Rivian to Add Alternate Routes, Audible Alerts, More Map Icons and Arrival Charge Controls in Update 2026.41 [VIDEO]

Rivian is giving R1 and R2 owners more control over navigation with its upcoming 2026.41 software update. Software VP Wassym Bensaid has confirmed alternative routes, audible road alerts and adjustable state of charge at arrival.

This is in addition new new map icons that feature traffic lights, stop signs and more.

More Routes and Road Alerts

In Bensaid’s announcement, navigation will offer alternative routes on the fly, giving drivers additional options for reaching their destination.

Alerts from Waze and Google Maps will also gain audio notifications. Rivian is expanding the information available along a route with reports of road incidents, lane closures and objects on the road. Traffic signs, including stop signs, will appear on the map.

Choose Your Arrival Charge

Not a Tesla App

Owners will be able to configure the battery level they want to arrive with at charging stops and at their final destination.

In a follow-up post on X, Bensaid also confirmed negative state-of-charge estimates at arrival. A negative estimate indicates that the planned drive requires more energy than the vehicle is projected to have available. However, some drivers plan to use less energy than estimates by driving slower, more efficiently or plan to use some of the buffer in the battery pack.

Building on Recent Navigation Updates

In 2025, Rivian introduced its Google Maps-based navigation with update 2025.22. That brought Google’s routing, traffic and place information into the built-in maps while retaining Rivian’s charging planning and arrival range estimates. The mobile app received the updated maps, along with traffic incident information and additional place details.

More recently, update 2026.31 added the ability to name saved locations and other smaller map improvements.

Bensaid teased more mapping features in October, following the addition of live trips to the mobile app.

Which Vehicles Get the Update?

The navigation features are coming for to the R1 lineup and the R2 in the next major update, 2026.41. Rivian typically announces new features within days of the update starting to roll out to the fleet. Connect+ owners get first access to the latest updates and it quickly rolls out to the rest of the fleet over the next week or two.