If you got in your car and suddenly found that Spotify’s Car View feature had mysteriously disappeared, I’m sorry to say that no, it’s not a bug. Spotify actually announced—although “whispered” would be more accurate—that it was killing Car View more than a month ago, but it looks like it hadn’t gotten to actually doing so on a major scale until recently.
Car View’s disappearance was spotted by Android Police, which pointed to a post from a company moderator on Spotify’s community forums confirming that it was ending support for the feature in mid-October. The feature was available on Spotify’s app for iOS and Android and offered a simplified version of its interface, including playback controls and song titles, and bigger buttons for ease of use while driving.
In Spotify’s October reply on its forums, which…
