PSA for anyone wondering why group texts don’t work over Bluetooth in the Rivian
Just confirming something a few of us have run into. If you’re sending messages through the truck using Bluetooth, you can’t reply to group threads. Only one on one conversations work.
This isn’t a Rivian limitation, it’s a Bluetooth thing. The protocol cars use to handle texts (called MAP) was never built to support group messaging, and both iOS and Android enforce that limit. You might get a notification that a group message came in, but if you reply using Rivian Assistant it’ll send it as an individual message instead of the group thread.
The good news is Rivian is reportedly working with Apple and Google on ways to bypass this so group messaging can eventually be supported natively in the vehicle. No timeline that I’ve seen, but it’s on their radar.
Not a huge deal once you know about it, but worth flagging if you’ve been confused about why the reply option disappears on certain threads.