Software updates for the Tang EV and similar models
I think it is best to premise this post by saying the obvious: BYD updates, adds new features and improvements to its cars more often than your average car company; BYD also sends differing variations of the same model cars to each country. In my case, it was the Tang EV bought on the June of 2023. It has the old blue BYD logo + grille in the front. It was the first of its kind distributed in my home country. Interestingly, in the same year, BYD also released the newer version, the one with the new facelift, massage chairs, heads up display, among others. The newer version even uses the Type 2 charger, as the one I bought uses GB/T. Now this car of mine is a peculiar one: it does not have cellular connectivity (or any option to toggle or activate it). As a result, I cannot also use the BYD app. It has the 3.0 UI; it has no CarPlay and only Android Auto; its infotainment system is currently on version 15.1.30.2307250.1; and I have not, for as long as I can remember, received any over-the-air (OTA) updates on either infotainment system or ADAS. My cursory research online has led me to believe that this is because I need cellular connectivity to receive it. Because I bought this car from one of the few first dealers of BYD in my country, which is almost 1000km away, I had it shipped to my current address. Thus, I cannot simply bring this to the dealer I bought it from. Moreover, for the scheduled maintenance, I bring this car to the newly opened dealer near me. The problem, however, is that the technicians of this new dealer do not know or do not have the software update files for my car considering that they only sell the newer, facelift ones. They didn't even know that there was such a variation of the Tang EV. Hence, I'd like to respectfully ask members of this sub who are similarly situated or have the same model car (TANG EV 2022/2023 pre-facelift): 1. Is this car/model's software still actively supported? 2. What software version are you currently running on? Is it the latest version? 3. Are you receiving OTA software updates? How often are you receiving them? 4. If you do not depend on OTA software updates or if you update manually, where do you get the update files? 5. Can you use the BYD app? I'll be looking forward to your responses, if any. Thank you very much. Link to photo of [car](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sy-oHhdusMkHMGsApgACcAZKaV3xzvSe/view?usp=drive_link).