Now that Nav on Autopilot has been rolled out, the lack of having wifi access at home is more relevant. For prior updates, the fact that the map was out of date didn't really matter, and I could wait a few weeks/months to connect to service wifi with little to no impact.
However, after recently updating to 42.2, the Nav on Autopilot was nowhere to be found. I did some reading and supposedly the fact that my maps are 'probably' not up to date is why it's not showing up in the settings. I say probably because there's nothing in the car that will tell you whether or not they are, just that since I don't have Nav on Autopilot settings, this is my bet. I know future map updates will show a notification once completed, but that doesn't help me know beforehand if they're out of date (poor choice on Tesla's part).
For those that live in condos or park away from wifi access, where are some of the locations you've been able to find open public wifi? Since it appears that it needs to be the case where there's no login interstitial page, that limits the pool dramatically (eg. Starbucks won't work).
So far, I've relied on my phone hotspot from time to time, but it's not particularly helpful since I'm not leaving my phone in the car to download a map update at some point, not to mention the size of the updates is not great for keeping my phone from being throttled by AT&T. And I've tried Burger King and McDonalds, both seem to work, but not really somewhere I'm spending more than a few minutes (though I have parked outside a McD a few times to take calls and hope that something comes through). I did try a local coffee shop that has a secure wifi with a password and that seemed to work, but I need to find a spot to park right in front to get a little signal, which is usually occupied.
Any other suggestions?
However, after recently updating to 42.2, the Nav on Autopilot was nowhere to be found. I did some reading and supposedly the fact that my maps are 'probably' not up to date is why it's not showing up in the settings. I say probably because there's nothing in the car that will tell you whether or not they are, just that since I don't have Nav on Autopilot settings, this is my bet. I know future map updates will show a notification once completed, but that doesn't help me know beforehand if they're out of date (poor choice on Tesla's part).
For those that live in condos or park away from wifi access, where are some of the locations you've been able to find open public wifi? Since it appears that it needs to be the case where there's no login interstitial page, that limits the pool dramatically (eg. Starbucks won't work).
So far, I've relied on my phone hotspot from time to time, but it's not particularly helpful since I'm not leaving my phone in the car to download a map update at some point, not to mention the size of the updates is not great for keeping my phone from being throttled by AT&T. And I've tried Burger King and McDonalds, both seem to work, but not really somewhere I'm spending more than a few minutes (though I have parked outside a McD a few times to take calls and hope that something comes through). I did try a local coffee shop that has a secure wifi with a password and that seemed to work, but I need to find a spot to park right in front to get a little signal, which is usually occupied.
Any other suggestions?