Software Updates 2025.26 · Peak Response
Rivian Software Update 2025.26.30 Superseded
2025.22.302025.26.302025.34.30R1 Gen 1 got 2025.26.01 instead. How updates work →
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Rollout Details
Rollout completed August 28, 2025.
- Flagged
- 1,132
- vehicles
- Installed
- 1,124
- vehicles
- First flagged
- Latest activity
- For
- R1 Gen 2
Rollout Over Time
Peak +905 flagged on August 2025
| Period | Flagged |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | 905.0 |
| September 2025 | 201.0 |
| October 2025 | 18.0 |
| November 2025 | 1.0 |
| December 2025 | 0.0 |
| January 2026 | 2.0 |
| February 2026 | 0.0 |
| March 2026 | 0.0 |
| April 2026 | 4.0 |
Release Notes
Improvements
- Enhanced perception upgrades the autonomous and active safety features on R1 Gen 2 vehicles.
- Improved system performance when sensors are temporarily obstructed by snow, mud, or direct sunlight.
- Improved detection and quicker reaction times to dynamic traffic conditions, such as cut-ins, merges, and stopped traffic.
- Expanded vehicle detection across multiple lanes and in cross-traffic, with improved visualizations on the driver display.
- Reduced number of system disengagements due to poorly marked lanes.
- Improved the performance and stability of apps on the center display.
- In Navigation, improved the stability, usability, and responsiveness to touch gestures, such as swiping.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the center display from responding properly to multi-touch gestures after streaming video content protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM). (Thanks, u/SnazzyLabs, for the report.)
- Fixed an issue in Apple Music that prevented certain users from signing back into the app.
- Enhanced steering calibrations for Sport and Off-Road drive modes to further optimize steering performance.
- Sport drive mode: Maximized tire feedback and enhanced cornering precision.
- Off-Road drive modes:
- Reduced steering wheel kickback when you drive over rocky terrain.
- Enhanced steering effort and damping to improve feedback during controlled rotation or drifting over gravel.
- Improved steering torque feedback when you drive over loose surfaces and if wheel slip occurs.
NOTE
All-Purpose, Snow, and Conserve drive modes remain unchanged.
- Improved cabin climate behavior in humid conditions. (Thanks, u/RivianTrackr, for the report.)
- Increased the availability of on-demand battery conditioning when the vehicle battery is low.
- Fixed an issue that caused the “range is too low” notification to repeatedly appear during on-demand battery conditioning for DC fast charging.
- Fixed an issue that displayed inaccurate efficiency and energy consumption values for Trips A and B.
- Improved calibration to display the appropriate seat conditioning icon.
- Added a way to restart the vehicle to the Settings > Vehicle > Service screen.
Distribution
Connectivity
1,132 flagged
- Connect+
- 1,047 flagged
- Non-Connect+
- 85 flagged
Product and generation
1,132 flagged
- R1 Gen 2
- 1,132 flagged
Builds
Rivian can ship a version as more than one build, each identified by its git hash.
Counts reflect vehicles linked to Rivian Roamer, not Rivian's full fleet. Flagged means Rivian offered the update to a vehicle; installed means the vehicle is running it. How updates work