Rivian Assistant

Rivian Assistant is a voice assistant built into Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 vehicles, running on Rivian's in-house multi-modal AI framework, Rivian Unified Intelligence. It is summoned by saying "Hey Rivian" or holding the left steering wheel button, and connects directly to vehicle systems rather than relying on phone mirroring.

It can change drive modes, adjust ride height, open the front trunk, control climate and seats, and check EV-specific data such as range-on-arrival. It handles context-aware natural-language commands, navigation and point-of-interest search, media questions, and AI-assisted messaging (reading, summarizing and drafting texts). It answers vehicle questions using a system grounded in the Owner's Guide, and general questions such as weather and local news. An in-house agentic framework links apps together; the first external integration is Google Calendar.

It is rolling out through a software update to compatible Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners who subscribe to Connect+ or are in a trial. Cloud-based features are English only, and Rivian notes it may give inaccurate or outdated information. Privacy controls allow turning off the wake phrase, limiting location sharing and disabling memory. The linked AI Use Terms are published for the US and Canada.