Just for clarity, his tweet does NOT say they are coming soon...only that they are coming.
He has said he thinks Rivian can do better than CarPlay. Of course they currently don’t…. But that’s what they’ve said.
I am old enough to make my own choices as to what to listen to, thank you and when you’re in the middle of a national forest without radio and/or cell signal, and perhaps want to listen to the news or varied types of music not embedded on your phone Sirius is indispensable.
Hmm CEO of tech company. How could they possibly be arrogant? I never would have expected that!
You might be old enough to make your own choices, but it's a bad choice. Honestly, Spotify works amazing with Rivian and you can download things to listen to when you're "in the middle of a national forest". Also, imagine Waze as just an app on the Rivian dashboard and using it without you're phone....thats where vehicle infotainment is headed. In a couple years, people will be like "I can't believe you're still using your phone to listen to music in your car".
Yeah, one day there will be as many 3d party apps for Rivian’s infotainment as there were for Toyota Entune.
That would be the best option ever, IMHO. Imagine if you could download and run Android apps, like Waze, from Google Play, right on your Rivian infotainment system. Just give it the same ability as a standard Android tablet. I think that would eliminate a majority of complaints about lack of Car Play and Android Auto support and would be fast way to roll out capabilities to Rivian owners without a huge investment in app development. One can dream anyway...
No, your choice is bad. Two can play this stupid game...
Again, you miss the point completely: if YOU want to use Spotify and use the apps that only Rivian allow you to use, that’s totally fine; more power to you.
You complain about Rivian being arrogant and not giving "choice", but I don't remember being forced to buy it. How long have you had your Rivian and how often have you used the Rivian navigation? Have you ever tried Spotify? What are your specific complaints about them vs Apple carplay? You're saying you want xyz without any real justification except 90% of other vehicles do. 90% of other vehicles don't go 0-60 in 2.9 seconds or have adjustable air suspension or have their own in-house vehicle software thats completely unique to that manufacturer. Are you on Hyundai's EV forums saying it's mind boggling the Ioniq doesn't go 0-60 in 3 seconds....no because you want a Rivian. That sounds like the definition of choice to me.
Simple answer, yes. Most infotainment hardware is already fairly interchangeable. Many headunits come preloaded with apps. The same question was asked about apps for different manufacturers of phones...and again for apple carplay/android auto. The lomg term answer isn't for the app developer, but the manufacturer needs to create a software "adapter" for the app interaction. Honestly I don't even remember all the current 3rd party apps on the Rivian (it's not many), but I imagine it has more to do with software agreements and maybe some more time for Rivian to develop its infotainment.
At least in theory, I "can" wake up tomorrow good looking and rich. It's just unlikely that my "can" will become a "will" or even better, become a "have done so".
Manufactures pay for you to be able to use CarPlay. Tesla does‘t have it so Rivian feels they don’t need it. Once one of them do it, they both will. I am in the automotive industry. When Chevy discontinued free maintenance, Ford followed and Ram shortly after. Rather than separating themselves from the competition, they cut cost and fell in line.
Just another opinion. Sirius XM sucks compared to Spotify
