Tesla App & Homelink Control

[jsurpless]

Hi

I recently had Homelink installed in my Model 3 and noticed that a Homelink button now appears under the Controls section in the Tesla app. I tried selecting this button and confirming that I want to activate it, however, the app responds saying that that there are no Homelink equipped garage doors in range of my M3.

Any thoughts on why this wouldn't work? Homelink works otherwise in my car.

Thanks!

 

[jjrandorin]

silly question but is your car in or near your garage when you perform this test?

 

[jsurpless]

Yes, it's parked in the garage when I've tried this

 

[jjrandorin]

no idea why it wouldnt work from the app then, since the app just triggers the homelink thats in the car to broadcast. My model 3 came with the homelink adapter. in 2018 when I got the car, it was standard equipment in my model.

I have never tried to use the homelink button in the app because my garage door opener has its own app (liftmaster) that I can use to open it from, which doesnt have a requirement of the car being present.

assuming you did the regular troubleshooting of going down to the car and activating homelink while the car is in the garage, watching it open, then standing in the same spot with your phone and trying to activate it through the app..... not sure why it wouldnt work.

 

[SoCal Cal]

Homelink needs to be turned on in the Summon menu in the car.

 

[TW14 9LF]

I don't see the Homelink button in my app. Android phone, car is 2018 with Homelink installed from the factory.

Keith

 

[SoCal Cal]

I don't see the Homelink button in my app. Android phone, car is 2018 with Homelink installed from the factory.

Keith

I think it only shows with FSD.

 

[TW14 9LF]

I think it only shows with FSD.

Well, that would explain it. I don't have FSD.

Thx

Keith

 

[Gasaraki]

I think it only shows with FSD.

W.T.F. (not that I really care.)

I don't see a homelink button also and I have homelink. I can see why it's only for people with FSD...

 

[AZAV8R]

I think it only shows with FSD.

I have read this in many places and thinks it's correct , as I don't have FSD, but have Homelink.

 

[DerbyDave]

Hi

I recently had Homelink installed in my Model 3 and noticed that a Homelink button now appears under the Controls section in the Tesla app. I tried selecting this button and confirming that I want to activate it, however, the app responds saying that that there are no Homelink equipped garage doors in range of my M3.

Any thoughts on why this wouldn't work? Homelink works otherwise in my car.

Thanks!

I had the same problem, and as SoCal Cal indicated, for some reason you must go into Summon and enable Homelink there. Then it works.

It is part of Smart Summon, which is part of FSD.

 

[jsurpless]

I had the same problem, and as SoCal Cal indicated, for some reason you must go into Summon and enable Homelink there. Then it works.

It is part of Smart Summon, which is part of FSD.

I was able to get it to mostly but didn't really do anything. I also wasn't able to find anything to enable under Summon.

I do have FSD, for the record

 

[DerbyDave]

Under Autopilot > Summon> Customize Summon> Use Auto Homelink must be Enabled.

 

[ModalYYJ]

I read you can now activate homelink in the Tesla app without purchasing summon...anyone confirm?

 

[jsurpless]

This just started working for me a couple of weeks after I asked about it

 

[DerbyDave]

I read you can now activate homelink in the Tesla app without purchasing summon...anyone confirm?

I believe Summon comes standard with Autopilot. You must have FSD to have Smart Summon. In either case, to use Homelink from the App, you must go in and enable Homelink in Summon. Homelink will then work from the app when you press the button.

 

[Midnightsun]

I much prefer the standard visor remote with a twist, remove the visor clip and put some velcro on the back. The original visor style remotes are the most powerful of them all and will open the garage door from around the corner compared to Homelink which is sketchy and sometimes you need to almost have the bumper on the door before it works or at least this has been my experience on several cars with homelink. I tried a couple of knockoffs from eBay and honestly they have the same range and work as well as the originals

Crap picture but easy to understand where I mounted mine. out of site and actually looks pretty good.

 

[Midnightsun]

I much prefer the standard visor remote with a twist, remove the visor clip and put some velcro on the back. The original visor style remotes are the most powerful of them all and will open the garage door from around the corner compared to Homelink which is sketchy and sometimes you need to almost have the bumper on the door before it works or at least this has been my experience on several cars with homelink. I tried a couple of knockoffs from eBay and honestly they have the same range and work as well as the originals. and cost only $11

Crap picture but easy to understand where I mounted mine. out of site and actually looks pretty good.