No, this is a bug, Rivian confirmed. Even when you leave the car, the Spotify app in the car continues to ping the Spotify servers. So if I’m 10 miles away from the car, and listening to Spotify on my iPhone, it keeps stopping play every time the Rivian app is hitting Spotify in the background...
The Spotify app has a very big bug. It is constantly pinging the Spotify servers so if you also use Spotify on your phone or any other device, it keeps halting play. I’ve reported it to Rivian.
This was a game changer for me, thank you. I was close to selling my R1S given the poor phone integration. Any luck solving the skipping/spotty Bluetooth connection? I have the same issue. Thank you again!