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Web Browser Useless
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Ulmo
Active Member
Does Tesla Waze work on it? For that matter, does Tesla Waze still exist?
Edit: Aha! It still exists! Tesla Traffic Incidents and Information Anybody try it on the new web browser in Model X, Model S, and Model 3? I used to have that as either the full screen in Model S, or that + dashcam. Now, dashcam + web is not an option any more, which I think is awful, but can you at least use Tesla Waze full screen, and does it work at all?
Edit 2: Wow, even better:
Excellent! I didn't know about QTES.LA being superior to Tesla Traffic Incidents and Information (because it offers more functions) ... that's new and great and great that it works. Yours is Model 3; someone tell us if it goes full screen on Model S & X. It looks like it uses a similar backend to the other one above.
From my dim memory of the older version I used over a year ago, no; I used it for an excellent crowd-sourced traffic information in a nice low-light format that is perfect for night driving or day driving (I believe there was a day option back when I used it). If in the off chance I needed guidance, I used my mounted iphone and/or the builtin Tesla nav system; I had 2 offline GPS-based nav options on my phone plus multiple online nav apps (offline apps are great for many areas I travel to which have no cell coverage; my daily commute has a few of those, and practically every vacation I go on has those too; some of the online nav apps will temporarily work in offline mode, and some even have preparation steps that can be taken to work better in offline mode, too).
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Not sure why anyone would expect this to be a primary browser.
Setting reasons expectations here.
This is a browser to quickly check stuff from the car, not replacing your desktop.
Expecting it to do anything more is setting yourself up for disappointment.
Setting reasons expectations here.
This is a browser to quickly check stuff from the car, not replacing your desktop.
Expecting it to do anything more is setting yourself up for disappointment.
Exactly what I was going to say. That said, it is much more readable than a cell phone screen. If you can put up with slow speed and difficult keying it's way better than nothing. Spoiled kids don't remember dial-up on an 11" tube... young whipper-snappers...
In my case, it *will* load some things. Just not everything. And once loaded it then won't respond to link taps, or scrolling. And I've reset of course. It then sort of catches up to what should have loaded the first time.... then does the same thing of no scroll, and no link-following. Considering that my CPU reboots about 50% of the time now when I get into the car, I already know that I've got issues. First service appointment for my car is tomorrow.... the list is somewhat lengthy.
BobbyKings
S85D > M3P > S Plaid
You can transfer any webaddress through the info section in an appointment in your phone calendar.
Snow Drift
[Off-Road Assist] Activated
Sometimes if I just let it sit for awhile the page eventually loads. Not really impressive, but I’m sure it will get better. OTA please!
My car is at my local service center for the first time. One of my complaints was the browser, and I was happy to demonstrate that NOTHING would load. Including google.com. Just a blank white page with nothing happening. Doesn't matter if I'm on full-bar cellular, or on full-bar, high-speed Wifi. My browser is entirely useless.
xlpro
Member
My browser will not work every time I get back in the car. I have to reboot MCU then it works fine for the rest of the drive. I think it's almost every single time. Also if it's running slow reboot. They definitely need to fix this problem along with the DashCam not working after driving a few minutes. Having said that I love having the browser as I use Tesla Winds & Elevation all the time. I also just like having a nice picture of a Tesla on the screen to look at instead of the maps all the time!
I had the same problem yesterday. Just a blank white page and no activity when I type in an address. Back in my garage connected to Wi-Fi, it worked fine.
barjohn
Member
It seemed to work well in my garage on WiFi but once on AT&T LTE it is another story. Lots of crashes and lock ups where it is non-responsive without a reboot. This is really poorly written software to have this many bugs and work so poorly after this many years. Given how fast it performs in my Garage, it may have something to do with the way Tesla supplies its LTE services. I think I will try it tomorrow using my VZW phone as a WiFi hotspot and see if it does better. I'll report back the results.
insaneoctane
Well-Known Member
I got all blank screen on the way to work. Would not respond to any address including Google Reboot fixed it. I certainly don't want to reboot the MCU on a regular basis just for the browser!
TT97
Active Member
Elevation is the height above sea level.
He is referring to Tesla Winds and Elevation
Screen looks like this (this is from my iPad so doesn't fit quite right, haven't tried it on the 3 yet):
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
Yeah, I read that. Sadly I cannot duplicate that on the Tesla Model 3. If you can post an example that works I would like to test it.
I posted a thread questing how others are Transferring Bookmarks yesterday. It details my issues setting up the web browser. The take away is Reboot Reboot Reboot!
-Randy
chronopc
Active Member
I wished there was a way to force close the browser like you can do on Android. The browser is only useful for me on LTE when I'm sitting in the car waiting for someone.
