Right but the reason Connect+ hadn't been a subscription thus far was because LTE connectivity on it's own wasn't considered compelling enough to charge for and this adds nothing to that offering. Rivian has already confirmed these apps ( spotify/Apple Music/etc) will still be usable with a wifi...
I mean casting isn't even something "Rivian" is doing it's a built in feature of Android Auto that Google is enabling for Rivian. Google presumably gets the blame for slipping here but I think Rivian should have adjusted the free trial or delayed the start of it to compensate for the timeline...
While this experience sucks it could be worse at least it's not A Toyota Tundra or Lexus LX https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61708841/toyota-tundra-lexus-lx-engine-replacement-recall/ That engine replacement isn't going to be a 1 hour while you wait job
I've driven multiple cars with this feature exactly 0 of them have had the ability to not do it on single lane roads. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists lane filtering are the better for it
Just anecdotal obviously but I had the same thing happen with a single vehicle that hindsight/history shows there was no systemic issue with the windshield glass. I never had to replace windshield glass before ( 5 different vehicles over 6 years) but in 2001 I bought a Chevy S10 pickup, the...
I don’t disagree, I don’t discount the use of OSS at all I’ve been in software development/integration for almost 20 years myself (Automotive industry before that). I wouldn’t work with a company that wasn’t leveraging OSS at this point, but where I disagree with their stance is particularly as...
Pre-conditioning isn’t a differentiator Tesla does it Hyundai does it Ford does it. As far as Identifying superchargers that’s Mapbox. It’s a lame excuse to say their infotainment is still a work in progress, everyone else's is too and the fact that we’re 3 years into the “work in progress” and...
Well first off I corrected Android Auto to Android Automotive within a second of posting that reply (predictive text can be a hindrance sometimes) I fundamentally disagree an OS is not just an OS and we’re primarily talking infotainment here (at least I am), what differentiating feature has...
But I mean they don't own the whole stack. It's all built on Android Automotive https://9to5google.com/2024/05/17/rivians-software-is-based-on-android-automotive-google-says/ and if my lengthy career working in system integration often with Google in particular is any evidence that's a very...