Firmware 8.5

[Avid]

We finally got 8.4 yesterday from 5.15. It seems we are always in the lower third of the group to get updates. That's OK, after hearing all the issues people get when they update early. But it is hard to wait when everyone it seems is getting their dessert and you're not getting any.

 

[nvx1977]

I spoke to tesla chat, he said 8.5 is not available for me just yet. Hope Tesla will roll out to everyone soon like today.

How did you get to the chat? i was told there was a way to do it from your tesla account but I can't find anything but a form to submit.

 

[dailo]

I haven't used NoA in a while, so can't comment on how much better it is compared to the previous version but I was pretty impressed. I thought I would have to dis-engage often like I normally do, but I probably only disengaged twice during my 20 minute commute to change lanes because there wasn't enough space I guess and I didn't want to wait. I also hit the accelerator a few times because it was going a bit too slow on the off-ramp, but if I was being patient I probably could have done the whole trip without dis-engaging. The lane changes are much smoother/confident now. This was in minimal traffic, so the conditions were easy for it. In normal bay area traffic, it probably would not have done as well or you would never move lanes.

Here is a short clip on the lane changes starting my commute. When I turned on AP, I didn't overtake it until the last lane change where it was hesitant because car was coming up kind of fast. It probably did the right thing by waiting, but I decided to punch it and make the lane change myself.

 

[PoitNarf]

Here is a short clip on the lane changes starting my commute. When I turned on AP, I didn't overtake it until the last lane change where it was hesitant because car was coming up kind of fast. It probably did the right thing by waiting, but I decided to punch it and make the lane change myself.

"This video is unavailable"

 

[dailo]

"This video is unavailable"

Should work now. Don't use Youtube much..

 

[NYCR160]

They had me on 8.3 for only 7 days (no issues at all). I installed 8.5 this morning. Since getting the car in June I have been averaging a software update every 19 days with the longest gap being 47 days.

 

[mswlogo]

Hopefully 8.5 fixes all the bugs in 8.3. I've had to hard reset my car every day since getting 8.3 due to screen freezes, gear shifting failures, etc. 8.3 really wasn't ready for primetime.

I've been hoping that's the case on every release since September. So far not one bug has been fixed (that's visible), yet a whole lot of new ones. Since this appears to be another "feature" release, a big one at that, I doubt much will be fixed.

Regardless I look forward to the update.

I'm thrilled they made "No Confirmation" and option and Defaulted it, to Confirm.
I'll wait for others to test it first.

 

[hcdavis3]

How did you get to the chat? i was told there was a way to do it from your tesla account but I can't find anything but a form to submit.

As far as I can tell there is no way to get into chat. I’ve tried at least 10 times with no luck.

 

[hcdavis3]

I think I’ve restarted my screen on 2019.8.3 more times than the cumulative restarts over the entire year I’ve had the car. It’s a mess.

Yup absolutely.

 

[chronopc]

I haven't used NoA in a while, so can't comment on how much better it is compared to the previous version but I was pretty impressed. I thought I would have to dis-engage often like I normally do, but I probably only disengaged twice during my 20 minute commute to change lanes because there wasn't enough space I guess and I didn't want to wait. I also hit the accelerator a few times because it was going a bit too slow on the off-ramp, but if I was being patient I probably could have done the whole trip without dis-engaging. The lane changes are much smoother/confident now. This was in minimal traffic, so the conditions were easy for it. In normal bay area traffic, it probably would not have done as well or you would never move lanes.

Here is a short clip on the lane changes starting my commute. When I turned on AP, I didn't overtake it until the last lane change where it was hesitant because car was coming up kind of fast. It probably did the right thing by waiting, but I decided to punch it and make the lane change myself.

I'm still on 5.15 but I want the updated NoA.

 

[WileyTheMan]

Since I'm not a heavy AP user, I'm ok with hanging out on 5.15 until Tesla fixes the priority 1 bugs and is ready to throw an update my way. That said, I'm super excited for advanced summon, whenever that gets out of EA testing!

 

[Alketi]

I'm really looking forward to the new NN in this update. And NOA looked really impressive in that video. I would actually use that.

 

[GregD60]

Yes. I'm not in the EA program.

And 8.3 had been flawless for me, fwiw.

Same here.

 

[run-the-joules]

*taps feet, checks phone lockscreen anxiously*

 

[pazdan]

Same im stuck on 5.15 jail. Sounds like its a good thing I missed 8.3 or 8.4 tho. Hopefully get 8.5 by weeks end.

Just do a restart with your foot on the brake, then check the app 10 minutes later as the download will probably have completed by then and you might get a notification for the update.

 

[mhan00]

Got 8.5 last night. Haven’t driven yet since I’m working from home today, but tempted to do a freeway drive somewhere just to test it out.

 

[SergeyUser]

Also from TeslaFi data, some people got upgraded from 8.4 this morning. So it means Tesla either considers 8.4 buggy and/or 8.5 important and stable enough already to push even to the people who recently updated.

 

[mlatman]

I haven't used NoA in a while, so can't comment on how much better it is compared to the previous version but I was pretty impressed. I thought I would have to dis-engage often like I normally do, but I probably only disengaged twice during my 20 minute commute to change lanes because there wasn't enough space I guess and I didn't want to wait. I also hit the accelerator a few times because it was going a bit too slow on the off-ramp, but if I was being patient I probably could have done the whole trip without dis-engaging. The lane changes are much smoother/confident now. This was in minimal traffic, so the conditions were easy for it. In normal bay area traffic, it probably would not have done as well or you would never move lanes.

Here is a short clip on the lane changes starting my commute. When I turned on AP, I didn't overtake it until the last lane change where it was hesitant because car was coming up kind of fast. It probably did the right thing by waiting, but I decided to punch it and make the lane change myself.

Can we get a real-time video by any chance? I love seeing the actual details of how it works which is hidden by the fast motion.

 

[PoitNarf]

Rolling out en mass now. Just got the update notification.

 

[ratsbew]

TeslaFi is going up by about 10 per minute. Looks like a mass roll out. I read that some even received it via LTE.