Remote pre-heating: What does what when with what version ?

[ElectricTundra]

Pre heating our seats (P85D) has been a highly desired feature that we were quite happy about. Easy come easy go. We got the notice for the firmware update that was supposed to include it but were out of town and it was pulled before we could download it. Perhaps a good thing given many people's experiences with it. So, I am currently still on 2018.4.1.

A few months ago we got Battery Pre-Conditioning w/ a heat icon in the cup holders. Wish it provided a bit more regen than it does but better than what we had before.

More recently we seem to have also gotten (at least I only recently noticed it) Pre-Defrosting. I assume this is heated air redirected to the windshield and not the subzero heated wiper (windshield actually)? AND, I assume the icon that looks like the Pre-Heating Battery icon is still the Pre-Heating Battery icon even though someone chose to move it over in to the passenger seat (if so, would seem much better to keep it in one place)?

Camper Mode: Keeps heat on while parked. HOWEVER, it also recently began to also keep the Subzero Wiper Heat on (if already turned on) for up to about 10 minutes but not for longer periods. It does not appear to keep Defrost (redirected hot air) or Rear Window Defrost on for any period.

Heating Steering Wheel: Never stays on, cannot be turned on remotely, but now will come on automatically when you enter the car if it'd been on previously.

Heated Seats: Does anyone have this working yet?

 

[Chaserr]

Battery icon has a little battery square around it, the other icons are windows and seats.

 

[AWDtsla]

2018.4.5:
Battery pre-heating: no
Seat pre-heating: no
Steering wheel preheating: yes

 

[Snowstorm]

I have definitely seen battery preheat icon come on for 2018.4

When the car is cold soaked to sub zero C temp, I get heating and defrost icon for a 5-10 minutes, and then one of them changes to the battery heater icon.

 

[Doug4650]

I just noticed the Defrosting today. I looked at the remote S app and it showed a red line along where the wiper heat would be and a red back part of the car which would be the rear window. Unfortunately I was in a hurry and just jumped in the car and drove away. As it was not super cold, I did not notice if those two heaters were actually on. I'd like to check it out, but would prefer to wait until next winter.

 

[whitex]

Is there a max outside temperature for this? I'm on 2018.6.1 on '15 AP1 car, android app version 3.3.3, none of these appear (not the battery pre-heat either). Our '17 AP2 car got totalled so can't check on it (new '18 one coming next week) but before it was killed by a DUI driver early February, none of these appeared either.

 

[ElectricTundra]

Battery icon has a little battery square around it, the other icons are windows and seats.

@Chaserr, thank you.

Wish they would do slightly more meaningful icons and position them correctly.

 

[AWDtsla]

@Chaserr, thank you.

Wish they would do slightly more meaningful icons and position them correctly.

I don't see why it matters. You can't do anything with that information except be frustrated.

"Oh look it's heating the battery, I didn't want that"
"Oh look it's not heating the battery, wish it would heat to full supercharge/regen temp"
"Oh look the defrosters are on, bone dry weather"

 

[David29]

I have seen (in the app) what I believe to be an indicator that the seat heater is on, but it never is on for long and the seat does not, in fact, get warm enough to notice.

 

[ElectricTundra]

I don't see why it matters. You can't do anything with that information except be frustrated.

"Oh look it's heating the battery, I didn't want that"
"Oh look it's not heating the battery, wish it would heat to full supercharge/regen temp"
"Oh look the defrosters are on, bone dry weather"

I don't disagree. It should and could give you the option of turning individual seats, steering, and each defroster on/off/level. Basically the Winter screen from the car. This would be much more useful and is what I expected from Elon's tweet. Hopefully they'll get there one day.

 

[henderrj]

Any update on this? Particular the ability to start the seats Heating. I can't get it to work with my Android and one version back from 9. Just a wild hope that 9 does it. Not too many people with it yet of course.