What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant

[mfeinholz]

Does anyone else want a center position driver speedo option? Just increase the size of the current speedometer/power distribution gauge and move it to the middle.

I would LOVE to have the speedo on the top left of the center display so I can see it without moving my head or hand on the wheel - on the map probably- Model 3 did this right. But yea, moving it to the center of the driver screen would also be a HUGE improvement

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[takrdown]

Google it. On Android you have to enable the developer options first.

I am. I'm using an iPhone though so of course there isn't a good solution that's easy. I'll keep researching it. Thanks folks! It definitely sounds like a phone issue and not a Rivian issue.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

You cannot since Amazon Music is not a native Rivian app. And you can only have one assistant enabled by default.

@krb1183

The one way you could get around this is to install an Echo Auto in the vehicle or not switch to the Rivian Assistant. I don't subscribe to to C+ and had an old Echo Auto that I used in a previous vehicle. Works great to play Amazon Music and SXM stations as I don't have an account tied to the Rivian. I use the previous / first generation, here's the newest : https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Echo-Auto-release-Alexa/dp/B09X27YPS1

 

[AJR1T]

Does anyone else want a center position driver speedo option? Just increase the size of the current speedometer/power distribution gauge and move it to the middle.

Great idea, especially in the absence of a heads-up display.

 

[takrdown]

I am. I'm using an iPhone though so of course there isn't a good solution that's easy. I'll keep researching it. Thanks folks! It definitely sounds like a phone issue and not a Rivian issue.

Well, that didn't take long: The Spotify community forums are blown up over this. It is 100% a Spotify app issue. I should just use the native Rivian app, but I also have a V1 connected with Bluetooth so I like to hear that and the Waze alerts. Bunch of clowns over at Spotify marking the issue resolved two years ago and it still exists on multiple audio and automotive platforms. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction folks!

 

[krb1183]

@krb1183

The one way you could get around this is to install an Echo Auto in the vehicle or not switch to the Rivian Assistant. I don't subscribe to to C+ and had an old Echo Auto that I used in a previous vehicle. Works great to play Amazon Music and SXM stations as I don't have an account tied to the Rivian. I use the previous / first generation, here's the newest : https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Echo-Auto-release-Alexa/dp/B09X27YPS1

Oh that's a great idea, I had an echo auto in an older car too some years ago. Thanks for this recommendation! That will probably actually play the playlists we have too as the Rivian Alexa interface does not recognize. Awesome thanks.

 

[SRO]

Does anyone else want a center position driver speedo option? Just increase the size of the current speedometer/power distribution gauge and move it to the middle.

I’d rather have the whole m/kwh graph on the left to see exactly how much I’m generating down grade or stopping. It now stops at + 4 mi/kwh. Better yet a Kw graph that shows what is being used or generated in real time. When I had my Bolt the best I did is was +50 kw slowing down.

 

[Robot Overlord]

The default response should be to play Rick Astley in an infinite loop, until you pull over and hard reset.

My sons programmed the younger son’s D1 football tape review room to play Never Going to Give You Up for days on end during one of our visits to his campus. My son isn’t on the team, but the door was unlocked, soooo…

 

[Robot Overlord]

I'm just hoping my car becomes sentient and tries to kill me.

Stephen King’s Christine - great story - the first I read from him!

 

[krb1183]

I’d rather have the whole m/kwh graph on the left to see exactly how much I’m generating down grade or stopping. It now stops at + 4 mi/kwh. Better yet a Kw graph that shows what is being used or generated in real time. When I had my Bolt the best I did is was +50 kw slowing down.

I did like this in a Chevy EV rental I had once. On the bottom it showed real time power use. So you could tell how much juice you were pushing accelerating hard (or regeneration ) or even how much the HVAC was consuming sitting at a stop light. I found it entertaining to watch and experimenting turning off HVAC and what not.

 

[SRO]

I did like this in a Chevy EV rental I had once. On the bottom it showed real time power use. So you could tell how much juice you were pushing accelerating hard (or regeneration ) or even how much the HVAC was consuming sitting at a stop light. I found it entertaining to watch and experimenting turning off HVAC and what not.

Not a big deal but also not a big deal to add it.

 

[iamnid]

None taken, I recorded my review today! Definitely far from perfect but it’s fun.

When does the embargo lift? When can we see your video!?

 

[VandalSibs]

I’d rather have the whole m/kwh graph on the left to see exactly how much I’m generating down grade or stopping. It now stops at + 4 mi/kwh. Better yet a Kw graph that shows what is being used or generated in real time. When I had my Bolt the best I did is was +50 kw slowing down.

To my knowledge, that graph never went above 4 mi/kWh. Originally, the number stopped there too, but now it maxes at 10 I believe.

 

[Time2Roll]

I would LOVE to have the speedo on the top left of the center display so I can see it without moving my head or hand on the wheel - on the map probably- Model 3 did this right. But yea, moving it to the center of the driver screen would also be a HUGE improvement

I would like a drivers analog looking set of gauges in front of the driver.
Speedo in the middle with altimeter, compass, clock, inclinometer gauge, average motor temp, battery temp, fuel level etc.
Map can stay over in the middle vehicle screen for if I get lost. I want to drive

I find the oem screen to be mostly worthless. There might be some options but nothing I have read seems interesting.

 

[skyguyscott]

I would like a drivers analog looking set of gauges in front of the driver.
Speedo in the middle with altimeter, compass, clock, inclinometer gauge, average motor temp, battery temp, fuel level etc.
Map can stay over in the middle vehicle screen for if I get lost. I want to drive

I find the oem screen to be mostly worthless. There might be some options but nothing I have read seems interesting.

Something like this perhaps?

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