you have a valid point, they should have it, and you have a situation where it may be a pain without it, at work we use a MyQ at each location we have multiple storage facilities with over 12 doors/gates, when my homelink module stopped working for the second time, i switched to it, it was a game changer for me, i have an area geofenced, i approach my gate opens, my garage door opens, the lights in my house turn on, my a/c lowers the temp.
I uses MyQ also at certain locations works great but requires interaction with your phone not ideal for multiple drivers either. There are many "work arounds" for sure but none as good as just having the feature in the car in the first place! For Rivian to omit the feature is a blunder IMHO. I have seen a few "New" auto makers forget to add it to their EV's but always include it in the end
some people said that they talked to CS and they said they were working on an alternative, for the sake of those who need it, i hope they come through. who knows maybe the R1's have similar hardware and they just need software.I uses MyQ also at certain locations works great but requires interaction with your phone not ideal for multiple drivers either. There are many "work arounds" for sure but none as good as just having the feature in the car in the first place! For Rivian to omit the feature is a blunder IMHO. I have seen a few "New" auto makers forget to add it to their EV's but always include it in the end
not trying to rehash anything, just dont understand why those are what everyone are constantly complaining about when it comes to the cons of the vehicle, Some have even stated that are cancelling their orders over the lack of CP/AA to me that's just ridiculous. I feel like not having a volume knob should merit more complaints, its something thats way more practical and used maybe 100 times more than navigation.
That's how I read it.
Me too, but not because I care that much about these glitches. It's "my better half" that would never let me hear the end of it! Fingers crossed these issues are resolved in the next 12-18 months. ;-)
I use CarPlay and HomeLink way more than the volume knob on my car. Just because you don't find value in these things doesn't mean they aren't valuable or important to others. Why else would the vast majority of manufacturers include these features in their vehicles?
Every vehicle I've owned since my '89 trans am has had volume control under my thumb, still it's always been way easier and convenient to turn a rotary knob on a radio.
Not only that but it's also accessible (and Accessible, as in ADA) to your front seat passenger.
I dont understand peoples obsession with google assistant/alexa, I have been using Homelink for years to do what they do easier - with the press of the button. I even pull up in my Tesla and it even opens the door for me without voice control or even using my phone. and at the cost of free with my car purchase.
Same could be said about the volume knob, I mean ford, gm, and ram they all have recently revamped their center displays on all their trucks and new upcoming EV's they all have given up display space to add volume knobs.
