What’s Coming in Rivian’s 2026.15.30 Hotfix

[tate16t]

https://riviantrackr.com/news/whats-coming-in-rivians-2026-15-30-hotfix/

Rivian’s got a new update in testing that should hit cars externally before long. It’s not a feature drop, it’s a hotfix, and nearly all of it goes into Rivian Assistant. Gen 1 and Gen 2 R1T and R1S all get

Rivian Assistant Improvements
Messaging and Calling

• Uses an updated search hierarchy to identify the contact you are trying to reach by first searching your Favorites, then your Recents, and finally your main contact list.
• Better recognize harder-to-spell names, nicknames, or slightly mispronounced names.
• Automatically defaults to mobile numbers when calling a contact and uses natural language (like "Work" or "Home") when it asks you to confirm which number to dial.
• Allows you to ask for information about a contact without automatically starting a call by saying something like, "Hey, Rivian, what number do I have for Mom?"

Conversations

• When you dictate a text message, Rivian Assistant now automatically adds punctuation for you.
• We've tuned the "Hey, Rivian" model to be more responsive, reducing the number of times you need to repeat yourself.
• Rivian Assistant now has a better understanding of the hardware associated with your vehicle. For example, if you're in an R1T, it knows the vehicle doesn't have a powered liftgate.
• If the connection drops while Rivian Assistant is processing your request, it now lets you know instead of staying silent.

Navigation

• Rivian Assistant is now aware of routes visible on your screen before you start navigation, allowing you to ask for charging information or trip details for a route preview.
• Rivian Assistant is now better at finding points of interest (POIs) and recalling recent destinations.
• Updating a saved location (like Work) via voice no longer accidentally resets your charging filters.
• We fixed an issue that caused every stop on a long trip to show the same arrival time.

Climate and Comfort

• If cabin climate is off and you ask Rivian Assistant to set a temperature, it now restores your previous fan settings instead of defaulting to the lowest speed.
• If you issue a vague climate request, like, "Hey, Rivian, make it warmer," Rivian Assistant now has a more sensible starting point for how much to increase the temperature, rather than just guessing.
• We fixed several logic issues to ensure Rivian Assistant heats the exact seat you requested every time.

Calendar

• If you have certain events hidden on your personal calendar, Rivian Assistant now honors those settings and won't display or read them out loud in the vehicle.
• Rivian Assistant now anchors correctly to your local time and day when you ask a question like, "What's on my schedule this Friday?" or "What's happening tomorrow?"
• Rivian Assistant now uses the correct past, present, and future tenses when describing your events, making the conversation feel more natural.

Cabin

• Based on community feedback, we've reduced the volume of the chimes when using Rivian Assistant.

Under the Hood

• Availability of Rivian Assistant is now based strictly on your vehicle language settings, regardless of your geographic region. If your vehicle language is set to English, Rivian Assistant is available.
• We added smarter logic for how Rivian Assistant connects to the cloud, making it more resilient in areas with spotty cellular service.
• If the vehicle temporarily loses its location, Rivian Assistant is now much better at providing helpful weather information without getting confused.
• We fixed spacing issues in the messaging interface and ensured that long titles in the Owner's Guide wrap properly on the screen.
• Rivian Assistant Memory (information Rivian Assistant learns to help you better) is protected by per-user encryption keys.
• Rivian Assistant now automatically clears chat history and the visual panel whenever you switch driver profiles, ensuring conversations are yours alone.
• We fixed dozens of issues and made various performance improvements behind the scenes.

Additional Improvements
Profile Authentication

• Fixed an issue that allowed a garage to be accessed and opened despite the profile being locked.
• Fixed an issue that locked the profile when Stay off was selected while Camp courtesy was active.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the PIN entry screen from appearing when attempting to switch profiles if the PIN screen had previously been canceled.
• After a PIN is successfully entered to unlock a driver profile, the Navigation app now opens on the center display by default.
• To help improve driving with the flow of traffic during Universal Hands-Free, Highway Assist, and Adaptive Cruise Control, we reduced the minimum speed to 5 mph (8km/h).
• Fixed an issue that caused certain Launch Mode visual elements to overlap on the center display.
• Fixed an issue that caused the garage door pairing menu to appear on top of the reverse camera screen if you shifted into R (Reverse) while setting up a new garage door opener.
• Fixed an issue with Drive Modes app flashing black when you made changes.

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[captainjp]

Hotfix? Lol
To me it looks like a firmware update.

 

[tate16t]

Or the RA rollout, again.

So many fixes!!!

 

[DuoRivian]

Or the RA rollout, again.

So many fixes!!!

This is great, they had a good product a few weeks ago and this improves on it in meaningful ways. That will continue and was expected. Cause for joy not complaint. They are addressing people’s concerns and addressing them quickly.

 

[Rade]

I may try the PIN again to see if it will put me back on the navigation page after it has been entered. When is this supposed to be pushed out?

 

[tate16t]

I may try the PIN again to see if it will put me back on the navigation page after it has been entered. When is this supposed to be pushed out?

Is this pin update because most want to navigate first? Is this the problem they’re addressing?

I believe I saw in the notes that it’s being tested and will rollout soon.

 

[ndmiller]

OK so even Rivian realized it was a crappy "Rivian Assistant" initial offering. Not sure why they rushed to add all these features poorly executed only to update them all in a couple weeks. Should have just waited.

 

[ElGuano]

Very welcome changes!

• We've tuned the "Hey, Rivian" model to be more responsive, reducing the number of times you need to repeat yourself.

Thank goodness.

• Based on community feedback, we've reduced the volume of the chimes when using Rivian Assistant.

I think they can also reduce the NUMBER of chimes too. I normally count 6-8 chimes to perform a single command.

 

[tate16t]

I wouldn’t go as far to say it was crappy. It just wasn’t ready for primetime.

 

[Zoidz]

Hotfix? Lol
To me it looks like a firmware update.

Hotfixes address specific known issues/problems/bugs. Updates more broadly add new or revise existing functionality. This fits the definition of a hotfix, not an update.

 

[GreggVA]

I am waiting for RA and Siri to get into a discussion while I am driving down the road. Maybe I can plug in an Alexa and stick on the dash to join in. I mean this stuff is great but I hope this doesn't become the focus of development. I still do like to actually drive my truck.

 

[jyerke]

This is great. I’d like to see something that fine tunes hands-free driving. It’s not quite there with it slow response to turns.

 

[DuoRivian]

OK so even Rivian realized it was a crappy "Rivian Assistant" initial offering. Not sure why they rushed to add all these features poorly executed only to update them all in a couple weeks. Should have just waited.

It’s not crappy and continual improvements are part of their MO.

 

[ndmiller]

I wouldn’t go as far to say it was crappy. It just wasn’t ready for primetime.

• If you have certain events hidden on your personal calendar, Rivian Assistant now honors those settings and won't display or read them out loud in the vehicle.
• Rivian Assistant now anchors correctly to your local time and day when you ask a question like, "What's on my schedule this Friday?" or "What's happening tomorrow?"
• Rivian Assistant now uses the correct past, present, and future tenses when describing your events, making the conversation feel more natural.

Seriously? Reading private calendar events out loud, doesn't know the time so time based questions are answered wrong and can't use correct tense.......Just these issues are pretty basic stuff for an AI based assistant. If that doesn't meet my crappy criteria what does?

Now Rivian gets a pass for putting out substandard new features that don't work properly? Maybe they need to brick our vehicles again with an update......

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