Rivian house owners can now watch their EVs remotely

Rivian on Wednesday started rolling out a serious software program replace to house owners of its vehicles and SUVs, permitting them to remotely verify the onboard cameras on their EVs. The function known as Gear Guard Stay Cam, and is principally meant to allow you to scope out alarm notifications from the Rivian cellular app for iPhone and Android. You can even tune into video at any time, nevertheless — say when you’re tenting, and wish to guarantee that bear has lastly wandered away. It is loosely much like the Sentry Mode out there to Tesla house owners.

The replace contains another notable additions, above all Dynamic Headlamp Leveling. Restricted to Gen 2 fashions onwards, this adjusts your headlights on the fly to keep up secure diffusion, no matter how onerous you are accelerating or braking, or when you’re vibrating on tough terrain. In idea, it ought to get rid of the jittery illumination offroaders are used to at evening.

Rivian has additionally added Tri-Zone HVAC, making it attainable for the driving force, entrance passenger, and rear passengers to have separate heating/AC settings. Individuals in rear passenger seats could make temperature changes through the rear-mounted show, however just for themselves, not anybody within the entrance — presumably to forestall youngsters from wreaking havoc on their mother and father.

Lastly, a minor change is the presence of latest animations explaining Experience Peak, Brake Regen, Stability, and Experience Really feel settings in Drive Modes. You may see these while you go to vary the related toggles, the thought being that you will higher perceive their results.

How do I get the Rivian software program replace?

Chances are you’ll want some endurance

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Because the rollout is just simply getting underway, it might take a while to achieve your automobile. You need to be prompted to put in it in some unspecified time in the future when your Rivian is in Park and linked to the web. You can even attempt to drive the replace sooner in one in all two methods:

1. Go to Settings -> Car -> Updates in your dashboard show and faucet Replace Now.
2. Within the Rivian cellular app, go to About -> Car Software program Settings. If the replace is prepared, you’ll set off it right here.

It is best to be capable of get the replace through both Wi-Fi or mobile, with or and not using a Join+ subscription, however we advocate utilizing Wi-Fi — it is liable to be quicker and extra secure.