Connect+ is Here

[marlontaze]

This $12-15 per month charge is really just paying for 5G FTE and Live Security the rest of the features are just extras. It feels like a good deal to me.

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[TollKeeper]

I do think they are shooting off their nose here.

Most other manufactures, legacy or not, offer connected services for 3 years with purchase. We just purchased for my company a 2023 Chevy 1500 Trailboss. The remaining 2.5 years of connected services are still free.

Those that managed to get their pre-purchase back in 2022 have been streaming/whatever for 2+ years now. Old adage of "For me, but not for thee".

I get they are just trying to turn profitable. This, I think, is not the way to do it.

I know I will not be doing it.
I have WiFi at work that my truck connects to as soon as I get to work.
I have WiFi at home that my truck connects to as soon as I get home.
I, and my wife, have free unlimited tethering thru my phone, and its 5G.

Wheres my incentive here?
I can still watch YouTube streaming thru my tethered device.
I loose nothing as far as I can tell, and save $15/150.

 

[godfodder0901]

Are you sure about this? Last time I tried, Rivian can't connect to iphone's hotspot.

That's because the last time you tried this, you weren't on the referenced software release...

 

[SlaterGS]

It seems there is not a lot of value currently, but I know more will get added.

Just let me control the 120v outlets from my phone and I'll pay for it lol

 

[emoore]

This $12-15 per month charge is really just paying for 5G FTE and Live Security the rest of the features are just extras. It feels like a good deal to me.

If only it was 5G. I wish they would have went 5G instead of LTE (4G)

 

[SANZC02]

Rivian is going to keep adding things in. I hope they don't raise the price as that happens but they probably eventually will.

That said, I'm constantly amazed at the people who go on and on about buying a $100,000 car but won't pay $15/mo for the data they use in it.

Even cheaper by the year (12.50 a month). At 149 a year, if you paid 80k for the vehicle and pay the subscription for 4 years it is .7% of the vehicle cost.

It is a value proposition if people do not perceive a value don’t pay it but we all (or at least anyone doing proper analysis before making such a large purchase) knew all along that this day was coming.

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

If only it was 5G. I wish they would have went 5G instead of LTE (4G)

In my wildest dreams, I can imagine that module being upgradeable. We already know it can (and does) fail, and is a "fairly easy" replacement. Although I doubt they'll invest in it now since 2nd gen most likely uses something completely different. ?

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Will Amazon music and Spotify still work?

Don't care about Apple Music.
Don't care about Audible.
Don't care about Spotify.
Don't care about Tidal.
Don't care about TuneIn.

I'm obviously in the minority, but would like to confirm - Amazon Music will require this premium service, correct?

 

[waitingonanr1s]

Rivian is going to keep adding things in. I hope they don't raise the price as that happens but they probably eventually will.

That said, I'm constantly amazed at the people who go on and on about buying a $100,000 car but won't pay $15/mo for the data they use in it.

It's wild. Hotspot alone is worth $15/month.

 

[wolfsbane]

wait so will my 2023 VIN first gen truck get Dolby Atmos when I use the new apple music app or not?

 

[84060]

Just got it too. I'm struggling to understand why I'd subscribe to Connect+ if I'm perfectly happy with all the entertainment options I'm getting from my EV Sportline Smart Dash

It seems to me, like (although maybe not as 'integrated'), the EV Sportline product actually gives me way more than Connect+, and piggybacks on my already cheap/strong 5G mobile phone. Maybe I'm missing the value proposition of Connect+

I didn't know about that option. Thanks!

 

[Dark-Fx]

wait so will my 2023 VIN first gen truck get Dolby Atmos when I use the new apple music app or not?

I believe it will. It's a licensed pre-processing algorithm.

 

[smunro622]

This $12-15 per month charge is really just paying for 5G FTE and Live Security the rest of the features are just extras. It feels like a good deal to me.

5g or LTE?

 

[waitingonanr1s]

This is my only beef with this new Connect+ plan. I'll pay the $12/month to stream Spotify vs. connect with Bluetooth with noticeably diminished audio quality (for an already sub-standard sound system) but starting the trial before I have the update feels dirty.

You have Spotify/Tidal/hotspot right? Free data was supposed to end many months ago. You've effectively had a free trial since you bought the vehicle.

 

[Nine_One_Six_R1S]

I just updated the app and got an Apple Music Splash screen to start/claim my trial.

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