"Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered in-vehicle voice assistant with the automaker's latest software update. It will be available to all Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners paying for the company's Connect+ cellular subscription service, which costs $15 a month or $150 a year, or are in the middle of an active trial. The assistant will also be available on Rivian's upcoming R2 mid-size electric SUV that has recently started production."
"Rivian is calling this multi-modal AI foundation "Rivian Unified Intelligence." It understands the products and operations as one continuous system and learns from users to deliver a personalized driving experience. Assistant saves any learned personal context to specific driver profiles, so it doesn't get information between multiple users in one household confused."
"To summon Assistant, users will only have to say "Hey, Rivian" or press the left steering wheel button. Rivian says its Assistant, which is built directly into its system, gives users direct control over hardware that other phone-mirrored assistants can't do. It can understand natural language, so drivers don't have to memorize commands."
"If a user asks it to make everyone's seat "toasty" except theirs, it will turn up heating for the passengers' seats. It can change drive modes, adjust ride height, open the front trunk, adjust the climate and check the EV's other features hands-free. Drivers can ask Assistant for directions, for specific locations in the map and to identify media for them, such as looking up a song's name or when it came out."
Rivian is deploying an AI-powered in-vehicle voice assistant through a new software update. The assistant will be available to Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners who subscribe to Connect+ cellular service or are in an active trial. Connect+ costs $15 per month or $150 per year. The assistant will also be offered on the upcoming R2 mid-size electric SUV. Rivian’s assistant is built on a multimodal AI foundation called Rivian Unified Intelligence, which treats products and operations as one continuous system and learns from users. Learned personal context is saved to individual driver profiles. Users can activate the assistant by saying “Hey, Rivian” or pressing a steering wheel button, then control vehicle hardware, adjust settings, and request directions, media information, and text reading.
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