Yeah, a backup in terms of everyday use. But primary in the sense that it is the "master" & must always be available if required. Maybe I'm using the wrong words.
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Tesla Software updates - Australia
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I'm getting old too so I forget to charge my phone often... And then what?
The OP (of this part of the thread) & others, including me, have had instances where the phone failed to work. Sounds like you've been lucky so far. On the other hand, our BMW phone key has never missed a beat but it uses the built-in Apple car key system.
There have been a couple of times when the keycard has been really useful for me. When my phone needed to be repaired by Apple, I could still drive the car. And when doing outdoor activities where I can't bring the phone, I can put the phone in the boot with Bluetooth off, and just use the card to unlock the car. Very handy, and much lighter and less bulky than the key fob from my old car.
and yet there will be times that you arrive at the car and it demands the key card
Priit
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I suspect those times might be rather rare occurrence, as in my 5 years of Tesla ownership I have yet to see one of those times.
I’m on 2024.8.7 and it shows speed/red light cameras but it is useless as the icon looks like all the other icons and it doesn’t warn you.
I just use Waze too, it comes thru the car speakers to warn me
bay74
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To the discussion about software versions and phone connectivity, I'll add that I'm on 2023.44.something and have also had intermittent trouble connecting to the car in the last week or three.
I cant reconcile the above with this
Its not a "master" because you can actually have zero keycards and multiple phone keys/fobs
While a keycard is an easy way to bootstrap the creation of a new phone key, it is not required, so long as a connected key is available. It is even required at the hand over of a new Tesla?
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I currently have software 2024.8.8
Drove this morning with Navi on and it didnt puck up the speed cameras. Back to using
Drove this morning with Navi on and it didnt puck up the speed cameras. Back to using
Do you use your waze on your phone? How do you connect Waze through your speakers?
I do
You get the Waze audio via the car speakers via the Car's bluetooth. The Waze pictures remain on your phone
Only if your audio is set to Bluetooth. If it's set to Spotify, you get nothing.
Having said that, on my Samsung S22+ I can customise certain applications to always play alerts on the phone's speaker, regardless of what I'm playing in Tesla Audio. It's in Settings -> Sounds and Vibration -> Separate app sound. I've set up Waze, Uber Driver and Messages to always play on the audio device 'Phone'. I never ever want to miss an Uber ping because I was listening to in-car Spotify!
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