Now you can signal as much as purchase Spotify’s Automobile Factor, however you in all probability shouldn’t

Spotify is making it simpler to get ahold of its first hardware device, the Car Thing, by opening up a waitlist to purchase the device that anybody can be a part of beginning right now. The catch is that now the streaming service’s beforehand invite-only product is $79.99 when it was once free with paid transport and dealing with.

Whereas Spotify will let anybody with an account join its waitlist, whether or not free or premium, you do nonetheless want a premium account to really use the system. Additionally, at its new $79.99 worth, it’s value re-examining what the Automobile Factor can do.

The Automobile Factor isn’t a standalone Spotify system. It connects to your cellphone over Bluetooth and makes use of a cellphone’s web connection to stream and management playback on songs and podcasts from Spotify’s library. The Automobile Factor can also be completely reliant in your cellphone’s Bluetooth, USB, or auxiliary cable connection to your automobile, which mainly makes the system a glorified Spotify distant.