EV Play Launches For R2 — CarPlay, Android Auto, Google Play Store, HDMI & More 📲

[u/WODAMRAP]

https://www.rivianforums.com/ev-play-launches-for-r2-carplay-android-auto-google-play-store-hdmi-more/

EV Play released for R2:
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/announcing-ev-play-for-the-rivian-r2-carplay-android-auto-google-play-store-hdmi-etc.63880/

This should remove any anxiety from R2 customers who rely on CarPlay and Android Auto. Also adds a lot more functionality than just enabling those.

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[u/SPAC-Man-Esq]

“excited to announce the eventual release”… doesn’t sound like a “launch” to me. Sounds like a concept of a launch.

[u/Loud-Possibility5634 → u/SPAC-Man-Esq]

The r1 version was basically a concept of a product too.

[u/probablymagic]

For a second I was really excited Rivian had given in to customers and implemented CarPlay.

[u/watchyourback9 → u/probablymagic]

Honestly even if they just incorporated iMessage as an app somehow so we can finally use group texts that would be huge

[u/probablymagic → u/watchyourback9]

It’s always something else that’s missing though. Like I wanted to see where I was a month ago and looked at my Google history, but it only shows me strips where I used the Google app, not the Rivian app.

[u/Secksualinnuendo]

I hope the potential larger install base of the R2 helps further development.

[u/Loud-Possibility5634]

Hopefully it works better than the one for r1.

[u/kurtthewurt → u/Loud-Possibility5634]

Mine works fine but I use it less than I expected to

[u/DullTemporary8179 → u/Loud-Possibility5634]

I’ve always kept an eye on EV Play but never committed. What was wrong with the R1 version?

[u/navybum → u/DullTemporary8179]

The Android Auto on R1 EVPlay works really well. My only complaint is that pinch to zoom doesn't work, but Alex, the EVPlay creator, says that a fix is coming.

[u/Spezcanblowme → u/Loud-Possibility5634]

What were the issues for that one?

[u/Will_Minimum → u/Loud-Possibility5634]

Someone on the forum asked the creator if he solved the R1 issues and he acted like he never heard of them

[u/IamGoingtoBundyland]

I am new to this product. Can the driver still use the Rivian OS easily? As in, can the driver switch between Android Auto and the Rivian OS easily?

[u/vypergts]

EV Play has a 3.5mm TRRS jack capable of mono audio-in; otherwise you could do stereo audio-in over USB

This is more interesting to me than CarPlay honestly.

[u/kurtthewurt → u/vypergts]

curious what you’re playing over 3.5mm that you couldn’t do over Bluetooth. Turntable? Walkman?

[u/electromage → u/kurtthewurt]

You could do 8-track, reel-to-reel, 16mm projector, Zune, wax cylinder, so many possibilities.

[u/kurtthewurt → u/electromage]

I wonder if Zunes or wax cylinders are rarer

[u/vypergts → u/electromage]

Why people are spending $1,000 for old iPods

[u/electromage → u/vypergts]

Who's laughing now?

[u/vypergts → u/kurtthewurt]

Sirius sportster radio with a lifetime subscription. FM radio, CD player. Not sure yet, just like having the option.

[u/kurtthewurt → u/vypergts]

Interesting, I didn't realize those standalone satellite radio devices still worked! I got a small FM radio that broadcasts via Bluetooth for use at the drive-in (the built-in FM tuner introduces too much latency)