Voice commands suddenly not working

[cab]

So a couple of weeks ago I had my car in the shop (drive unit) and in that time it got a couple of software updates. I am currently on 2018.16. Since I got it back I notice the voice commands almost never work "first try" and sometimes even beyond that. I might say "play xx" or "call yyy" and it just sits there as if it never hears the command (essentially like it is not uploading to the cloud for interpretation). It displays the message to "say commands like play x", etc. (or whatever that verbiage is).

Anyway, has anyone experienced anything similar? I'm not sure if it is tied to the update or what.

Thanks!

 

[TLej]

Yes, it has happened to me. Today, in fact. The voice command button triggered the beep and the “listening” circle, but the car did not hear/recognize my instructions to phone a co-worker and I could not get it to stop listening with the voice command button. Eventually it got bored and timed out. First button press activated, second was unrecognized. I figured I must have had crummy cell reception, off in the boonies as I was. Tried it a couple of times and then just gave up and dialed from my contact list all old-school.

 

[David.85D]

Me too. Seems to miss the button press to go to listening mode. Takes 2-3 tries now. Sigh

 

[Seattle Tom]

Me three. We took a road trip last week so the car was getting lots of use with many voice commands for navigation. Easily 90%of the time, the voice command didn’t recognize on the first try...it took a few efforts. And during that time I had the same experience with the “listening circle” lighting up and then displaying a list of commands as suggestions, like it couldn’t hear me.

I figured it was poor cell reception or perhaps a bug in the latest update that would self correct.

EDIT: Didn’t notice this was the S forum before posting, but I figure this is not a seprate issue and could likely affect all models.

 

[pelargir]

Having the same problem here on a late 2017 MS running 2018.16 firmware.

 

[minderbinder]

Yep, add me to the list. I’m seeing the same behavior. I was also chalking it up to bad cell reception, but the thing is the audio streaming was working fine.

And why doesn’t the second press cancel it? That’s clearly a bug.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

I'm having this same issue on 2018.14.2.

 

[brkaus]

I’m having the same on 2018.18.2.

I *think* I figured out that if I talk louder it works. No scientific proof yet.

 

[Maxv]

I had the problem over the past few days but an MCU reboot (press both scroll buttons for 10s) resolved it completely.

 

[Reefdiver]

Same exact problem, was going to ask myself. Definitely began exactly after last software update 2018.18

 

[Scott_K]

I had the problem over the past few days but an MCU reboot (press both scroll buttons for 10s) resolved it completely.

I’ve also been seeing the problem only since 2018.18.

MCU reboot unfortunately didn’t work for me

 

[P-town_P85]

Do you have apple watches? I’ve started putting the watch in airplane mode and voice command works better and call quality (transmit) is improved.

 

[David_Cary]

Terrible since latest software updates. No apple products here.

 

[TSLA Pilot]

Yes--same problem. Voice commands effectively inop now.

Frustrating as it used to work quite well.

 

[minderbinder]

Did a reboot - now seems to be working. I wonder if it gets into a funny state at some point and then can’t get out of it.

 

[TSLA Pilot]

Yeah, tried that; no impact. Will try again as it can't hurt.

 

[David29]

I have been having a bit of similar trouble off and on, and had not connected it to my latest software update. But now that you (all) mention it, I think it has been more troublesome since the last update(s).
I will try a reboot.

 

[David.85D]

My Tesla is getting old and deaf? I thought I had to worry about battery degradation over time, not hearing loss!!

 

[Duffer]

My Tesla is getting old and deaf? I thought I had to worry about battery degradation over time, not hearing loss!!

Your car isn't going deaf. It's lack of response is just part of the neural net/A.I. learning process. Your significant other doesn't listen to you why should your car?

 

[David.85D]

I yelled at it today like it was my retired Marine neighbor. Seemed to understand me, except when I called it “gunny”