Story: Introducing Rivian Assistant & Rivian Unified Intelligence. Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+

[Administrator]

New Software: Introducing Rivian Assistant and Rivian Unified Intelligence

Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+

https://stories.rivian.com/software-update-hey-rivian-assistant-connect-ai-2026



Also see:

HOW TO USE RIVIAN ASSISTANT GUIDE:

https://rivian.com/support/article/rivian-assistant

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[josh0]

Just waiting for that update…

 

[Skeldog99]

Available now with Connect+,2 Rivian Assistant is here to make every aspect of your journey a whole lot easier and even more fun

 

[SolartoEV]

The delay in a response time irks me a little. I hope that improves.

 

[phaduman]

This is a big deal…

“Because the assistant is connected directly to your vehicle's systems, it gives you direct control over hardware that other assistants cannot reach.”

- Tesla’s Grok in the car is not connected to the car’s controls. It is a generic LLM. Rivian made it ahead of Tesla to have the native AI assistant with full vehicle access (waiting to test!). Kudos Rivian team. This is also the first time people will realize how a CarPlay/AndriodAuto and native AI experience start to break away (in favor of Rivian’s decision…). Exciting times.

 

[Administrator]

Also see:

HOW TO USE RIVIAN ASSISTANT GUIDE:

https://rivian.com/support/article/rivian-assistant

 

[DaveA]

So you have to have Connect +? Booo. I'm sure it'll be laggy as hell on Gen 1 anyway.

 

[josh0]

I can see it downloading!

 

[Reddwarfusa]

Waiting for the Rivian iOS app to be updated so i can do it!!

 

[iforbes]

iOS app update is out.

 

[RivianRiverRat]

Don’t forget that you can “force” the app update
Now I have to wait until I get home from work to get on WiFi

 

[tate16t]

I just got prompted for the mobile app download.

 

[bhlackey]

Very exciting stuff... Mobile app updated. Now just need to win the update lottery on the vehicle.

 

[SLVRon]

If I'm streaming audio from my phone, can I control that with Rivian Assistant?

 

[VandalSibs]

If I'm streaming audio from my phone, can I control that with Rivian Assistant?

I would imagine play/pause/next & previous tracks may work, as the assistant would just push the requested command to the phone over Bluetooth (like the button presses do already).

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