In-car browser to get updated to Chromium!!

[iRia]

Will this be like pole position where MCu1 is deliberately left out? Or will MCU1 get some love?

 

[Need]

How cool!

Out of curiosity, what do most people actually use their browser for?

On our 2 Teslas, I tested the browsers for the first few days we got the cars.... never used again LOL. If the browser and internet is really fast, I may have used it. Right now the browser runs like a 2006 iPhone 3G browser... that can't stream audio or video.

 

[WileyTheMan]

Nice. As a result, I wonder if they will enable video playback (i.e. YouTube) on it. That'll get the NHTSA's panties all bunched up.

 

[steve841]

But 7 years later, I still cant see my contact photos show up in the car ... only placeholders.

 

[Cnasty]

Grrrrrrrrrreat, now my 3 year old will want Baby Shark (do do do do do) in the Tesla too!

 

[run-the-joules]

waypoints coming too

Source?

Nice. As a result, I wonder if they will enable video playback (i.e. YouTube) on it. That'll get the NHTSA's panties all bunched up.

Highly unlikely. There's no way they want to foot that bandwidth bill, even setting aside all the other follow-on effects.

I'm not even expecting them to allow audio (but mein gott being able to use the audible.com cloud player would be a boon)

 

[schnieds]

This is awesome!

 

[pedriscoll]

I use it for Tesla Waze as well. In my current MCU2 car it works most of the time. In my previous MCU1, it was essentially worthless.

 

[MacGreiner]

3 months probably, 6 months for sure.

 

[Blup85]

Source?

sorry.. missed the rolling eyes part.
Way-points were supposed to be here..soon.. a long time ago..

 

[run-the-joules]

sorry.. missed the rolling eyes part.
Way-points were supposed to be here..soon.. a long time ago..

Ah, I missed that particular broken promise. Not difficult, given how many there are.

 

[Schoms]

How cool!

Out of curiosity, what do most people actually use their browser for?

Finding myself driving on Sundays during football, I can leave it on the ESPN NFL Scoreboard page and can see the vast majority of the games/scores (and it automatically refreshes every 30 seconds). So when waiting at a traffic light, all I have to do is glance over and see the updated score without needing to do anything.

 

[SageBrush]

What browser is in the car now ?

 

[jerry33]

What browser is in the car now ?

WebKit (as far as I know).

 

[Sprandt23]

The only thing I've ever used it for is having the tesla.com landing page up during a car show, just for looks.
I'm only on 3G tho - don't know if the LTE is really any better.

 

[jerry33]

The only thing I've ever used it for is having the tesla.com landing page up during a car show, just for looks.
I'm only on 3G tho - don't know if the LTE is really any better.

It's better, but the browser is still not really functional--except for shows. Nav is much better with LTE.

 

[SageBrush]

WebKit (as far as I know).

Isn't that the basis of Apple's Safari ?

Safari is a good browser, yet the Tesla browser is slow. I would not be quick to presume that Chromium in the car is going to be as good as Chrome in a computer or phone.

 

[PoitNarf]

Maybe I'll actually start using the browser when this change comes. I've maybe tried the browser in my 3 a total of 4 or 5 times and basically give up after 2-3 minutes of using it.

 

[kavyboy]

I don't have a smart phone, so it's my only browser. Even then, I still rarely use it. I check flights when picking up people at the airport. I might look up local stores or restaurants to see if they're open when supercharging at odd hours. I would use it more if it were much faster.

 

[jerry33]

Isn't that the basis of Apple's Safari ?

Safari is a good browser, yet the Tesla browser is slow. I would not be quick to presume that Chromium in the car is going to be as good as Chrome in a computer or phone.

Yes, but I don't know how old the version is. Might be well over six years old. I agree that it might not be much faster.