UK Tesla App v4

[DaveW]

Moderator comment - thread renamed from "iOS app v4 - widgets are now here " to be more general

You can now download v4 of the Tesla app and have a live widget on screen

There’s also a full width one too.

 

[GRiLLA]

It seems to be a handy reminder for what your car looks like.

 

[GRiLLA]

Some more pictures of the new App

 

[spursman]

You can now download v4 of the Tesla app and have a live widget on screen

There’s also a full width one too.

How do I add the widget? No widget showing as available under customise etc. I’ve got all notifications turned on too.

 

[GRiLLA]

iOS 14, hold your finger on an empty bit of the screen until they icons wobble, them there is a little + at the top of the screen to add widgets

 

[spursman]

So I did that and nothing shows for Tesla. Weird.

iOS 14, hold your finger on an empty bit of the screen until they icons wobble, them there is a little + at the top of the screen to add widgets

 

[spursman]

So I did that and nothing shows for Tesla. Weird.

Correction - working now. Went back in the app then immediately switched to adding a widget and it showed at the top.

I seem to recall there used to be a shortcut on the iPhone if you swiped left to have quick access to unlock etc. Has that gone now?

 

[GRiLLA]

Correction - working now. Went back in the app then immediately switched to adding a widget and it showed at the top.

I seem to recall there used to be a shortcut on the iPhone if you swiped left to have quick access to unlock etc. Has that gone now?

Nope, you can still add the Tesla widget to that weird left screen of widgets.

 

[MrBadger]

The v4 App is not being offered on iOS v12.5.4 (iPhone 6) - requires iOS 13.0 or later

I'm probably due a new phone this year as more and more app updates (some more than just cosmetic/new features) are no longer supporting this device

Release notes for v4 - looks to be some useful features

 

[Dilly]

Charge port is more easily accessible
location is more accurate (ish). It used to give the only road name near to my property but I don’t live on that road. Now it actually names my neighbour’s house as the location! To give the house name is impressive. Shame it’s the wrong one

 

[Timdoggg85]

Not sure if I'm fully awake yet but it seems like supercharger availability has been removed...

 

[RichOB]

Stupid question alert - does having a widget keep the car awake?

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

Not sure if I'm fully awake yet but it seems like supercharger availability has been removed...

You need to go to vehicle location and zoom out until you see the nearest. A slight annoyance (that was there before) is it only shows the nearest 5 as the crow flies, and a pair either side of a motorway therefore count for 2 of them. I think it would be better to show all within say a 50 mile radius now they've switched to showing them on the map, or why not just show them all.

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

Stupid question alert - does having a widget keep the car awake?

Given we've only had it for a few hours I doubt anyone has worked it out for sure, but I would be incredibly surprised if it did.

 

[Timdoggg85]

You need to go to vehicle location and zoom out until you see the nearest. A slight annoyance (that was there before) is it only shows the nearest 5 as the crow flies, and a pair either side of a motorway therefore count for 2 of them. I think it would be better to show all within say a 50 mile radius now they've switched to showing them on the map, or why not just show them all.

Excellent find, makes it a little more difficult but happy it's there nonetheless

 

[DaveW]

Stupid question alert - does having a widget keep the car awake?

Not so far, checked against TeslaMate, car is asleep, widget shows last update was nearly 4 hours ago

 

[Radon9]

Can anyone use the new app with sharing a location from google maps? Seems to have stopped being an option…

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

Can anyone use the new app with sharing a location from google maps? Seems to have stopped being an option…

Works for me. A couple of things seem to need the app running in the background though.

 

[Dilly]

Can anyone use the new app with sharing a location from google maps? Seems to have stopped being an option…

Works for me too both from Google & Apple maps

 

[Dilly]

Given we've only had it for a few hours I doubt anyone has worked it out for sure, but I would be incredibly surprised if it did.

Mine went straight back to sleep