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An Update to Gen 2 Cameras

A new capability from a recent OTA optimizes your vehicle’s ADAS performance over time—and reduces camera-related service center visits

By Rivian

October 31^st, 2025

Rivian Autonomy Platform gains enhancements with every software update. Over the course of several recent updates, we have introduced a significant new feature to our perception stack: Gen 2 vehicle cameras are now able to calibrate while you drive.

This means your Rivian’s cameras are able to adaptively align themselves, optimizing your vehicle’s driver assistance capabilities and reducing the need for camera-related service center visits.

To work correctly, automated driving features need the vehicle’s cameras to be precisely aligned with the vehicle's driving direction. This helps your Gen 2 vehicle’s cameras provide the onboard perception system with the level of fidelity required to support features like hands-free driving.*

Every vehicle receives its first camera calibration as it comes off the line. Recent software updates have introduced an online calibration process that runs continuously in the background.

The online calibration process has two components:

Static calibration This happens when your vehicle is stopped, such as at a traffic light. The system uses visual cues to align the cameras with respect to each other.

Dynamic calibration This occurs while you're driving at speeds between 5 and 70 miles per hour. The system adaptively aligns the cameras with the vehicle's driving direction.

An Update to Gen 2 Cameras

An Update to Gen 2 Cameras

The algorithms for both static and dynamic calibration run continuously, meaning your Rivian is always working to calculate the best possible camera alignment. This ongoing process helps your vehicle’s ADAS system adapt to minor shifts in camera orientation that can happen over time due to factors like thermal changes or small mechanical shifts.

Now, when you drive your new Rivian for the first time, your vehicle’s cameras will calibrate after about 15-60 minutes of driving along a mix of streets and freeway scenery. If you try to engage Highway Assist during this time, you might see a message to keep driving so cameras can calibrate, but active safety and other features should operate as expected. When the process is complete, you’ll be notified on the driver display.

An Update to Gen 2 Cameras

Why this matters

Continuous calibration is useful in some instances that would in the past have required a service appointment, but the impacts of this capability are far broader. By constantly fine-tuning the camera alignment, the system ensures that our features are operating with the most accurate data possible. This continuous self-correction helps maintain optimal performance throughout the life of the vehicle in the wide range of conditions that our drivers encounter daily.

Vehicles might occasionally need a service appointment in the case of damaged hardware or more complicated calibration requirements. But for the majority of minor adjustments and post-service fine-tuning, your Rivian can now take care of itself, keeping you on the road and confident in your vehicle's automated and active safety features.

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An Update to Gen 2 Cameras

*Driver assistance features are designed to support the driver but do not replace a driver’s judgment or the need to pay attention and control the vehicle. Drivers should be prepared to resume control at all times, and hands should remain on the steering wheel.

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