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Perhaps my biggest disappointment about Rivian is the lack of Apple CarPlay. This will not affect my order, as I am excited to receive my R1S some time next year.
I often use my calendar app on my phone to click on ”location” to get directions to events. With CarPlay, it opens Apple Maps directly and it then shows up on my car’s screen. However, there’s another option that works with my electric Mini Cooper, and I’m curious if Rivian has enabled that for owners.
When looking at a location in Apple Maps (and on Google Maps on my iPhone), the ”share“ button brings up a list of Apps to share to. The Mini App shows up, and when I select it the navigation feature of the App opens, and I can set that as the destination on my car’s navigation system (I don’t use this much, as the Mini has car play and I just use Apple Maps).
I have the Rivian app installed, but it does NOT show up as an option on this menu.
My question for owners is: does this change when you actually own a Rivian and have it set up in the App?
This would make it a lot easier to live without CarPlay, as I hate entering location information in a car’s navigation system, no matter how easy it is to use, when I already have that information on my calendar.
I often use my calendar app on my phone to click on ”location” to get directions to events. With CarPlay, it opens Apple Maps directly and it then shows up on my car’s screen. However, there’s another option that works with my electric Mini Cooper, and I’m curious if Rivian has enabled that for owners.
When looking at a location in Apple Maps (and on Google Maps on my iPhone), the ”share“ button brings up a list of Apps to share to. The Mini App shows up, and when I select it the navigation feature of the App opens, and I can set that as the destination on my car’s navigation system (I don’t use this much, as the Mini has car play and I just use Apple Maps).
I have the Rivian app installed, but it does NOT show up as an option on this menu.
My question for owners is: does this change when you actually own a Rivian and have it set up in the App?
This would make it a lot easier to live without CarPlay, as I hate entering location information in a car’s navigation system, no matter how easy it is to use, when I already have that information on my calendar.