Does the Tesla voice assistant actually do anything

Durtyjoey | 2026-02-05 20:00 | 13 views

I’ve yet to find anything useful with the assistant. It constantly tells me Can’t Complete command. Can’t tell me what time it is or how long until my destination is reached. Can’t call or text anybody on my contacts even with my phone being connected and contacts all sync. Am I the only one or is there a fault in the system?

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UpbeatPhilosophySJ 2026-02-05 20:03

In theory it controls lots of things (Youtube videos on it). In reality it's not something I care to learn. I use siri for my calls, and Grok now doing navigation is occasionally helpful.

BranchLatter4294 2026-02-05 20:07

It sounds like you are confusing Grok with the voice commands. They do different things. If you want to call or text, use voice commands. If you want to find a nearby restaurant or get a summary of the day's news, use Grok.

rlap38 2026-02-05 20:53

How do you trigger Siri from the Tesla?

Durtyjoey 2026-02-05 21:30

I was speaking about voice assistant not Grok

Durtyjoey 2026-02-05 21:31

CarPlay hasn’t released for Tesla yet. Do you just leave your phone on the charging pad and just say hey siri you mean?

UpbeatPhilosophySJ 2026-02-05 21:34

Exactly.

MhVRNewbie 2026-02-05 23:48

It can make calls. And open the glove box. Not managed to get it to do anything else besides turning my cabin to a sauna once.

_casshern_ 2026-02-06 00:26

Tesla voice commands are not Siri. There’s only a handful of commands that work. https://www.tesla.com/support/voice-commands

Durtyjoey 2026-02-06 00:34

Thank you for this. Now I can’t wait for CarPlay next month

techfreakdad 2026-02-06 02:20

Getting ready to race someone…..”acceleration mode on”. Climate control. Lots of use cases

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