Automatic way to send address from iPhone to Tesla navigation

[timeshifter]

One thing I'm using several times per week is the ability to share an address from a contact in the address book on my iPhone to the Tesla navigation system. The process looks like this:

1. search for the contact in my address book and select it
2. click on that contact's address
3. wait while the iPhone switches from the contacts app to the Maps app
4. scroll down and click Share
5. scroll the second row of icons over and click Tesla

If I had a magic wand I'd make my phone do this...

I'd say "hey Siri, send directions to Wile E Coyote's house to my Tesla" and my Tesla nav screen is showing me how to get there.

My dream is probably not too far from reality. iPhones have an app called Shortcuts that allow you to create various kinds of automations or macros and they're pretty powerful. I found that someone has already made a script that's pretty close to what I want.

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/9r008s

I had to make one modification. Under the Contact section of the script I had to change the variable to Street Address instead of Group. It worked but the last step left me hanging and I still had to pick Tesla from Share menu, I couldn't find a way to automate that part.

Anyone got any ideas?

(How about @DaveW are you still active? You had a thread and it looks like you've done some similar things here iPhone Tesla shortcut icons so I hope you don't mind getting tagged here )

 

[db93]

I had an appt in my phone, upon entering MY Tesla, it asked if I would like to navigate there
Didn't know it could do that, was pretty handy

 

[DaveW]

One thing I'm using several times per week is the ability to share an address from a contact in the address book on my iPhone to the Tesla navigation system. The process looks like this:

1. search for the contact in my address book and select it
2. click on that contact's address
3. wait while the iPhone switches from the contacts app to the Maps app
4. scroll down and click Share
5. scroll the second row of icons over and click Tesla

If I had a magic wand I'd make my phone do this...

I'd say "hey Siri, send directions to Wile E Coyote's house to my Tesla" and my Tesla nav screen is showing me how to get there.

My dream is probably not too far from reality. iPhones have an app called Shortcuts that allow you to create various kinds of automations or macros and they're pretty powerful. I found that someone has already made a script that's pretty close to what I want.

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/9r008s

I had to make one modification. Under the Contact section of the script I had to change the variable to Street Address instead of Group. It worked but the last step left me hanging and I still had to pick Tesla from Share menu, I couldn't find a way to automate that part.

Anyone got any ideas?

(How about @DaveW are you still active? You had a thread and it looks like you've done some similar things here iPhone Tesla shortcut icons so I hope you don't mind getting tagged here )

Sorry mate, never had any joy creating shortcuts, the icons were about as far as I got! - We could do with something a bit easier to use like Tasker

 

[ScoobyDoo82]

One thing I'm using several times per week is the ability to share an address from a contact in the address book on my iPhone to the Tesla navigation system. The process looks like this:

1. search for the contact in my address book and select it
2. click on that contact's address
3. wait while the iPhone switches from the contacts app to the Maps app
4. scroll down and click Share
5. scroll the second row of icons over and click Tesla

If I had a magic wand I'd make my phone do this...

I'd say "hey Siri, send directions to Wile E Coyote's house to my Tesla" and my Tesla nav screen is showing me how to get there.

My dream is probably not too far from reality. iPhones have an app called Shortcuts that allow you to create various kinds of automations or macros and they're pretty powerful. I found that someone has already made a script that's pretty close to what I want.

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/9r008s

I had to make one modification. Under the Contact section of the script I had to change the variable to Street Address instead of Group. It worked but the last step left me hanging and I still had to pick Tesla from Share menu, I couldn't find a way to automate that part.

Anyone got any ideas?

(How about @DaveW are you still active? You had a thread and it looks like you've done some similar things here iPhone Tesla shortcut icons so I hope you don't mind getting tagged here )

Lol, Wile E Coyote's house! That made me laugh m. I would like to visit him too.

 

[DadRS99]

Lol, Wile E Coyote's house! That made me laugh m. I would like to visit him too.

Does this work? Would love to use shortcuts to do this as well? Using the Nikola app…

 

[timeshifter]

I didn't get it working, still hoping for an easy way to do it.

 

[patmurphey]

Apple doesn't have a share button in your contacts list? Share, Tesla icon, on an Android.

 

[timeshifter]

Apple doesn't have a share button in your contacts list? Share, Tesla icon, on an Android.

I can pull up the contact, click on their address, it will pull up their address in Maps. From there I hit the three dots for a menu then select Share then scroll over to the Tesla icon.

Seems like this could be automated.

 

[IronCoffee_Max]

When I open a contact on iOS and scroll all the way down - there is a share button that lets me share to my Tesla, but that doesn’t work. However I’d assume a shortcut would work there.

 

[timeshifter]

When I try it that way I get:

Error, there was a problem sharing sharing content with your vehicle. Please try again later.

Is that what you get?

 

[IronCoffee_Max]

When I try it that way I get:

Error, there was a problem sharing sharing content with your vehicle. Please try again later.

Is that what you get?

Sending a contact to Tesla - yes. But that’s why I think a shortcut would work.

 

[timeshifter]

Sending a contact to Tesla - yes. But that’s why I think a shortcut would work.

Why would a shortcut work where you can't do it manually?

 

[patmurphey]

When I select share on my android it offers the option of file or text. I select text.

 

[BigDanSRQ]

This was my find of the day. Seems to work manually very well - just like you’re sharing via email. Just share to Tesla app and whatever vehicle is active gets it. Walk out to the car and it’s ready to go. Pretty darn cool.

 

[timeshifter]

This was my find of the day. Seems to work manually very well - just like you’re sharing via email. Just share to Tesla app and whatever vehicle is active gets it. Walk out to the car and it’s ready to go. Pretty darn cool.

iOS or Android?

 

[BigDanSRQ]

iOS. I saw the post early this morning and got excited about it. Seemed to work quite well.