First Noticed
Public Release
TBD
Navigation
See what's ahead
- View more road incidents along a route, including lane closures and objects in the road, plus traffic lights and stop signs.
- Tap supported incidents on the map for more detail.
- Get visual and audio alerts as you approach supported incidents.
- Choose audio for alerts, directions, or both so you can hear what's ahead even when you know the way.
Explore alternative routes while you drive
- See and choose alternative routes without leaving active navigation.
- Compare travel times directly on the map, then tap an alternative route to make it the active one.
Improvements
- Improved loading times for routes that don't require charging stops.
- Added the option to set a preferred arrival range at charging stops separate from your destination, giving more control over how you plan a trip.
- After navigation begins, added the option to see and adjust current trip preferences and quickly change any settings you don't want.
Software Update Download Improvements
- Software updates now download more efficiently, with improved Wi-Fi connectivity and clearer notifications when updates are ready to download.
- Notifications now appear in the Rivian mobile app when a new software update is available for download, making it easier to manage updates over your home Wi-Fi connection.
New Night Theme
The vehicle display now features a new Night theme designed to improve visibility and reduce eye strain during nighttime driving.
Rivian Assistant: Real-time Sports Updates
Stay up to date with your favorite teams hands-free by asking Rivian Assistant for live scores, game schedules, and league standings across top football, baseball, basketball, and soccer leagues.
NOTE
- Requires an active internet connection.
- Support for more sports and leagues, including college sports, is coming soon.
Gear Guard
- Improved Gear Guard detection performance.
- Fixed an issue with the Motion Cam "Switch off at home location" setting that caused it to toggle off after a software update.
- Fixed issues related to stability of the initial setup process of Gear Guard, including setup of a USB device.
Google Cast
- Improved connection reliability and recovery when the network briefly drops during a session.
- Smoother playback when switching between apps, resuming a cast, or transitioning to and from ad content.
- Improved overall system performance when casting.
Climate
- Fixed an issue that caused the fan speed to oscillate during defrost mode.Gen 1 Only
- Rear cabin climate air distribution settings now persist.
- Improved defog and defrost interaction behavior.
- Improved airflow behavior during maximum defrost operation.
- Improved the restoration of preconditioning to occupied settings.
- Improved third-row cooling interaction and notifications for cabin heating.
Vehicle access
- Improved driver profile detection upon vehicle entry.
- Improved the reliability and quality of automatic movements of the driver seat, steering column, and mirrors, including roomy entry and reverse mirror tilt.Gen 1 Only
- Fixed an issue that caused formerly disabled passive entry to reactivate itself after an update.
- Fixed an issue that caused key fob signal strength reporting inconsistencies when multiple key devices were present.
- Improved the robustness of the enrollment and pairing process.
- Fixed a rare issue that prevented the vehicle from shifting into D (Drive) or R (Reverse) when a valid key was present.
Additional Improvements
- Improved the responsiveness and reliability of the Infotainment system, including camera views and overall performance.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Rivian Assistant from recognizing spoken punctuation.
Navigation
See what's ahead
- View more road incidents along a route, including lane closures and objects in the road, plus traffic lights and stop signs.
- Tap supported incidents on the map for more detail.
- Get visual and audio alerts as you approach supported incidents.
- Choose audio for alerts, directions, or both so you can hear what's ahead even when you know the way.
Explore alternative routes while you drive
- See and choose alternative routes without leaving active navigation.
- Compare travel times directly on the map, then tap an alternative route to make it the active one.
Improvements
- Improved loading times for routes that don't require charging stops.
- Added the option to set a preferred arrival range at charging stops separate from your destination, giving more control over how you plan a trip.
- After navigation begins, added the option to see and adjust current trip preferences and quickly change any settings you don't want.
Software Update Download Improvements
- Software updates now download more efficiently, with improved Wi-Fi connectivity and clearer notifications when updates are ready to download.
- Notifications now appear in the Rivian mobile app when a new software update is available for download, making it easier to manage updates over your home Wi-Fi connection.
New Night Theme
The vehicle display now features a new Night theme designed to improve visibility and reduce eye strain during nighttime driving.
Rivian Assistant: Real-time Sports Updates
Stay up to date with your favorite teams hands-free by asking Rivian Assistant for live scores, game schedules, and league standings across top football, baseball, basketball, and soccer leagues.
NOTE
- Requires an active internet connection.
- Support for more sports and leagues, including college sports, is coming soon.
Vehicle dynamics
- Improved steering feel in All-Purpose drive mode.
- Further differentiated Sport drive mode with improved steering feel and precision.
- For Universal Hands-Free, we improved performance to minimize vibration of the steering wheel.
Gear Guard
- Improved Gear Guard detection performance.
- Fixed an issue with the Motion Cam "Switch off at home location" setting that caused it to toggle off after a software update.
- Fixed issues related to stability of the initial setup process of Gear Guard, including setup of a USB device.
Body controls
- Halo Haptic Wheel bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Updated body controls for extreme weather conditions:
- Window and door handle obstruction detection now works better over a wider range of temperatures.
- Added window and side view mirror controls for cold-weather conditions, with improved mirror stall detection.
- Updated seat controls for functional safety enhancements, covering safe-state reactions for seat recline, height, and tilt.
- Improved rear drop glass controls, minimized false obstacle detections, adjusted auto-close thresholds, and improved performance after exiting Car Wash mode.
- Fixed an issue that caused wiper speeds to increase unexpectedly during fault recovery.
Connectivity
- Fixed issues affecting hands-free phone call audio, Bluetooth device pairing, and displays.
- Fixed an issue that caused cellular connectivity to become unavailable following an extended vehicle sleep.
Vehicle access
- Fixed rare issues with settings consistency after a software update.
- Fixed inconsistencies with key fob behavior.
- Fixed rare cases that prevented the vehicle from moving to D (Drive) due to non-detected keys.
Additional Improvements
- Improved defog and defrost so you can now change the temperature and fan speed.
- Fixed an issue that caused audio stutter when switching between Dolby Atmos tracks.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Rivian Assistant from recognizing spoken punctuation.
- Fixed an issue that caused the side markers to flash unexpectedly when the vehicle woke up.
- Fixed an issue that caused the brake to remain turned on during software updates.
The continued lack of ADAS related items in these releases really puts additional pressure on them to deliver in the next month with what they announce. Hopefully after the announcement we can start to see features go out the door quicker related to autonomous driving.
Any timeline for YouTube and casting for the R2???
Hmmm…. Live sports scores or SiriusXM… I know which one I would have prioritized…