Rivian car dashboard screens now support YouTube and Google Cast

Rivian vehicles now an offer more possibilities for entertainment with the adoption of Google Cast in the company’s cars. When the cars are parked, passengers can use Google Cast to stream from thousands of apps to the dashboard screen. Cars also get native apps for YouTube and SiriusXM to play media directly from the car’s larger screen. Rivian offers all its customers a temporary free trial of SiriusXM; after the trial period ends, users will need to subscribe to continue using satellite radio.

Google announced in the spring that it will update Android for cars with a casting feature. Rivian appears to be the first manufacturer to take advantage of the technology. Google’s updates are just the latest collaboration for the company. Earlier this month, so did Rivian opened up its charging stations for use by other brands of electric vehicles.