What’s New in Rivian Software 2025.38 Update (Now Rolling Out)

[tate16t]

FULL LIST:

Climate Improvements

• Climate Hold is a new setting that runs the climate system for a set amount of time after you exit the vehicle, maintaining cabin temperatures while you’re away, and keeping any remaining occupants comfortable. Use the Rivian mobile app to monitor climate status, the Hold time remaining, and to turn Hold on or off.
  • DANGER: Never leave a child unattended in the vehicle.
  • NOTE: When leaving pets alone in the vehicle, use Pet Comfort instead of Hold as it has specific behaviors meant to keep your pets as safe and comfortable as possible.
• Auto cabin ventilation is a new setting that automatically blows ambient air into the parked vehicle on warm days to help prevent extremely high temperatures in the cabin. This feature is on by default, and notifies you in the Rivian mobile app when it’s running. You can turn it on or off in the mobile app.
• Auto air recirculation now appears as an option when you cycle through the Air Recirculation settings in the center display. When in Auto air recirculation mode, the system automatically switches between pulling in outside air and recirculating cabin air to optimize comfort, cabin air quality, and energy efficiency.

Plug and Charge Available with Electrify America and IONNA Chargers
For Electrify America and IONNA chargers, you can now:

• Check live charger status and speeds on the in-vehicle Navigation map.
• Automatically plug and charge (with a valid credit card attached to your Rivian account).
• Filter for IONNA chargers and select them in Trip Preferences > Preferred Networks.

App Launcher Improvement
To enhance convenience and usability, you can now more easily customize the app launcher at the bottom of the center display. By default, your favorite and most recent apps appear. Choose More to access other apps, and press and hold an app icon to move it to a different location in the launcher.
Additional Improvements

• Added the ability to press and hold Volume on the bottom of the center display to mute and unmute the current audio source.
• Navigation
  • Updated zoom behavior, including adjusted the zoom in on maneuvers to show more of the map.
  • Improved traffic and incident updates for trips with multiple stops.
• Camping
  • Improved leveling by allowing you to reposition the vehicle during the leveling process without having to reset the ride height. Leveling now pauses when you shift into D (Drive) or R (Reverse) answer slowly move the vehicle, and it resumes when you shift the vehicle back into P (Park). (Thanks, u/Adorable_Wolf_8387, for the report.)
  • Reduced the amount of time it takes for the vehicle to enter and exit the leveling process.
• Gear Guard
  • Fixed an issue that caused a five-minute delay when you opened the Incidents tab, clicked on an Incident notification, and waited for the list of available Incident videos to appear.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from identifying a USB device after a sleep cycle, requiring you to remove and reinsert the device.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Gear Guard animation from playing on the center display while video recording was in progress.
• Fixed an issue related to casting certain Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected content. A re-acceptance of Google Cast terms is required as part of the fix.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the alarm to sound when passive entry was used to open the liftgate.
• Fixed an issue that caused the garage door pairing menu notification to appear on top of the reverse camera screen.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the Phone app to show a Sync Contacts prompt in the center display prior to allowing a call through Bluetooth.
• Battery and charging
  • Improved 12 V battery health detection, which now includes in-vehicle and mobile app notifications to alert you when the 12 V battery needs to be replaced.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused the displayed range and state-of-charge (SOC) to quickly increase a few percentages at charging start.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused incorrect charging costs to appear in the Rivian mobile app.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the vehicle from charging over the weekend when the custom charging schedule was set as Weekdays.

https://riviantrackr.com/news/whats-coming-in-rivian-software-2025-38/

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[Osyras]

No watch as key yet - I guess the bugs were a plenty on that feature

 

[Osyras]

Sorry, I forgot..what no CP or AA yet? What the hell man!!

 

[Lester Green]

I’d love to know what’s going on with the Apple car key functionality.

 

[HapticWagon]

Gear guard needs A LOT of work still IMO
But these are nice to see active fixes

• Gear Guard
  • Fixed an issue that caused a five-minute delay when you opened the Incidents tab, clicked on an Incident notification, and waited for the list of available Incident videos to appear.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from identifying a USB device after a sleep cycle, requiring you to remove and reinsert the device.
  • Fixed an issue during USB device setup that would prompt you to shift the vehicle into P (Park) when the vehicle was already parked.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Incident video thumbnails from appearing on the Gear Guard app, even though cameras had properly recoded the videos.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Gear Guard animation from playing on the center display while video recording was in progress.

 

[Jivian]

I guess no Halloween costume this year...

 

[COdogman]

I guess no Halloween costume this year...

It’s coming. The Halloween modes are not listed in the updates because they essentially are hiding in your system and scheduled to activate on a specific date before Halloween. It was probably included in the previous update or this one.

 

[BigSkies]

There's a lot of good stuff listed in the "Additional Improvements" as well. This should take car of a few of those minor gripes. My favorites:

-Auto cabin ventilation should theoretically make the AC situation in the summer much more bearable. And battery drain should be pretty low if it's just running a fan.
-Updated zoom behavior in Nav.
-Faster leveling
-Maybe casting video will improve? It's pretty hit or miss now.

 

[Chase32]

FEATURE REQ: We need a way to rewind a song ~10 to ~15 to ~20 seconds. Ideally by simply holding in one of the left steering wheel buttons. Much easier to do this versus scrolling on the bar through the song pop out window. I’ve submitted this request a few times to Rivian feedback through the app.

 

[dixosw]

• Fixed a rare issue that caused the alarm to sound when passive entry was used to open the liftgate.

Ha! This just happened to me today and happens pretty much every time I approach the rear of the vehicle and open the liftgate (R1S). Fortunately, the horn is so terrible that no one notices the alarm going off!

