Entertainment Apps
planned
Mark Kiefert
Add apps for entertainment while charging: YouTube, Netflix, etc. Video streaming, local video over USB, games and more are all options. Having local storage powered options would make sense and be on brand to the adventure vehicle market.
Or, to stay on brand, a digital version of the Parks or Wingspan board games.
kent ma
Please add these to make the vehicle more fun and entertaining while you wait
Abijah Perkins
I don't want a Rivian app for these services. If it's Netflix, someone else will want Hulu. If it's Hulu, someone will want Fubo. Personally, I want video phone calls and Plex. Maybe no one else does, but no problem. Rivian should offer a chromecast feature (if that's technically feasible) and we all will have the app we want. Any video service mainstream enough to be considered already supports casting in their phone app - why reinvent the wheel? I mean, besides preparing for a revenue stream... 🤦♂️
Jose Castillo
planned
Wassym's Q&A provided: "Video and audio entertainment being worked on. The long pole for video is developing digital rights management in the software."
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Tim Towell
Jose Castillo: Do you know if it is envisioned that third parties will be able to write applications that could be submitted to Rivian for certification and distribution via a Rivian App Store, as that is the only model that I can envision where you have the ability to satisfy all the random requests for "My Favorite App". Rivian could then focus on the SDK, and an automated certification test suite that could be ran by the developers, and simply submit the test results to Rivian for admission into the certified apps Web site.
Jay Joson
Merge with post, "Entertainment Apps"
Adam Hagestedt
Even just let us ChromeCast to the display would solve most of these without native applications.
Dom Arseneault
And audible!
Testingthewater
Please also include Amazon Prime, YouTube TV, Hulu, Disney+, YouTube, Netflix, Apple TV+ , FuboTV...including chromium based browser support. (aka: Rivian App Store)