Turned the Discontinued Spotify Car Thing into a Standalone Rotary Game Console, E-Reader & x86 PC Emulator (Open Source)

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a project I've been working on to repurpose the deprecated Spotify Car Thing into a completely independent, offline handheld gadget:

🔗 \*\*GitHub Repo:\*\* https://github.com/Gilzone/carthing-apps

Everything runs 100% locally on the Car Thing's quad-core Amlogic chip (no host PC streaming or server needed). It features a 1-Click Windows installer, a 3D rotary dial coverflow launcher, 23 touch/dial games (including an optimized Among Us booting in <1s), a dial e-reader, voice recorder, and an x86 virtual machine running KolibriOS with a custom touch trackpad and virtual keyboard.

Hope this helps others give new life to their devices!

Posted Sep 2, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC

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