Firmware 8.0

[Jeeps17]

As scooped by Electrek.co:

Exclusive on Tesla 8.0 update: new Autopilot features, biggest UI refresh since launch and much more

Let the speculation begin !

 

[Soundchasr]

Please add playlists!!!

 

[Zybd1201]

Any current owners have any thoughts?

Exclusive on Tesla 8.0 update: new Autopilot features, biggest UI refresh since launch and much more

 

[ecarfan]

From that article, quote: "Electrek has learned all of the so far unreleased details of Tesla’s upcoming update 8.0 — one of its biggest to date. The automaker started testing the latest build with a limited number of owners and it features the most important UI refresh since the launch of the Model S, new Autopilot features and more…"

If true, great news.

 

[Sir Guacamolaf]

Phone screen mirroring. CarPlay support. Please.

 

[Charles Clapp]

Hopefully this includes a new web browser. The current browser is ridiculously outdated.

 

[DoubleE]

Hopefully this includes a new web browser. The current browser is ridiculously outdated.

I never use the Web browser. It's too slow and there's too much of a lag when trying to scroll around.

 

[chillaban]

The only thoughts I have are that I'm excited for the update. I'm sure those who are beta testing are not allowed to post here about it….

 

[tinm]

Hopefully Tesla finally will offer media functionality every car, even cheap cars, has had on the market for 10 years: ipod integration, playlists, browse by artist/album/track/genre, you know, basic stuff. I fear Tesla will never support this stuff however. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[kavyboy]

My #1 hope is that nav gets better. Avoiding tolls, doing waypoints, and providing alternate routes would be a huge improvement.
I don't have much hope for the browser getting too much faster because I suspect that's a hardware issue, but it would be nice if it could run evtripplanner. (Or maybe nav gets so much better, we won't need to!)
AP: I'm pretty happy as-is, given the state of the hardware.

 

[chillaban]

Hopefully Tesla finally will offer media functionality every car, even cheap cars, has had on the market for 10 years: ipod integration, playlists, browse by artist/album/track/genre, you know, basic stuff. I fear Tesla will never support this stuff however. I hope I'm wrong.

I just noticed in a brand new 2017 Audi A4 that the car is able to get the whole playlist over bluetooth to an iPhone, no Carplay involved! Clearly it's possible and probably just software…. I hope too they'd at least do that.

 

[Mattzilla]

My #1 hope is that nav gets better. Avoiding tolls, doing waypoints, and providing alternate routes would be a huge improvement.
I don't have much hope for the browser getting too much faster because I suspect that's a hardware issue, but it would be nice if it could run evtripplanner. (Or maybe nav gets so much better, we won't need to!)
AP: I'm pretty happy as-is, given the state of the hardware.

According to the article, the nav will now be able to avoid tolls and provide other options.

 

[Fiver]

Do you think 8.0 (in some form) is also a merged codebase with the software for the 3? Obviously the aspect ratio of the actual display is different but I wonder if what we saw during the 3 reveal on screen is a hint towards the overall direction of the 8.0 release (from a look and feel standpoint). Might be 9.0 for the 3 though.

 

[Cldysky]

What about voice/text? That would be a great feature to add to a new release?

 

[tinm]

It'd also be nice if in 8.0 we're no longer faced with amateur hour when it comes to completely random "album covers" shown when tuned into radio programs (AM, FM, TuneIn)

 

[zambono]

I just noticed in a brand new 2017 Audi A4 that the car is able to get the whole playlist over bluetooth to an iPhone, no Carplay involved! Clearly it's possible and probably just software…. I hope too they'd at least do that.

Many cars can do whole playlists either via bluetooth or cable. You would think that a company that considers itself avant-garde would have this functionality from the beginning. Pay whatever fees are needed and do it already, iPhone and Android

 

[tsarlsy]

"The navigation and route planner can now also suggest alternative routes to avoid tolls..." YES! I regularly drive on a road beside and parallel to a toll road. I never use the navigation system because it constantly wants me to turn and take the toll road.

 

[Evee]

This is great news. Hopefully we can get a release date soon or some screenshots!

 

[Fiver]

I'd love a digital out from my iPhone into the stereo. Bluetooth sounds like crap.

 

[BertL]

Hopefully Tesla finally will offer media functionality every car, even cheap cars, has had on the market for 10 years: ipod integration, playlists, browse by artist/album/track/genre, you know, basic stuff. I fear Tesla will never support this stuff however. I hope I'm wrong.

As discussed in other threads, don't hold your breath on hardwired iPhone/iPod integration. It would require at a bare minimum beyond Tesla coding, licensing fees paid to Apple and likely additional hardware (i.e. additional cost against an existing revenue-captured fleet, in a year Elon has committed to shareholders Tesla will turn a profit).

BTW for others: In case folks don't want to repeat here what others luxury brands have with Infotainment , the 2nd half of the first post in THIS THREAD contains a function-by-function list of what MS is lacking compared to a couple other luxury brands. We can all hope a significant number of those items are addressed in 8.0.