Apple Music now offered in Rivian cars

Apple and Rivian today revealed that native Apple Music assistance is presenting to all Rivian electrical cars. Get the current software application upgrade for your Rivian automobile, to begin streaming Apple Music through the Rivian control panel user interface.

You’ll require a Rivian Connect+ membership, in order to utilize the Rivian’s incorporated connection to stream Apple Music anywhere. Additionally, you can link your cars and truck to the web utilizing your phone’s mobile hotspot.

If your Rivian automobile has the Premium Audio sound system alternative, you can likewise stream Apple Music in Spatial Audio, opening access to the service’s growing brochure of Dolby Atmos mastered music. Rivian states this collaboration leads to an “extraordinary audio home entertainment experience”.

Rivian Connect+ is priced at $14.99 monthly, or $149 each year. A two-month totally free trial of Connect+ is readily available beginning today, in addition to a 90-day complimentary trial of Apple Music for brand-new Rivian owners.

If you do not sign up for Connect+, you can utilize Apple Music if you tether to your phone’s hotspot for connection.

In July, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe suggested that while the car manufacturer has no interest in embracing CarPlay, it values the deep relationships with Apple to provide functions like native Apple Music combination.

As seen in the screenshot at the top of this short article, you can see that Apple Music in Rivian does seem like the outcome of a deep collaboration, instead of an easy lazy port of the Apple Music Android app. Apple Music on Rivian includes familiar UI and manages to make it feel right at home with the remainder of the Rivian software application experience.