Rivian is bringing Apple Music with spatial audio to its CarPlay-less EVs

/ Rivian’s latest update now has Apple Music, but you’ll need to subscribe to Connect Plus to play it on the go.

By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge.

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Rivian isn’t offering phone mirroring features like Apple CarPlay in its electric vehicles, so the company is instead pushing a new software update today that adds built-in Apple Music streaming support, which might scratch customers’ connectivity itch.

Last month, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said on Decoder that CarPlay can’t leverage

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