Detailed Review of Software Update 2018.48.12.1

[madrox17]

Has anyone tested a USB Game controller compatible with Pole Position?

Brian from i1 Tesla did today:

 

[CactusOne]

You forgot to demo the "romantic music" feature. Tap the screen once while the fireplace is showing and the music will start after a few seconds...also the heated seats come on with the heat..

 

[Steve Martin]

I have not received this update. I would have thought that Tesla pushes out software updates to all owners at the same time, for example, as Apple does. Any ideas on how to get the update?

Enable WiFi for your car. I received the update 10 minutes after I went on WiFi.

 

[aronth5]

You forgot to demo the "romantic music" feature. Tap the screen once while the fireplace is showing and the music will start after a few seconds...also the heated seats come on with the heat..

You can also click on the left scroll wheel to start the music

 

[whatthe2]

Enable WiFi for your car. I received the update 10 minutes after I went on WiFi.

Same here. The last several updates have been pushed to my car as soon as I got home and connected to WiFi. Car was at the airport for several days before arriving home.

 

[Aellinsar]

Nice video demo, thanks. But the updates are pretty stupid. I wish they would just focus on making the car driving better and stop trying to distract me with things I don't care about.

I tend to agree. I'd happily trade Atari games and car farts for consistent bluetooth pairing for music playback.

 

[stayfocus18]

Thanks, has anyone started a list of controllers that work?

I know the xbox one controller works I tried it last night.

 

[insaneoctane]

I absolutely love the extras and they make the car even more fun to own. Having said that I do wish Tesla would double their software development team so we could get both fun stuff AND fixes and substantive enhancements

 

[Bobbo8]

Wasn’t the heated steering wheel going to be included in the software update?

 

[MrMannilow]

So when is the app going to get updated to be able to use the car update for the heated seats?? It's cold up here on the rest coast!!

 

[Nick's Life]

The video just goes over all the stuff that all the blogs and other vlogers are going over the past 24 hours.

Do you have any other feedback? How's the speed of the MCU, any improvements in autopilot. Any difference in the driving experiences in the different modes (chill, sport, insane or ludicrous), etc... Does the auto wiper feel different (ie, could it be using the new neural network).

I answer a lot of those questions on my YouTube channel Nick's Testa Like and post a few videos a week.
Did a whole video on the MCU - and it is much faster compared to my HW1 Model S.
I've done a bunch of videos on V9 and it has definitely improved autopilot, especially with understanding the road surface and road lines.
Really just keep my Model 3 in Sport mode, don't have ludicrous.
I've done a few videos on the auto wipers and they still suck, I've heard they use a neural network.

 

[Nick's Life]

Wasn’t the heated steering wheel going to be included in the software update?

Model 3 doesn't have heated steering wheel yet, but Model S/X will support remote enabling of the heated steering wheel once version 3.8 of the Tesla App comes out. No idea why they release 2018.48.12.1 before 3.8 of the app was ready...

 

[Nick's Life]

I have not received this update. I would have thought that Tesla pushes out software updates to all owners at the same time, for example, as Apple does. Any ideas on how to get the update?

I got the referral award that gives me the updates before others. Used to have to wait for a week or two to get them.

 

[Nick's Life]

So when is the app going to get updated to be able to use the car update for the heated seats?? It's cold up here on the rest coast!!

I'll be curious how it works, bc I always thought that heated seats don't heat unless your setting on them. Guess we will see..

 

[Nick's Life]

You forgot to demo the "romantic music" feature. Tap the screen once while the fireplace is showing and the music will start after a few seconds...also the heated seats come on with the heat..

Thought I showed tapping the screen for music, didn't figure it out right away but I finally found it.

 

[aronth5]

I absolutely love the extras and they make the car even more fun to own. Having said that I do wish Tesla would double their software development team so we could get both fun stuff AND fixes and substantive enhancements

I don't disagree but at least the Keep Climate On enhancement is substantial and a great feature.

 

[MrMannilow]

I'll be curious how it works, bc I always thought that heated seats don't heat unless your setting on them. Guess we will see..

I thought this was only for the rear seat passengers so they didn't stay on after they exited the vehicle...so much to learn lol

 

[davedavedave]

Well, I wouldn’t say that. With macOS and iOS updates (as with most all software updates for devices other than cars), you can manually start the update at any time after it is released to everyone. You don’t have to wait for the next time your device checks for available updates.

With Tesla, barring special circumstances, you don’t get the update until your vehicle is sent it – potentially many weeks after it was first introduced and likely after newer updates are sent to other vehicles. But then, it’s a car, and I don’t know of anyone else doing over-the-air updates for cars.

In AppleLand, the first 8 hours after an update is just like 4 weeks after a Tesla update: they are both “rolling”. Elon-time is real!

 

[boaterva]

iOS Tesla 3.8 is out! As was said it may take a while for everyone to see it.

One interesting thing I’m seeing is that you need Climate running to turn on the seats (and wheel in my X). Checking to see if it will leave them on if you turn the Climate off. As you may want to only run seats, etc.

 

[1deepthink]

Android 3.8 is out now too!