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

For years, Rivian owners have tolerated infotainment systems that looked slick but responded with the urgency of a hungover ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Rivian owners have been clamoring for CarPlay in forums like Reddit, so a smaller move like Google Maps integration, following Rivian's prior Google inclusions of Search, Cast, and YouTube, for ...

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.

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 ...