Finally got the "Big New Update"

[Canefan456]

Updated to 2021.24.4 last night and it's mostly MEH!!

The one feature that I was most excited about was the ability to stay connected to my phone's WiFi hotspot when shifting into drive. I decided not to subscribe to Premium Connectivity because I can live without the satellite map and the red lines on my navigation and I have a great data plan with my cellphone provider and can do virtually everything else with my hotspot. But, it was a pain to shift into drive, turn on wifi and connect each time. With the update, I can tell it to REMAIN connected in drive for my hotspot. But here's the thing... when I get into the car it's connected to my home wifi in the garage. Shifting into drive, it reverted back to LTE because I wasn't already connected to my hotspot. So, I still have to open the wifi settings while in park and select my phone's hotspot before pulling out. Then it will stay connected for the rest of the drive. Not sure that really accomplished anything.

 

[GtiMart]

You could delete your home wifi. The car would try to connect to your phone as its "starts", and would be ready when you drive. I think that would work.

 

[T_Gravity]

I don't know about the iphone but, for android, you can use tasker app to automatically connect the car to your phone hotspot whenever your phone connects to your car via Bluetooth.

For iphone, may be something like shortcuts??

 

[GtiMart]

You could automate actions on the phone with Tasker, I use it regularly. I'm not sure you can have a Tasker action that tells the car which wifi to connect to though, I think there's no Tesla api function to do that...

 

[mackgriggs]

I don't know about the iphone but, for android, you can use tasker app to automatically connect the car to your phone hotspot whenever your phone connects to your car via Bluetooth.

For iphone, may be something like shortcuts??

Maybe he means use tasker to turn on your mobile hotspot when the phone gets connected to the tesla bluetooth, so that way you don't have to have your phone's hotspot on all day.

Would still need to probably remove your home's wifi from tesla so it only connects to your hotspot. Though ....not sure if the Tesla will ever download updates since it would only have internet when you are driving with your phone's hotspot...

 

[GtiMart]

Oh, absolutely, you'Re right. I certainly recommend, at least for security reasons, to only enable the phone hotspot when in the car, and Tasker is a great way to do that. I just think that the car, if connected to the house Wifi, would stay there.

 

[Pianewman]

Confused: My software says: 2021.12.25.7. Is that the latest? Is the OP leaving out some digits????

 

[T_Gravity]

Maybe he means use tasker to turn on your mobile hotspot when the phone gets connected to the tesla bluetooth, so that way you don't have to have your phone's hotspot on all day.

Would still need to probably remove your home's wifi from tesla so it only connects to your hotspot. Though ....not sure if the Tesla will ever download updates since it would only have internet when you are driving with your phone's hotspot...

Yes. That is what I meant.

Here is a video explaining that.

Also, I don't think you have to "forget" your home wifi, as you drive away from your home wifi range, your car should automatically connect to your hotspot I am guessing.. right??

 

[T_Gravity]

Confused: My software says: 2021.12.25.7. Is that the latest? Is the OP leaving out some digits????

Nope, the big update everyone is waiting for is 2021.24.xx.x

 

[DanDi58]

Seems like it is getting out there. Maybe someone with Teslafi can advise what percent of the fleet has it now? I just got the 2021.12.25.7 update last week so hopefully I'm not at the end of the line for this one.

 

[iamnid]

Seems like it is getting pout there. Maybe someone with Teslafi can advise what percent of the fleet has it now? I just got the 2021.12.25.7 update last week so hopefully I'm not at the end of the line for this one.

Here's the link to check, you don't have to have teslafi.

TeslaFi.com Firmware Tracker

It looks like about one third of the vehicles have 2021.24 now

 

[Canefan456]

Yes. That is what I meant.

Here is a video explaining that.

Also, I don't think you have to "forget" your home wifi, as you drive away from your home wifi range, your car should automatically connect to your hotspot I am guessing.. right??

No it does not work that way. Once it gets out of range of the home wifi it immediately reverts to LTE. I also don't want to forget my home wifi because I want it to receive updates when parked in my garage.

 

[DaveORD]

No it does not work that way. Once it gets out of range of the home wifi it immediately reverts to LTE. I also don't want to forget my home wifi because I want it to receive updates when parked in my garage.

What would happen if the AP name for your home and phone were the same, along with the same passphrase and encryption? I know the mac address of each AP would be different, and this is not how it should be done, but wondering if both appeared the same to the MY, then when it lost the house AP would it pick up the phone hotpot AP before dropping back to LTE?

 

[PNWLeccy]

Couldn’t this be achieved by having a preferred network option, much like they have Priotity device setting for Bluetooth?

That way your car would be connected to the home wifi network but once your hotspot network becomes available it reconnects to that. I believe Tesla would have to force wifi network search each time a new Bluetooth device is connected since you currently have to manually click on wifi for it to search for networks

 

[coleman567]

Updated to 2021.24.4 last night and it's mostly MEH!!

The one feature that I was most excited about was the ability to stay connected to my phone's WiFi hotspot when shifting into drive. I decided not to subscribe to Premium Connectivity because I can live without the satellite map and the red lines on my navigation and I have a great data plan with my cellphone provider and can do virtually everything else with my hotspot. But, it was a pain to shift into drive, turn on wifi and connect each time. With the update, I can tell it to REMAIN connected in drive for my hotspot. But here's the thing... when I get into the car it's connected to my home wifi in the garage. Shifting into drive, it reverted back to LTE because I wasn't already connected to my hotspot. So, I still have to open the wifi settings while in park and select my phone's hotspot before pulling out. Then it will stay connected for the rest of the drive. Not sure that really accomplished anything.

Honestly, $10 a month to just set-it-and-forget-it and not have to ever worry about where my data is coming from is easily worth the price.

 

[Lounanne]

24.4 was pushed to me last night

did anyone else update the Tesla app? Here is what mine looks like now:

 

[Canefan456]

24.4 was pushed to me last night

did anyone else update the Tesla app? Here is what mine looks like now:
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Is this on Apple? My updated Android app looks exactly as it did before.

 

[Lounanne]

Is this on Apple? My updated Android app looks exactly as it did before.

Yes

 

[GtiMart]

There is a thread specifically for the mobile app update. Hasn't been pushed to all on Android yet...

 

[Maxters]

There is a thread specifically for the mobile app update. Hasn't been pushed to all on Android yet...

Install at apkmirror if you want to get it.