One thing that might make apartment/condo dwellers happy is that in the car it says updates could happen over cellular connectivity!
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One thing that might make apartment/condo dwellers happy is that in the car it says updates could happen over cellular connectivity!
Some questions I've seen asked on here and answered by Tesla (from the Support page on Connectivity -- click for full info).
Can I get Premium Connectivity features by using a mobile hotspot?
Some features that are available to Standard Connectivity owners over Wi-Fi such as video streaming, Caraoke and the internet browser may also be accessed over mobile hotspots, subject to fees and restrictions of your mobile carrier.
Is there any limitation on excessive data use?
Yes. In some cases where data usage is deemed as excessive and exceeds a fair daily usage, we reserve the right to reduce connectivity bandwidth. Review the terms and conditions to learn more.
How will I be notified when my Premium Connectivity trial is about to expire?
We will automatically send you an email notification with information on how to subscribe to Premium Connectivity in the week before your trial expires.
What’s the difference between Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity?
Cellular connectivity is a wireless data connection and only requires that you’re within range of a cell phone tower — similar to how a smart phone works.
Wi-Fi connectivity requires proximity to a router — similar to how a laptop connects to your Wi-Fi at home.
Is Tesla providing the network for connectivity?
No. Your connectivity network is provided by your local telecommunications company and Tesla is not responsible for the connectivity quality or coverage.
Can I get Premium Connectivity features by using a mobile hotspot?
Some features that are available to Standard Connectivity owners over Wi-Fi such as video streaming, Caraoke and the internet browser may also be accessed over mobile hotspots, subject to fees and restrictions of your mobile carrier.
Is there any limitation on excessive data use?
Yes. In some cases where data usage is deemed as excessive and exceeds a fair daily usage, we reserve the right to reduce connectivity bandwidth. Review the terms and conditions to learn more.
How will I be notified when my Premium Connectivity trial is about to expire?
We will automatically send you an email notification with information on how to subscribe to Premium Connectivity in the week before your trial expires.
What’s the difference between Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity?
Cellular connectivity is a wireless data connection and only requires that you’re within range of a cell phone tower — similar to how a smart phone works.
Wi-Fi connectivity requires proximity to a router — similar to how a laptop connects to your Wi-Fi at home.
Is Tesla providing the network for connectivity?
No. Your connectivity network is provided by your local telecommunications company and Tesla is not responsible for the connectivity quality or coverage.
Nostromo
Member
If the subscription to some other service was included in their definition of "Premium Connectivity" when you purchased that option (which I did, it was included in the LR AWD feature set), then when you start paying $10/mo for "Premium Connectivity" to continue it should work the same as it does now. I.e. to charge me $10/mo and then require additional subscriptions to get the same content that was included with Premium Connectivity before would be disingenuous on Tesla's part. So I REALLY hope that isn't what will happen on 1/1.
Sherlo
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Hasn’t it always been a requirement to have a premium (not standard) Spotify account on V10? I don’t use it myself but was under the impression that it was similar to Netflix (needing an account login).
When the OTA updates came out that included Theater (Netflix) and Spotify this is what was offered:
Note the “temporary” ability to stream Netflix via cell and to use Spotify in your car you need one of Spotify’s Premium accounts.
Note the “temporary” ability to stream Netflix via cell and to use Spotify in your car you need one of Spotify’s Premium accounts.
Get a gas car lol Tesla don’t owe u anything
Kognos
Member
Satellite Maps just showed up for me after soft rebooting once I saw "Premium Connectivity" in my settings.
(SR+)
(SR+)
Great. Others will notice it soon too and end some of the discussion about the Trial period and when they will get to see the satellite maps and traffic visualization. LOL 15 new pages on this just from this morning.
Seriously ... all the doom and gloom around something that is clearly in the plan and just hasn’t activated in the first couple hours is crazy.
Tesla, Apple, Samsung, Google, Amazon, whomever. Always takes a day or two to work out the kinks. In fact, I’m rather impressed with how smooth this rollout went, actually. Haven’t seen one complaint yet about anyone being categorized wrong, or dates being off, or cars exploding, or Elon kicking their dog yet.
quite possibly the smoothest feature rollout Tesla’s ever had .... and to your point, 15+ pages of complaining.
digitalFan
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As a long term TSLA investor (since mid 2013), I gladly welcome this change. It will keep the company healthy and the customers are getting a pretty good deal.
Aviatorguy
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Actually Mercedes offers Mercedes Me Connect for free for 3 years. It includes software updates over LTE, remote start, predictive navigation, Live Traffic, Online Map Updates, Stolen Vehicle Tracker.
Mine MB SLC had 5 years, didn't have the map updates but did include TuneIn for free for those years.
In addition I can always connect Apple CarPlay or Android if I want to use my own navigation and LTE.
The only thing I would use from Tesla is the traffic updates and that is not worth $10 a month when Google, Apple, and everyone else are giving it away for free.
BMW similarly gives traffic for free for 4 years. After that it is $50 a year. Not everyone needs streaming music when you phone will do it for you. So Tesla is grabbing for money when they know that some will subscribe just for traffic.
But its the reason why I like CarPlay so much and use it as my primary navigation and entertainment. I hate that car manufactures try to look you in to a subscription. This is clearly a part in which Tesla is not innovative and is worse off than a lot of the competition that has CarPlay as standard.
Satellite-view maps and Traffic visualization showed up in my SR+ (March 2019) about an hour ago. On version 36.2.4.
We see from new Tesla owner posts that many people on here aren't buying Mercedes or BMWs and instead buying Tesla. So even if they offered those features for little or no money, Mercedes and BMW are still losing sales. It's always going to come down to what works best for each owner and of course primarily how much you love driving the car. Some manufacturer was recently in the news about dropping a subscription fee for anyone wanting Apple Play. I thought their original position was totally stupid. Guess they found out it was a sales blocker for them. Back in 2017/18 I held off buying a car thinking I would get another Toyota since my car had been so reliable for so many years; but was turned off completely by them not offering Apple Play (and even more so by what I thought were totally ugly car designs. Also was put off by all the buttons and controls they had on the new model loaner car they gave me when I had my car in for service). Honestly I don't find not having Apple Play in my Model 3 a big deal. It all depends on what you get use to using and the trade offs. I'm more upset that Tune-In on my iPhone stopped carrying my local CBS news channel and I have to use a different app now to get that. Do like that my Model 3 has it though.
willow_hiller
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