Rivian adds Snow Mode through software update just in time for winter - Digital Trends

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By Ian Bell December 21, 2022 3:51PM

Making up for dilatory motortruck shipments, the Rivian bundle squad has been engaged moving connected improvements and caller features to support existing customers happy. Although it’s a tiny group, blessed customers marque for large marque ambassadors.

The biggest and astir advertised diagnostic of the caller update is “Snow Mode,” which helps maximize power with an accent connected comfortableness erstwhile you’re successful icy, slushy, oregon snowy conditions. I’ve recovered Rivian vehicles to person an overly assertive regenerative braking strategy (the lone options are Normal and High), and the caller Snow Mode helps trim the sensitivity of the braking strategy to let for amended power connected slippery surfaces. Imagine having to woody with a sliding car each clip the brakes travel connected owed to regen mode – not amusive for immoderate driver.

You besides person to wonderment wherefore determination wasn’t a “Snow Mode” to statesman with, considering these are different incredibly susceptible off-road trucks, but thankfully Rivian has been listening to its customers and acting rapidly to entreaty to the masses.

Other important updates see the quality to vigor the beforehand and 2nd enactment seats, vigor the steering instrumentality and to crook connected the defrost strategy each done the mobile app (software update mentation 1.9). Another important update is the quality to stock an code from Google Maps oregon Apple Maps straight to the truck’s navigation strategy – a bully touch.

And for those with scope anxiety, this bundle update purportedly helps with artillery ratio – though the nonstop numbers person not been released.

You mightiness beryllium wondering wherefore these updates are coming aft the vehicles person already been delivered. After all, a batch of vehicles travel with these features from time one. While nary authoritative Rivian spokesperson has commented, unofficially the effect has been that they privation to marque definite the acquisition is cleanable for their customers and that means extended investigating and cautious rollouts implicit time.

I look to deliberation that they are rushing to get vehicles retired the doorway to marque investors and aboriginal pre-order customers happy. Worth noting is the information that immoderate Rivian vehicles person wood trim connected the backmost of the archetypal enactment headrests, and others bash not. Chalk it up to outgo cutting oregon assembly enactment improvements?

Here is simply a shortened database of different caller features and bugs that the latest Rivian bundle update addresses:

You tin present usage the TIDAL euphony app if you person an relationship with them
Updates to Spotify including the quality to perceive to Audiobooks
You tin present power the measurement levels of the navigation speech, Amazon’s Alexa, media and telephone calls – each independently (this has been a large contented if you are listening to euphony and not capable to perceive the Rivian navigation strategy talking to you)
Improved thrust prime successful the assorted thrust modes
You tin present acceptable your existent determination arsenic ‘home’ oregon ‘work’ without it having to beryllium a circumstantial address

I was capable to update my Rivian R1S past nighttime and volition proceed to trial the caller features and updates to spot however they enactment and if they amended the issues I person experienced with my truck. Some bugs inactive remain: I did announcement that I was incapable to log retired of 1 Spotify relationship to beryllium capable to power implicit to different account, but that’s tiny compared to being capable to confidently thrust connected snow.

You tin presumption the afloat database of bug fixes and features astatine the Unofficial Rivian Software Tracker site.