OS2 Arriving on R1 with 2026.31 OTA

[R1ship]

We rebuilt the R1 experience from the ground up, faster and more intuitive. Rivian OS 2 arrives on R1 Gen 1 and Gen 2 with the 2026.31 OTA update.

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[Mellowyellow]

holy crap buckle up

 

[mroe]

Is there anything functionally different? Or is it just a cosmetic reskin effectively?

 

[JWreck]

Is there anything functionally different? Or is it just a cosmetic reskin effectively?

Wouldn’t it be funny if they gave it the same feature parity of R2… backwards!

Honestly wouldn’t shock me..

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

And the always-glass-half-empty folks are already moaning about bugs they don't yet have.

 

[lefkonj]

The center screen changes are pretty big after using it in the R2.

 

[kewlasu]

Looking fwd to YT videos of this on the G1 T/S.

 

[Mellowyellow]

Wouldn’t it be funny if they gave it the same feature parity of R2… backwards!

Honestly wouldn’t shock me..

This is my question. There are so many things the R1 has that R2 lacks right now. Please don't take features away. My system is good and stable for now please don't destroy it.

 

[JWreck]

And the always-glass-half-empty folks are already moaning about bugs they don't yet have.

I mean I’m all for a refresh, but Rivian doesn’t have the best history of doing big things without breaking some eggs. In a world where a lot of R1s are nearly out of warranty (or already out of warranty) we’re about to see how Rivian handles issues when it’s their updates that break something.

 

[DaveA]

I mean I’m all for a refresh, but Rivian doesn’t have the best history of doing big things without breaking some eggs. In a world where a lot of R1s are nearly out of warranty (or already out of warranty) we’re about to see how Rivian handles issues when it’s their updates that break something.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

I mean I’m all for a refresh, but Rivian doesn’t have the best history of doing big things without breaking some eggs. In a world where a lot of R1s are nearly out of warranty (or already out of warranty) we’re about to see how Rivian handles issues when it’s their updates that break something.

Sell the car. Buy one that never gets updates unless forced by NHTSA to issue recalls.

 

[rogersmj]

Wouldn’t it be funny if they gave it the same feature parity of R2… backwards!

Yeah. And even if they manage to get all the existing features in, I want to be optimistic about this, but...given that every update to the existing system inevitably introduces new bugs on things that worked perfectly fine previously, I'm kinda nervous.

 

[rogersmj]

And the always-glass-half-empty folks are already moaning about bugs they don't yet have.

Literally every update has introduced a new bug for me. Every single one. Things that should just work, that had worked fine forever, suddenly misbehave. So excuse us if we're a bit jaded and have some skepticism about updates. It's entirely justified.

 

[Dark-Fx]

This is my question. There are so many things the R1 has that R2 lacks right now. Please don't take features away. My system is good and stable for now please don't destroy it.

Turn off auto updates? I haven't had any issues with my R2 infotainment besides just not having the same feature set. I imagine they've done more work towards that for this update, since they got it quite a bit closer in the previous R2 update.

 

[JWreck]

Turn off auto updates? I haven't had any issues with my R2 infotainment besides just not having the same feature set. I imagine they've done more work towards that for this update, since they got it quite a bit closer in the previous R2 update.

It’s really hard to not update because we’ve got bugs that need to be fixed. So the choice is either disable updates and live with the bugs that exist or update selectively when fixes for issues are released and then experience new issues (for clarity’s sake - I personally do not have automatic updates enabled, but were presented with a bulletin constantly when we don’t update). Kind of a no choice choice. 🫠

I am optimistic overall about the new OS2, as I’m sure they’ve learned from past designs and configs and maybe have delayed some fixes for existing issues in favor of rolling it into this new OS. Fingers crossed!

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