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I am done going around in circles...the obvious business move was to prioritize the software platform, improve the native app ecosystem, and make it best in class. As a product developer you leave some folks, like yourself, that are worst case fit for a launch product behind, and that's OK...

You sound like a core customer Rivian should be designing for.

That's not how it works. It takes a while to build an OS, SDK, App store, review process...a lot of these initiatives are 3 years in the making, if not longer...When Apple bought SoundJam (which I used before Apple bought it for listening to MP3's) I had no idea they were planning a physical...

I have used Carplay for years and years. I bought the head unit from Alpine on release. And I am correct, the lion shae of CarPlay vehicles currently on the road use a USB cable. Wireless CarPlay is relatively new and far far fewer car on the road use it wirelessly. Regardless, I have been...

Sounds like the BMW X5 is a great fit then lol, because the lion share of CarPlay installs use a cable. Not going to get into the why's and how's, been working with Apple forever professionally and trust me, when iOS came out w/ an SDK there were very few developers. Same with Android...

They are as much of a software company as Apple is a transportation company. Things are merging. CarPlay/AA are run by giant tech firms that own the platform, approve the apps, dictate terms of use, UI... If I was the CEO of Rivian or Tesla, guess what? I would depriotize CarPlay/AA in lieu...

Lol...ok. Strikes me as perhaps a bad fit for you. You are basically buying a car with an integrated SaaS platform/service with 1 year free. So I guess you miss the next decades of updates, features, who knows really - I guess we'll find out. But that buy and done model is like an ICE car...

They are bundling the data connection w/ other services is my understanding, but we'll see what those others services are. The concept of buying a Rivian, irrespective of the ~$80K price tag, blows my mind one would not want to receive additional services during the course of ownership even if...

No worries at all! I am actually super happy to ditch CarPlay for a fully integrated system not tied to another completely separate largely non-transportation company. I guess we'll see if a company 100% dedicated to transportation just might make a better transportation SW platform w/ all sorts...

It’s what makes great companies. Seems like people don’t really understand that and that’s ok. Limiting choice produces outcomes than can be far better. I can list off many examples from basically all products used by folks here to make that fairly obvious point (but get it’s counterintuitive to...

Right, and Apple lets users do whatever they want on their platform. Of even Google for that matter. Or Tesla. Or Rivian. What do all these companies have in common? They don't listen to folks making bad decisions as best they can to improve user experience on their respective platforms...

Both interfaces are a mass produced joke, and neither company grew on compromise like that in explosive mode. Just now mass produced mode hence the lame folks clamoring. The loudest complainers barely heard of CarPlay a few years ago. Lol.

I test drove one, and it was far and away the best driving experience I have ever had...from acceleration, to braking, to handling off pavement, to on pavement manners...Rivian makes the very best car available at the moment. I would not worry about people upset w/ reviews...

lol...I love that both Tesla and Rivian, but multi-billion dollar companies on the vanguard of transportation, do not listen to folks asking for CarPlay and AA. Adopting sub-standard interfaces to be part of the herd is automakers 1.0...Looking forward to 2.0

Either making sure they don't do delay, so easily beating estimates or there is a production issues that need to be corrected...I can't think of another reason.

September 2019 R1S Launch Edition, San Francisco Bay Area, June-July 2022... Disappointed to say the least....

lol. Keep laughing /me iOS

Unfortunately they were not sure...So the big question is what happens when you stop paying for built-in LTE? How much functionality do you lose? Maps? Spotify? Can the car use your phone? What is the BT streaming interface like? Sounds like a good question for CS online... One note is we...

So, good news with Spotify integration, you don't need your cell phone. You login to Spotify on the App on the Rivian interface, and it then sync's with your Spotify account - just like another interface, ie your phone, computer, TV, etc. This means: 1. You don't need to constantly take your...

Sure thing! I am confused too, but will try to get info best as I can. If you just login to your account w/ the onboard Rivian App that would be ideal - no streaming or phone involved, playlist downloaded from the sync'd cloud account, and can use any HiFi Spotify adds in the future. Or it...