in vehicles, faced its demise when Spotify shut down its servers in late 2024. This effectively rendered the hardware inoperable, leaving many owners with a non-functional device. Despite the official shutdown, an open-source project named Mira has emerged, aiming to revive the Car Thing's functionality. The original Car Thing boasted a simple design with a screen for browsing Spotify content and a large knob for interaction, making it an accessible option for older cars without Android Auto integration. However, the low-end hardware limited development opportunities after Spotify's servers were discontinued. Mira seeks to address this by recreating much of the original software, offering users a chance to bring their Car Thing back to life.",
  "summary": "Kept your Spotify Car Thing? This open source project brings it back from the dead.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}