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

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

Rivian’s new 2025.26 software update eliminates touchscreen lag and improves driver assistance. The fix comes as the automaker burns $1.1B.

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 ...

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, 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.

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 CEO says it's awesome having Apple Music in its cars, but the firm wants drivers to use its systems instead of switching in and out of CarPlay.

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 you can't use CarPlay in a Rivian R1T, say, the Polestar 2 has supported CarPlay for years. If an automaker really wants to appease Apple fans, it's just a question of devoting the necessary ...