Please stop asking for CarPlay - it’s terrible

[Sgt Beavis]

Text and Waze and everyone will shut up.

Don’t forget a functional Apple Music app. It’s still fairly unstable.

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[freshpow]

Incorrect on both counts. Words matter, as does context. I never made any such claim HOW MUCH sales would be affected by having/not having CP/AA. Never once did I do that. What I said was that, according to your own numbers, 1/3 of car buyers DEMAND CP/AA. Isn't that what you said? So let's break that down....what does that mean exactly? To me, it means that they are not interested in purchasing a new vehicle that doesn't offer CP/AA. Now logic dictates that they are in fact eliminating that pool of buyers, doesn't it? There's simply no reasonable way to argue around this simple fact.

And as for me, no....I've never once made a single post about service being the reason I haven't purchased a Rivian. Not one.

Why are you so active on a forum where you’re never going to be an owner? CarPlay is never coming and you’ve incessantly regurgitated, over and over again, that it’s a deal breaker, absolute no-go for you. Go on, be free. Save me the trouble of having an aneurysm every time I try to make sense of your sensational posts.

 

[freshpow]

I agree that CP is far more than maps; in fact there is so much more that is more important to me. And the Rivian maps mostly function ok. Where they fail totally is in awareness of the latest issues on roads. Traffic, closures, and things like that. It's a total failure every single time. Days or weeks behind.

Oh yeah, the "OMG DISTRACTION" people should take note that being faced with road surprises is dangerous as hell, compared to talking to Siri about a re-route option.

Really? I would have thought that road surprises would be beneficial for neuro-divergent folks like yourself.

 

[shap]

Why are you so active on a forum where you’re never going to be an owner? CarPlay is never coming and you’ve incessantly regurgitated, over and over again, that it’s a deal breaker, absolute no-go for you. Go on, be free. Save me the trouble of having an aneurysm every time I try to make sense of your sensational posts.

Never say never - when service wait times and absence of CP/AA will really hurt Rivian sales - we will see the change

Actually, I think Rivian is on its way to even slower sales for 2024.

 

[SwampNut]

Really? I would have thought that road surprises would be beneficial for neuro-divergent folks like yourself.

Love them! Nothing better than a bit of anxiety on how to get there besides dealing with the morons all around, who are trying to get off the road any way they can. It's my favorite place, right up there with arguing online about stupid shit with people who can only see things one way.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

A simple search will provide you with that data

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/...-offer-apple-carplay.29383/page-8#post-565395

An informal poll here doesn't mean much of anything.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

I haven't used Car Play in a BMW, so I don't have any first hand experience. That said, instead of telling me it sucks, how about telling me why it sucks. What exactly makes your Car Play experience so poor in a BMW? What doesn't work well?

And you say it sucks, but then you also say it's better than most legacy autos? Are you talking about their built-in systems? You like Car Play more than native entertainment/navigation systems in legacy autos? Hmm....

Want to know what sucks, sure. It frequently drops the connection, far more than the native service in the Rivian. I cannot stand how it locks you out of typing your destination in while moving; it seems to forget passengers exist, and I'm often driving with my wife. I'm not too fond of the voice notifications for text messages. I always have to switch profiles to use it which requires disconnecting my wife's phone and connecting mine.


Also internet service around these parts sucks, especially in vehicles with privacy glass. The vehicle's antenna keeps LTE access longer than my phone, and the phone charger for the BMW is under the dashboard which makes the reception even worse. I have no such issues in the R1 because the internet goes through the big antenna on my roof.

Additionally, I hate talking to my car. I get enough demands on my time, and I don't need yet another thing interrupting me.


The whole experience is a lot of screwing around, I get in my R1 and the software works. If I need to switch profiles I can switch my entire profile and it changes all my settings, at once. I don't have to mess with my phone pairing, and when I get a text, I can decide whether or not to deal with it instead of having it interrupt my music when it's usually an ad text or a work-related text that can wait.

Yes I still like it more than the native systems in most legacy autos. That's only because the state of legacy auto software is abysmal. My Audi nav was significantly worse, don't get me started on Ford's, the BMW has good navigation(google maps) but I still need to use the CarPlay to listen to my apple music when I do not need to with my Rivian.

 

[RivianEC]

Text and Waze and everyone will shut up.

I suspect you’re right on that.

 

[agentfive]

My R1T has been in the service center for two weeks now so I’ve had a Jeep Wagoneer for a rental and it comes with CarPlay. After finally getting to play with and learn CarPlay, I have to say that CarPlay is a huge NO for me. I significantly prefer the maps that Rivian provides and just use Waze on my phone. And Spotify is FAR superior on the Rivian’s system than through CarPlay. I cannot wait to get my R1T back (may even check with Enterprise to see if they have an R1S in stock that I can get). So please, stop requesting that Rivian use or implement CarPlay.

Agreed. IT SUCKS.

 

[Sempervirens]

I like the Rivian interface, but prefer Android Auto for the app integrations, police notifications, and text capabilities.

 

[hekhl00]

My R1T has been in the service center for two weeks now so I’ve had a Jeep Wagoneer for a rental and it comes with CarPlay. After finally getting to play with and learn CarPlay, I have to say that CarPlay is a huge NO for me. I significantly prefer the maps that Rivian provides and just use Waze on my phone. And Spotify is FAR superior on the Rivian’s system than through CarPlay. I cannot wait to get my R1T back (may even check with Enterprise to see if they have an R1S in stock that I can get). So please, stop requesting that Rivian use or implement CarPlay.

i, and many others, will stop asking for CarPlay when one of 2 things occur:

1. Rivian matches CarPlay content AND stability
2. Rivian offers CarPlay.

sadly, neither is on the horizon.

 

[Erik+]

Yes of course. Do you find yourself needing fake boner pills, some two hour rants about conspiracies, and other assorted insanity?

Joke ?

 

[COdogman]

Love them! Nothing better than a bit of anxiety on how to get there besides dealing with the morons all around, who are trying to get off the road any way they can. It's my favorite place, right up there with arguing online about stupid shit with people who can only see things one way.

 

[ads75]

The irony of the OP saying they don't like Carplay and prefer Rivian maps, but still uses Waze on his phone also.

 

[lslick23]

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