Sorry to hear that. I had less serious surgery on a broken leg and two years later I'm still not 100% back to where I was before it all happened, so I can sympathize.
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Remote S: Tesla app for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
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Sorry to hear that. I had less serious surgery on a broken leg and two years later I'm still not 100% back to where I was before it all happened, so I can sympathize.
That's great to hear! I think I remember you saying in the past that scheduling would be difficult. But is that something that might be coming anytime soon? That's probably the biggest feature I wish could be implemented.
I have no idea where or how Tesla maintains their app, but they certainly seem not to care too much about it. It's a little sad that a single developer can, on a part time basis, and partly while recovering from major surgery, and with far fewer resources than Tesla, create an app that is more functional, easier to use, and better updated than Tesla's official app! I'm glad you've picked up their slack.
Glad you're at least starting to be able to get around some, even if you still have a ways to go!
The annoying thing about scheduling when I was working on it, was that Apple was very restrictive on when an app was allowed to run code in the background. I haven't tested iOS 9 yet with scheduling, but I remember that the conditions had to be near perfect for it to work in iOS 8 (phone is charging, and strong cell or wifi signal). Since iOS 9 came out, I'd have to redo field testing to see what the new conditions are for background scheduling to work. Now that I don't have my car with me anymore, that would be difficult to pull off. The next time I see my Tesla might be in late Spring.
Hi Allen
I just purchased your app. Well done... we appreciate your efforts.
I have one request:
When you're looking at the map, tracking a moving vehicle, the map returns to the default zoom with each position update. It would be nice if we could zoom out and it would hold the zoom as the vehicle position changes.
Thanks again!
I just purchased your app. Well done... we appreciate your efforts.
I have one request:
When you're looking at the map, tracking a moving vehicle, the map returns to the default zoom with each position update. It would be nice if we could zoom out and it would hold the zoom as the vehicle position changes.
Thanks again!
There is a way to zoom out to all the pins on the map by pressing the right most blue button out of the three blue buttons on the top.
If you want someone to help with field testing, I'd be glad to help. I'm sure others would be also. Didnt Apple also release a new way for developers to do beta testing with iOS 9? Perhaps not as fast as doing it with your own tesla, but workable in the mean time since that's not an option?
Yup, that's it! No need to do all the testing by yourself while you're recovering from surgery (and without a tesla)!
Even if you were still required to have the phone on Wi-Fi and charging for scheduling to work, it would still not be a useless feature. The most common time I want to use it would be before I go to work, when my phone is sitting on the dock and connected to Wi-Fi.
Hi Allen
There are three features I would pay good money for. Any chance you could make it happen?:
1/ The ability to set up a profile from the app. (My wife keeps leaving it in her profile and it is hard for me to get in to change it!!!)
2/ The ability to turn on the heated seats remotely in the same way as we can turn on the heaters
3/ The app sends an alert when the car moves (so that I can get an alert when my wife leaves the shops so that I can get the food on!!)
Firstly, are these technically possible and if so are they something you would consider?
Thanks
There are three features I would pay good money for. Any chance you could make it happen?:
1/ The ability to set up a profile from the app. (My wife keeps leaving it in her profile and it is hard for me to get in to change it!!!)
2/ The ability to turn on the heated seats remotely in the same way as we can turn on the heaters
3/ The app sends an alert when the car moves (so that I can get an alert when my wife leaves the shops so that I can get the food on!!)
Firstly, are these technically possible and if so are they something you would consider?
Thanks
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Only #3 is possible with the API from Tesla (as far as we know today).Hi Allen
There are three features I would pay good money for. Any chance you could make it happen?:
1/ The ability to set up a profile from the app. (My wife keeps leaving it in her profile and it is hard for me to get in to change it!!!)
2/ The ability to turn on the heated seats remotely in the same way as we can turn on the heaters
3/ The app sends an alert when the car moves (so that I can get an alert when my wife leaves the shops so that I can get the food on!!)
Firstly, are these technically possible and if so are they something you would consider?
Thanks
The answer is no, no, yes if the app is running live on the phone/watch.
the API is really quite limited in what it allows to be altered. The app already does almost all it can.
Almost, there are a few more things available that would be nice, like pilot available/used current.
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Allen, I have been following this thread since you started it but just bought the app today. This is an amazing piece of work. I love having so much functionality on the watch, but it is a great app just on the phone. Definitely the best $9.99 I have spent in a long time.
I often experience the same, but I notice that if I wait for another status update cycle or two, the control will become correct again and say Stop Climate.
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Ditto! Just got it too. Allen, should I have the homelink/Summon option or are you still writing that code?
Thanks again for an awesome app! Elon needs to hire you to update the Tesla app!
He's currently working on that. And they did try to hire him a while back...didn't work out.
Allen, First of all, thanks for a great app. It is the best thing out there.
Two requests:
1. Any chance that at some point you can interface your software tot he amazon echo for voice commands (e.g., while eating breakfast, telling it to turn on heat in my tesla?)
2. I used to use the Tesla Model S desktop app by Trevor Stone, which had a timer/calendar grid in it that I could program for turning on HVAC in the car (i.e., pre-conditioning that worked). Unfortunately, due to something that Tesla did to its servers, that program doesn't work anymore, and it would be great if I could program YOUR app to turn on the heat in my car every morning, M-F at 8:30, for example. Any chance of getting that feature?
Thanks
Two requests:
1. Any chance that at some point you can interface your software tot he amazon echo for voice commands (e.g., while eating breakfast, telling it to turn on heat in my tesla?)
2. I used to use the Tesla Model S desktop app by Trevor Stone, which had a timer/calendar grid in it that I could program for turning on HVAC in the car (i.e., pre-conditioning that worked). Unfortunately, due to something that Tesla did to its servers, that program doesn't work anymore, and it would be great if I could program YOUR app to turn on the heat in my car every morning, M-F at 8:30, for example. Any chance of getting that feature?
Thanks
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