Do you pay for Premium Connectivity? If so, why?

[PVEaglesFan]

My free year is up. I am not driving much now due to Covid and just wondered if I need it.

Thanks

 

[JBT66]

I have it for satellite view, traffic coloring and slacker. However I don’t drive much anymore either. I’ll probably just sell the whole car eventually as my whole work is going remote forever.

 

[drtimhill]

I have if for satellite/traffic, but also nice for Netflix streaming from time to time.

 

[Tam]

My free year is up. I am not driving much now due to Covid and just wondered if I need it.

Thanks

It's up to you to think if the following that you'll miss while driving is important to you or not:

1) Live Traffic-Visualization
2) Satelite-view maps
3) Internet Browser

 

[theothertom]

Can you add it for, say, a month, then drop? Rinse, lather, repeat as necessary?

 

[Tam]

Can you add it for, say, a month, then drop? Rinse, lather, repeat as necessary?

Yes. Tesla does not refund the unused portion so if you do a monthly payment, the most you lose when you cancel is the rest of the month.

 

[sluri]

Can you get all that stuff if you use your phones hotspot and have the WiFi on while driving?

 

[Mesla Todel 3]

Can you get all that stuff if you use your phones hotspot and have the WiFi on while driving?

Cant use Wifi while driving as of now

 

[UncleCreepy]

Cant use Wifi while driving as of now

Yes you can. You just need to turn on WiFi manually after you put the car in Drive.

 

[Cal1]

How much for monthly?

 

[Tam]

Can you get all that stuff if you use your phones hotspot and have the WiFi on while driving?

As @UncleCreepy mentioned, as soon as you shift from Park gear, wifi is automatically turned off but you can then still able to click on the LTE icon to switch to your wifi hotspot manually.

You still cannot enjoy:

1) Live Traffic-Visualization
2) Satelite-view maps

But you can still enjoy others such as web browser.

 

[hugh_jassol]

How much for monthly?

It might be different in different locations, but in the US it's $10/mo. Wish they offered $100/yr

 

[DDHEverything]

My free year is up. I am not driving much now due to Covid and just wondered if I need it.

Thanks

Yes because it is only $120 a year and far more convenient than trying to tie into my phone each time I get in the car. I’ve been working from home but going out for drives has been my refuge from quarantine.

 

[Double_J]

For me it's worth it. I only use it for streaming music. The rest is icing on the cake. In my previous car I used sirius radio. Since it's not available I might as well give Tesla a few bucks a month to do it and enjoy the extras.

 

[sperkin]

I have my phone setup to auto On Hotspot when connected to the car's BT, but still a pain to turn On wifi in the car while the car is in motion. I wish there was a option to switch to WiFi when I go into D or R.

 

[Candleflame]

My free year is up. I am not driving much now due to Covid and just wondered if I need it.

Thanks

its worth it in australia because our signal is so *sugar* you struggle to stream from your phone whereas the car has very strong antennas.
the sattelite view is cool but gimmicky and tbh at night you dont even use it.

it seems to mainly a lazy switch for ppl who dont want to set up tether every time.
i dont really think its currently worth it unless it would be bunled with a spotify premium account.

 

[ULEWZ]

I got it for the traffic when doing a long trip and just kept it (lazy I guess). Have driven to Idaho and to Austin Tx from Los Angeles area, and enjoyed it. We took the wife's RDX to Austin this last time and it saved us hours in driving and we were able to choose a better route. Lane keep assist was better than nothing in the RDX, but not nearly as good as the Tesla's.

 

[Gizmo35]

Well it is cheap so decided to keep it for traffic and streaming media. It makes it convenient and I do not want to be setting up a hotspot everytime I drive the car.

 

[Mrcarcrazy]

I like it for the pretty maps and the music...it’s cheapish.