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Sentry mode - no longer able to view live
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M1tch
2021 M3P with EAP
Just for info, the free Spotify works over a WiFi hotspot as well even without paying for premium connectivity. It's not actually part of premium connectivity, but obviously the internet access bit is.
But yep, you do need premium connectivity for live view.
As per previous answers ... but just to comment that it's not surprising at all! Live streaming video is the most data intensive thing you are ever likely to do so there's not much chance they would let people do that using LTE without Premium Connectivity. In fact even WITH Premium Connectivity I believe there is a 15 minutes per day restriction on live streaming from the car (I've never timed it but that was reported on the forum a little while ago).
AFAICT consensus is that the Tesla Spotify account _is_ part of Premium Connectivity, but they're not very good at promptly taking it away when your Premium (or Premium trial) expires.
If your have it without Premium, enjoy it as long as it lasts, but know that if you ever log out, you won't be able to log back in to the free account (without resubscribing to Premium Connectivity) and that they'll probably take it away eventually anyway...
Well I've happily used free Spotify for 6 months, I wouldn't call that "not prompt"
My reading is that the consensus is that Spotify isn't part of premium connectivity, even Tesla no longer list it as included with premium connectivity on their website.
I've not heard of anyone loosing it.
Do you mean if the car is anywhere or you are?
If you notice, when browsing on the connectivity in the car, websites think you are in the Netherlands, because the connectivity Tesla uses is from a global roaming sim. So it will work from anywhere and your phone could be anywhere too, as long as you have an internet connection on your phone and prem connectivity in your car.
Mr H
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If s/he took a UK car to Texas, then yes it would be using a roaming service that appears to be in the Netherlands. it's the same way if you roam on your UK phone to another country and use data, it looks like you are in the UK as far the websites you are going to are concerned.
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Mr H
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and yet here i am roaming in Spain with a constant barrage of adverts in Spanish, including on this very site...
Are you on WiFi? if not, perhaps your phone provider does it differently to the place I worked for the last 15 years..
Either way, the sims in UK cars are Telefonica Global roaming sims, which break out to the internet in the Netherlands.
Tesla partners with Telefónica and KPN on M2M connectivity in Europe - Telecoms.com
Mr H
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No, thanks to Brexit i can't use my apartment as much as i used to and cancelled the wifi we had here. I now use my phone as a hotspot which is currently showing Vodafone ES
I know where the UK Tesla sims connect to as i've been driving them for 3 years. The OP posed a question and listed they were in Texas.
I know where the UK Tesla sims connect to as i've been driving them for 3 years. The OP posed a question and listed they were in Texas.
Doh, didn't notice their location, but the answer is the same. except for the Netherlands bit. "So it will work from anywhere and your phone could be anywhere too, as long as you have an internet connection on your phone and prem connectivity in your car."
