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Spotify's Car Thing, Due For Bricking, Is Getting an Open Source Second Life
Wednesday November 13, 2024. 01:50 AM , from Slashdot
How do you get in? The SoC has a built-in USB 'burning mode,' allowing for a connected computer, running the right toolkit, to open up root access and overwrite its firmware. Jeff has quite a few issues getting connected (check his video description for some guidance), but it's 'drag and drop' once you're in. Jeff runs through a few of the most popular options for a repurposed Car Thing: - DeskThing, which largely makes Spotify desk-friendly, but adds a tiny app store for weather (including Jeff's own WeatherWave), clocks, and alternate music controls - GlanceThing, which keeps the music controls but also provides some Stream-Deck-like app-launching shortcuts for your main computer. - Nocturne, currently invite-only, is a wholly redesigned Spotify interface that restores all its Spotify functionality. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/11/12/2211212/spotifys-car-thing-due-for-bricking-is-get...
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