This month, Tesla owners around the world started waking up to Version
10.0 features via an over-the-air update. Here’s a look at what’s new:
according to them :
Tesla Theater
Get the most out of Model S, Model X, and Model 3 center displays by
connecting to your Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu or Hulu + Live TV accounts
to watch your favorite shows, movies and content right from your car
while parked. For our China-based customers, we’ll be launching with
iQiyi and Tencent Video access, and we expect to add more global
streaming and entertainment services over time. Additionally, all
customers will have access to Tesla tutorial videos to learn more about
their vehicle.
Smart Summon
With Smart Summon, customers who have purchased Full Self-Driving
Capability or Enhanced Autopilot can enable their car to navigate a
parking lot and come to them or their destination of choice, as long as
their car is within their line of sight. It’s the perfect feature to use
if you have an overflowing shopping cart, are dealing with a fussy
child, or simply don’t want to walk to your car through the rain.
Customers who have had early access to Smart Summon have told us that it
adds both convenience to their trips and provides them with a unique
moment of delight when their car picks them up to begin their journey.
Those using Smart Summon must remain responsible for the car and
monitor it and its surroundings at all times.
Karaoke
Our new “Car-aoke” feature lets you sing your heart out with friends on
a road trip – or by yourself. Caraoke comes with a massive library of
music and song lyrics, with support for multiple languages.
Restaurants & Destinations
Our new “I’m Feeling Lucky” and “I’m Feeling Hungry” navigation features
will lead you on an adventure to a local restaurant or point of interest
that’s within your car’s range. In testing, we’ve been taken to
hole-in-the-wall restaurants, gourmet meals, national parks, city
landmarks and more.
We’ve also improved our maps so that your search results will be sorted
based on distance to each destination. Owners can also tap on
highlighted points of interest, businesses, or search results in the
larger map view to see business ratings, start a phone call, or begin
navigating to the location.
Music & Podcasts
We’re expanding our music and audio platform to enable Spotify Premium
account access in all supported markets – one of the most requested
features from Tesla owners. This will be in addition to Slacker Radio
and TuneIn, which are also available in Tesla vehicles. We are also
launching the Ximalaya service for podcasts and audiobooks in China.
Tesla Arcade
Cuphead, Studio MDHR’s popular run-and-gun action game, is now
available in the Tesla Arcade. Traverse strange worlds, acquire new
weapons, learn super moves, and discover hidden secrets while you try to
pay your debt back to the devil. Using a USB controller, single-player and
co-op modes are available to play in the Tesla Edition of Cuphead, which
includes the game’s full first level as you play as Cuphead or Mugman.
Security & Convenience
To help make USB storage for our Dashcam and Sentry Mode features easier
to manage, video clips taken while your vehicle is being protected by
Sentry Mode will now be stored to a separate folder on your USB drive.
Older clips will also be automatically deleted if you’re low on storage.
We have also made several UI and options changes available to drivers.
One of our favorites is the new “Joe Mode,” which lowers the cabin
volume for select alerts such as parking chimes – perfect for when you
have sleeping passengers in the rear seats that you don’t want to wake
up. Additionally, you can now do even more with your car from your Tesla
app with the latest mobile software, including opening and closing your
garage door via HomeLink, defrosting your vehicle’s cabin at the maximum
temperature, and remotely controlling your Model 3 and Model X windows.
Streaming Media & Browser Support Coming to all Model 3 Vehicles
To take advantage of the advanced media features in Software Version
10.0, we are also enabling browser access on all Model 3 Standard Range
Plus and Standard Range vehicles. The update will also enable streaming
media access to Spotify, TuneIn, and Slacker while connected to WiFi for
these cars.
Version 10.0 is our largest update ever, and is yet another example of
how Tesla ownership continues to get better over time.