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Rivian Confirms Launch Mode and Apple Watch Support Coming to Gen 1 Vehicles Early Next Year
Update: Also confirmed that Launch Mode will come to Gen 2 Dual Performance vehicles.
Wassym just shared a quick but pretty meaningful update on Reddit, and there’s some good news for Gen 1 owners.
Launch Mode is officially coming to Gen 1 Quad and Dual Performance vehicles early next year. That’s a nice performance win for owners who thought some of these newer tricks might stay locked to Gen 2.
He also confirmed that messaging support will roll out through the AI Assistant with deep, end-to-end integration.
And as a nice bonus, Gen 1 vehicles are getting Apple Watch support early next year as well. This will be active entry only, so no passive unlock like the UWB-enabled Gen 2 vehicles, but still a very welcome quality-of-life upgrade for longtime owners.
Really hope the messaging comes to fruition. Been a long wait. Can live without CarPlay with actual messaging. Happy my watch will be able to unlock. Not too concerned about the autonomous driving
I got to demo it at Autonomy and AI Day! Everyone is going to love it 🙂
This is fantastic news for us Gen 1 owners. That said, I certainly hope that Apple Watch support also includes active entry for Pixel/Samsung Watch owners. Even if there are restrictions to certain generations (i.e. Pixel Watch 4).
Apple Watch, for Gen 1, would be great.
Why cant seat belt notification be issued on Gen 1s? I see a wire running from the seat belt buckle but no notification? Why is that a Gen2 only thing