 

[waitingonanr1s]

Sad to see they're not fixing the bass they nerfed in this latest update. I was procrastinating this update, but finally gave into the nagging to do so and wish I hadn't. I want to be able to hear my sub again. My new feature request would be a snooze button for the update reminder notification that shows up every time you put the car in park, lol. I wonder if I could have just scheduled it for 6 months from now as a work around.

 

[iansriv]

The air ventilation & recirculation will be welcomed by those on whey protein or switching to a plant based diet!

 

[onesoil]

FULL LIST:

Climate Improvements

• Climate Hold is a new setting that runs the climate system for a set amount of time after you exit the vehicle, maintaining cabin temperatures while you’re away, and keeping any remaining occupants comfortable. Use the Rivian mobile app to monitor climate status, the Hold time remaining, and to turn Hold on or off.
  • DANGER: Never leave a child unattended in the vehicle.
  • NOTE: When leaving pets alone in the vehicle, use Pet Comfort instead of Hold as it has specific behaviors meant to keep your pets as safe and comfortable as possible.
• Auto cabin ventilation is a new setting that automatically blows ambient air into the parked vehicle on warm days to help prevent extremely high temperatures in the cabin. This feature is on by default, and notifies you in the Rivian mobile app when it’s running. You can turn it on or off in the mobile app.
• Auto air recirculation now appears as an option when you cycle through the Air Recirculation settings in the center display. When in Auto air recirculation mode, the system automatically switches between pulling in outside air and recirculating cabin air to optimize comfort, cabin air quality, and energy efficiency.

Plug and Charge Available with Electrify America and IONNA Chargers
For Electrify America and IONNA chargers, you can now:

• Check live charger status and speeds on the in-vehicle Navigation map.
• Automatically plug and charge (with a valid credit card attached to your Rivian account).
• Filter for IONNA chargers and select them in Trip Preferences > Preferred Networks.

App Launcher Improvement
To enhance convenience and usability, you can now more easily customize the app launcher at the bottom of the center display. By default, your favorite and most recent apps appear. Choose More to access other apps, and press and hold an app icon to move it to a different location in the launcher.
Additional Improvements

• Added the ability to press and hold Volume on the bottom of the center display to mute and unmute the current audio source.
• Navigation
  • Updated zoom behavior, including adjusted the zoom in on maneuvers to show more of the map.
  • Improved traffic and incident updates for trips with multiple stops.
• Camping
  • Improved leveling by allowing you to reposition the vehicle during the leveling process without having to reset the ride height. Leveling now pauses when you shift into D (Drive) or R (Reverse) answer slowly move the vehicle, and it resumes when you shift the vehicle back into P (Park). (Thanks, u/Adorable_Wolf_8387, for the report.)
  • Reduced the amount of time it takes for the vehicle to enter and exit the leveling process.
• Gear Guard
  • Fixed an issue that caused a five-minute delay when you opened the Incidents tab, clicked on an Incident notification, and waited for the list of available Incident videos to appear.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from identifying a USB device after a sleep cycle, requiring you to remove and reinsert the device.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Gear Guard animation from playing on the center display while video recording was in progress.
• Fixed an issue related to casting certain Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected content. A re-acceptance of Google Cast terms is required as part of the fix.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the alarm to sound when passive entry was used to open the liftgate.
• Fixed an issue that caused the garage door pairing menu notification to appear on top of the reverse camera screen.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the Phone app to show a Sync Contacts prompt in the center display prior to allowing a call through Bluetooth.
• Battery and charging
  • Improved 12 V battery health detection, which now includes in-vehicle and mobile app notifications to alert you when the 12 V battery needs to be replaced.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused the displayed range and state-of-charge (SOC) to quickly increase a few percentages at charging start.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused incorrect charging costs to appear in the Rivian mobile app.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the vehicle from charging over the weekend when the custom charging schedule was set as Weekdays.

https://riviantrackr.com/news/whats-coming-in-rivian-software-2025-38/

FINALLLLLY they are adding climate hold functionality! Just in time for winter. I can’t wait to not have to enter dog mode just to run into the store on a searingly hot/bitterly cold day to keep from having to cool/heat the cabin all over again if I don’t or forget.

Now will you please, please, pretty please add a “trusted locations” feature where you can have the truck not auto lock in more than one location? How many Rivian owners have second homes? I sure don’t, but I imagine it’s at least as annoying for multi-home owners that we can’t set our fancy vehicles not to auto-lock wherever you choose… be that homes or places of work… or wherever you don’t want the behavior but not badly enough to turn it off everywhere else. While you’re at it, let’s have an “auto lock timer.”

 

[zefram47]

• Battery and charging
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the vehicle from charging over the weekend when the custom charging schedule was set as Weekdays.

Glad to see a fix for this. I just ran into it this weekend and was shocked to find that for the first time ever I'd plugged in the truck the night before and it didn't charge. Tried plugging in after a drive and it refused to charge until midnight Monday morning despite the all-day on the weekends option selected via the "Off-Peak" charging option. So weird. I just hit the button that was something like start charging now and kind of ignored it, but still weird. It was as if the truck had no clue it was the weekend. Also realized the truck doesn't show the date anywhere, only the time.

 

[BourboNole]

FEATURE REQ: We need a way to rewind a song ~10 to ~15 to ~20 seconds. Ideally by simply holding in one of the left steering wheel buttons. Much easier to do this versus scrolling on the bar through the song pop out window. I’ve submitted this request a few times to Rivian feedback through the app.

Not sure if this works outside of Amazon Music, but I use "Alexa, rewind _ seconds." Also works with fast forward.

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