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Car Thing VS HomePod mini

Compare Car Thing VS HomePod mini and see what are their differences

Car Thing logo Car Thing

The smart player from Spotify that fills your car with music

HomePod mini logo HomePod mini

A smart speaker with Siri built in
  • Car Thing Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-23
  • HomePod mini Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-23

Car Thing videos

Spotify Car Thing: Unboxing + Setup + Walkthrough

More videos:

  • Review - Spotify Car Thing: I Got One!
  • Review - Spotify "Car Thing" Device Currently Free...

HomePod mini videos

HomePod Mini Review: Big Sound, Tiny Box!

More videos:

  • Review - HomePod Mini Review - 6 Months Later
  • Review - Apple HomePod mini review

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Car Thing and HomePod mini)
Music
69 69%
31% 31
Home
34 34%
66% 66
News
100 100%
0% 0
Home Intelligence
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Car Thing seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 56 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Car Thing mentions (56)

  • Spotify moves lyrics behind a paywall
    > why they gave that a green light After they came out with the Car Thing[1], I realized there may be a loose cannon over there at Spotify, and not in a fun, creative way, but in a "greenlights harebrained nonsense" way, like Netflix's "Qwikster" near-debacle. 1 https://carthing.spotify.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago
  • Looking for an upgrade
    Spotify also has a device called a Car Thing. It's just a Spotify control panel. Source: 6 months ago
  • I found this small highly magnetic device thing in the back of my car, what is it???
    You'll never belive this but, well, it's a car thing. Source: 11 months ago
  • In 2018/2019, did anybody participate in the Car Thing program?
    1st Gen - https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-car-thing-photos-details-user-manual-2020-1?amp https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/17/spotify-testing-voice-controlled-car-thing-but-you-may-never-see-one/?newsletter_popup=1 2nd Gen - https://carthing.spotify.com. Source: 12 months ago
  • Is there a Dashboard for navidrome, which controls playback for different devices.
    I fished out an old Android phone. For now it sits on my desk as a digital clock. I wonder is there a way to control playback for navidrome from here. (My navidrome is hosted on a different Ubuntu machine) Can I control the playback on my pc from the phone, and possibly display the artwork and current date time. Similar to Spotify carthing. Https://carthing.spotify.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
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HomePod mini mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of HomePod mini yet. Tracking of HomePod mini recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Car Thing and HomePod mini, you can also consider the following products

BOSEbuild Speaker Cube - Build-it-yourself Bluetooth speaker for curious kids

Sonos One - A self-contained, Alexa-connected speaker from Sonos

Sonos Out Door Speaker - An outdoor speaker developed by Sonos and Sonance

Bose Portable Home Speaker - A new smart, portable speaker from Bose

Apple HomePod - The new home entertainment system by Apple

The Vamp - Transform any speaker into a portable Bluetooth® speaker