Spotify announced in May 2019 that it would be testing a voice-controlled smart assistant for cars that the company called’car thing’. But nearly two years on, we have n’t heard much from the project – though that might change soon.

The new version of the car thing seems like it will function similarly to the 2019 version. It’s a voice controlled accessory for phone/spotify app with supporting display and buttons.

The new car thing looks almost like a mini-tablet, with some kind of button and a large knob. It’s pictured at the top of this post post from Spotify of the version it announced in 2019.

The newest version of the new FCC filings has been released. It’s hard to tell anything about how the device actually works from the photos, or what the software looks like.

A product hitting the FCC does n’t mean that it will be released for the general public. We never heard much about the car thing following its initial announcement.

Spotify continues tests of a voice-controlled music and podcast device to help us learn more about how people listen to audio in the car.’we’re always testing and seeking feedback from our users before rolling out new features or products broadly,’ the company said.