Chromecast vs AirPlay

[Fmc]

Does peacock work?

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[CrazyOne]

Hulu was very buggy and kept freezing. YouTube loaded the whole app and I was able to use it like a tablet app. My phone is a Pixel

 

[SpiredQuasar]

Now that you mention it, it’s a Nokia. Ha ha!!!!!

Connect your iPhone to the hotspot in the vehicle and the apps will detect the Chromecast and the icon shows up right next to the AirPlay icon. It also shows up before you start individual videos. This picture shows it in the upper right before a video is started. If you start a video first you see this to the left of AirPlay. But connect first for it to show up.

I guess maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see that option. I was hopeful I would though! Thanks for the info anyway.

 

[DuoRivians]

FWIW I just tried casting Prime Video from my iPhone and it was pretty much flawless.

Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ are a no-go as others have said.

Disney works fine for me

 

[AZMurph]

I guess maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see that option. I was hopeful I would though! Thanks for the info anyway.

Is your Wifi network the hotspot at the moment you took that picture? For me, it's not there, but then once I'm connected to the Rivian hotspot it shows up.

 

[bhlackey]

Disney+ and YouTube TV apps streamed just fine from my iPhone.

 

[AZMurph]

Does peacock work?

Hadn't tried that one so I went out and gave it a go. Worked fine. So, I flipped through and got these results with an iPhone 16 Pro Max:

Peacock = yes
Disney+ = yes
Hulu = yes
Prime Video = yes
Max = yes
Paramount+ = yes
YouTubeTV = yes
ESPN = yes
Netflix = no (there's a cast button but it doesn't see the Rivian)
Apple+ = no (no cast function except Airplay so no button)

 

[Mellowyellow]

I couldn't get Disney+ working, but I'm on iPhone. If you're on Android I believe it has native GCast (IIRC?)

I’m on iPhone

 

[Mellowyellow]

Hadn't tried that one so I went out and gave it a go. Worked fine. So, I flipped through and got these results with an iPhone 16 Pro Max:

Peacock = yes
Disney+ = yes
Hulu = yes
Prime Video = yes
Max = yes
Paramount+ = yes
YouTubeTV = yes
ESPN = yes
Netflix = no (there's a cast button but it doesn't see the Rivian)
Apple+ = no (no cast function except Airplay so no button)

Good God man how many subscriptions do you have?!

 

[AZMurph]

Good God man how many subscriptions do you have?!

. Mostly free or very discounted through cell phone accounts, credit card credits, other combos. Peacock is $20 to $25 per year each Black Friday.

 

[strykerwsu]

. Mostly free or very discounted through cell phone accounts, credit card credits, other combos. Peacock is $20 to $25 per year each Black Friday.

This is the way

 

[Scottm]

I wonder if these people are having problems because they’re on their home WiFi and having some double NAT issue? My Rivian hotspot has issues when I’m at home and it connects to my home WiFi but works fine away from home. For those having problems, have you tested it away from home just on cellular? I’m in an iPhone and have no problem casting.

 

[Scottm]

AppleTV+, occasionally Peacock (pay for the month during Olympics), and some YouTube. We used to also have Prime but it was never great and only gotten worse under Jassy. We also have free subscriptions through our public library.

Yeah peacock works fine from the iPhone, I just tried it. Are you sure you’re clicking the “cast” icons and bit the “airplay” icon?

 

[tbrockhurst]

There are plenty of streaming services supported outside of YouTube. You should dial the drama down a bit.

But I think after all the strikes here in LA, that Drama, or at least the ability to engage with it in official, broadcaster backed content & apps is the very point.
At home my Sony TV’s accept my telephone streaming & the HDMI Apple TV’s connected to them, as do the Sonos speakers throughout my home & garden.
Yet my $100K car does not.
That that is strictly controlled & mandated by its manufacturers software, is the point.
It is solely by their choice, that 57,000 of us early adopters & owners are not allowed to watch our own original content, or share to the screen, content that we are subscribers to.
But maybe when they can (after 4 months) provide me with either a NACS adapter, or even a spare tyre, I’ll be able to get ‘Adventurous’ & begin to search out the deepest countryside, or desert.
But even then, I’d now expect that I’d need to pack an iPad (& likely a Starlink) to watch a movie that I already own, or even catch up on a show that I already subscribe to.
The point here is that we are all adults, we all have our choices.
I would simply expect that my car, most particularly at $100k, allows me to view content that I already own & subscribe to.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

But I think after all the strikes here in LA, that Drama, or at least the ability to engage with it in official, broadcaster backed content & apps is the very point.
At home my Sony TV’s accept my telephone streaming & the HDMI Apple TV’s connected to them, as do the Sonos speakers throughout my home & garden.
Yet my $100K car does not.
That that is strictly controlled & mandated by its manufacturers software, is the point.
It is solely by their choice, that 57,000 of us early adopters & owners are not allowed to watch our own original content, or share to the screen, content that we are subscribers to.
But maybe when they can (after 4 months) provide me with either a NACS adapter, or even a spare tyre, I’ll be able to get ‘Adventurous’ & begin to search out the deepest countryside, or desert.
But even then, I’d now expect that I’d need to pack an iPad (& likely a Starlink) to watch a movie that I already own, or even catch up on a show that I already subscribe to.
The point here is that we are all adults, we all have our choices.
I would simply expect that my car, most particularly at $100k, allows me to view content that I already own & subscribe to.

Why do so many people here use the 100K dollar car to justify every minor little complaint they have? Just because a car hits an arbitrary threshold doesn't mean it's suddenly required to do every little thing on your wishlist. Your R1 didn't have any streaming capability at all when you bought it, yet you bought it anyway. You're right, it's by Rivian's choice and if you already own the movie watch it when you get home.

Your Sony TV was made to be a television and your 100K dollar car was made to be a car. As soon as your Sony TV can drive you to the store then you can act all incensed that it has the capability to watch Apple TV while your R1 does not. Until then evaluate the minor complaint you have for what it is and get over it.

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