Lucid Air Gets the Gravity's Interface — but Early Owners Pay $950 for It
Software 2.11.0 brings Gravity-style controls, full-width CarPlay, and adapter-aware EV routing to 2025-and-newer Airs over the air. Earlier cars need a processor swap first.
Lucid is bringing the interface it built for the Gravity SUV to the Air sedan, but not every Air can run it. Air UX 3.0 starts reaching 2025-and-newer cars over the air on September 29, while owners of 2022, 2023, and some 2024 models need a $950 infotainment processor swap before they can install it.
The update, delivered with software version 2.11.0, goes after the part of a modern car that draws the most complaints. Infotainment now accounts for a quarter of all reported new-car problems, according to J.D. Power's 2026 infotainment findings.
What changes in the cabin
The curved Cockpit Panel gets a new Home screen made of swipeable cards for media, calls, vehicle controls, and one-tap routing to saved home and work addresses or nearby chargers. Cards for active features appear on their own, and swiping one down opens the full app on the lower Pilot Panel.
The Pilot Panel itself is pared back. Less-used settings now live in a Quick Controls tray that drops down from the top edge, much like a phone's control center. Lucid says apps keep running when you switch between them, so taking a call or adding a charging stop no longer interrupts what was on screen.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wired or wireless, now fill the entire right-hand side of the Cockpit Panel, and Lucid says both now run faster and more reliably. That's a different call from GM, whose new truck interface keeps CarPlay in a window beside its own apps.
Navigation picks up Favorites and an automatic dark mode, both lifted from the Gravity. The more practical change is in EV trip planning. Drivers can set a minimum range on arrival, favor specific charging networks, and allow stations that need an adapter, such as the NACS-to-CCS1 unit Lucid sells for Tesla Supercharger access.
Profiles switch faster, the Primary profile can now manage keys linked to other drivers, and leaving the Guest profile requires a PIN, which grows to six digits. Easy Entry also moves the driver's seat relative to each person's saved position, according to Lucid's own rundown of the update.
The $950 catch
Early Airs can't run the new software on their original hardware. Lucid moved to a second-generation infotainment processor partway through the 2024 model year, a company spokesperson told InsideEVs, which is why some 2024 cars get the update free and others don't. The $950 US price includes installation but not tax. Lucid hasn't announced pricing for other markets, and owners have to confirm eligibility with Lucid Customer Care.
The pool of early cars isn't small. Lucid delivered 4,369 cars in 2022 and 6,001 in 2023, according to its SEC filings, when the Air was the only model it sold.
Charging owners for new hardware to keep up with software isn't unique to Lucid. Tesla asks $1,500 with installation, or $2,000 for cars with its 2.0 or 2.5 Autopilot computer, to move Model S and Model X built through March 2018 to its newer infotainment unit, per Tesla's support page. Porsche sells paid retrofits too, such as the PCCM Plus unit that adds wireless CarPlay to older 911s.
What's next
Air UX 3.0 comes standard on the 2027 Air, listed from $70,900 on Lucid's US site. The company hasn't said how long the rollout will take to reach every eligible car, or when retrofit pricing outside the US will be published.
