Carthios journal ·
How to Reuse Spotify Car Thing in 2026
A discontinued product can still be a useful piece of hardware.
Reuse starts with the parts that still work. Car Thing has a readable display, a satisfying dial, dedicated buttons, and a footprint that makes sense on a desk.
Carthios connects those parts to your Mac and turns the screen into a calm, glanceable dashboard for music, weather, transit, dictation, coding status, and system monitoring.
It is a practical kind of reuse: no new screen to buy, no browser tab to keep open, and no reason to let good hardware become e-waste.