So long for now, Playdate Stereo Dock. | Screenshot: Playdate
Well, we finally know what’s up with Panic’s Playdate Stereo Dock. It’s not coming — at least, not for a while. In an update to the Stereo Dock’s page, the company describes the challenges it faced in getting a good prototype, but says that, in the end, the device didn’t meet its standards.
The Stereo Dock was going to be a small desktop Bluetooth speaker and pen holder that you could attach a Playdate to. Panic first announced the Stereo Dock in 2021, when it was still working toward releasing the Playdate.
On the web page, the company describes the unexpected challenges it faced getting the Stereo Dock to market:
What happened? Well, our first regret was assuming that our factory at that time — a factory that made lots of Bluetooth…
