Rivian is dead-set on its decision not to offer the popular smartphone mirroring apps, but an aftermarket product may offer a ...

Rivian has never offered Android Auto and Apple CarPlay on the R1S SUV and R1T pickup, but the company is not alone. General ...

Yet, Rivian refused to offer Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support in its vehicles, saddening many people. Some were adamant they would not consider buying a Rivian because it lacked these features.

While CarPlay is widely available on the majority of cars nowadays, Rivian is one of the primary holdouts (alongside Tesla and now GM). In a new interview this week on the Decoder podcast, Rivian ...

In a live Q&A session on Instagram, Rivian head of software Wassym Bensaid was explicitly asked about Apple CarPlay. The answer was more nuanced than Scaringe's, although it sounded a lot like GM ...

But, it appears that Rivian is at least attempting to mitigate those anti-CarPlay feelings, by adding many of the features we’d want from CarPlay into the R1’s infotainment system.

Yet CarPlay has vocal, die-hard supporters, and their reaction was often fierce on social media—including from hopeful Rivian buyers interested in the EV brand's expanding lineup.

CarPlay isn't "consistent with how we think about really creating a pure product experience," Scaringe said. Essentially, Scaringe doesn't want Apple in control of what he describes as Rivian's ...

The YouTuber shared WWDC 2022 information, in which Apple claims that 79% of car buyers in the US only consider CarPlay-capable vehicles, which could be a concern for Rivian and its EV business model.

True, it could be just that. But I doubt Apple would call anything a partnership that didn't include CarPlay itself, which Rivian still excludes even on their refreshed R1S and R1T.