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Tesla Updates App to 4.38; Adds Offline Commands, iOS Control Center Support and More

chrisdh79 | 2024-10-19 14:49 | 307 views

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justcre4tiv3 2024-10-19 14:59

need more love for the android app

iwannabethecyberguy 2024-10-19 15:00

The engineers really love their fart button. Do their stats show that people really use it that much?

halfsane 2024-10-19 15:17

obviously not, but being completely data driven doesn't show what's fun and unique. It's a great technique that if overused turns everything bland.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 15:31

This is a very underrated statement. We need more of this mind frame.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 15:40

so… fart button is fun and unique? lol they forgot to add a trunk button but remembered to add the fart button…

CommonerChaos 2024-10-19 15:46

I wish we could schedule sentry mode. I like to have it running during the day, but not at night (as it's a waste of battery/electricity). Being able to schedule it instead of the manually turning it off and on would be great.

WrenchmanFerritin 2024-10-19 15:48

Honestly tired of getting all updates later or not at all. And it's not like I have some unknown garbage tier phone either.

stebuu 2024-10-19 15:54

Just gonna throw out how shocked I am that Tesla STILL doesn’t have any official smartwatch support (and how their car upgrade process is still awful too)

vadimus_ca 2024-10-19 16:10

Or the other way around. I need Sentry at night.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 16:18

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enjoyvelvet 2024-10-19 16:18

It’s vital. Don’t mess with emissions control

CheesyWhales 2024-10-19 16:23

No trunk button, though? For real?

flying-auk 2024-10-19 16:25

My car lock sound is usually the fart or quack...kids love it 🤷🏼‍♀️

[deleted] 2024-10-19 16:32

Think it would be too easy to accidentally pop it where you don’t want it to.

CheesyWhales 2024-10-19 16:33

Yet they put the frunk that doesn’t close on its own??? 😵

[deleted] 2024-10-19 16:36

It doesn’t smash up into the ceiling/pipes of a narrow parking or similar I guess..

danegeroust 2024-10-19 16:42

Car upgrade process is awful? Compared to what? I get a notification on my phone that says there is an update and apply it when I want. What more do you want?

[deleted] 2024-10-19 16:48

Not sure if you know this already, but there is a button to have it not activate when the car is at home. You can also have it not lock the car automatically if you are at home. I use both but I have a garage at home. Obviously not for everyone.

stebuu 2024-10-19 16:56

I want the ability to manually download and initiate a download like literally every other upgradable device I own. also an upgrade bricked my M3 for a day once which was pretty bad.

ackermann 2024-10-19 17:06

Or, their CEO really loves their fart button…

wootini_ 2024-10-19 17:14

they seem to want to control deployments. may be for safety issues if there is a bad bug.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 17:44

I like using it when people walk by

CommonerChaos 2024-10-19 17:50

Yeah I'm aware of that feature, but due to some parking situations, you'll want it on during the day but off at night (or vice versa, as someone else mentioned). It just would be nice to schedule so you don't have to worry about turning it on/off before sleeping and when waking up.

Nhaiben369 2024-10-19 18:05

Yeah I was like where the hell is the trunk button? I would use it a lots.

benz240 2024-10-19 18:12

But it asks for confirmation

[deleted] 2024-10-19 18:28

Probably even less than the lumbar adjustment that got taken out.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 18:30

My dad lives in the neighborhood behind me, about 250yd as the bird flies.. My doors do not lock in his driveway. The geofence is a bit too loose on that one.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 18:31

The venn diagram of apple fan Bois and tesla drivers is almost a full circle. But I too have an android as my daily phone, but my Tesla app is also on my work iPhone and it has way more features.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 18:32

As opposed to what other brand of vehicle? /s

stebuu 2024-10-19 18:43

“We need to test this on a few thousand personal cars to make sure it’s safe for wide release” does not make me feel better about tesla’s release strategy

ChildishBonVonnegut 2024-10-19 19:03

Then make the trunk ask for confirmation…

Derkle 2024-10-19 19:46

Slow rollout of updates is industry standard. Fact is you can’t be sure there are no issues with the build and it’s better to impact a small percentage of your users than all of them.

mandreko 2024-10-19 20:26

I use it all the time when parked inside a restaurant or at a park with my kids. It brings a small amount of joy to me as people walk by.

Trinth 2024-10-19 20:45

Confirm button

starkiller_bass 2024-10-19 20:45

Impossible

modeless 2024-10-19 20:46

It should take less than 45 minutes, no more than 5 honestly, and it should be interruptible if you need to drive the car.

modeless 2024-10-19 20:50

Been waiting for offline commands, this is great! Hopefully they will be fast.

moldy912 2024-10-19 21:09

Isn’t that a thing already with shortcuts and Remote S or other Tesla apps?

Matt_NZ 2024-10-19 21:19

My boot/trunk doesn’t close on its own either 🥲

Matt_NZ 2024-10-19 21:21

It’s often updating more than just the infotainment. It’s also updating the firmware of drive components and other such things. Each of those need to be tested to confirm that the update applied correctly, etc. Interrupting would brick the car. You’re being unreasonable

lmamakos 2024-10-19 22:28

In my head, I heard this word spoken from the SNL ["Washington's Dream"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk) sketch.

Shellfishy 2024-10-19 22:41

I use Tessie for this, but I’ve just tried it with shortcuts and it looks fine. New shortcut > Tesla > sentry disable New automation > time of day > repeat daily > run immediately > point at above shortcut Then just do the opposite for enable sentry in the morning You may want to disable notifications otherwise you get a popup every time.

medman010204 2024-10-19 22:45

I wish they would update the widget so that it’s interactive instead of just opening the app.

kingolcadan 2024-10-19 23:00

That's how it works on Android. Maybe this control center thing is the compromise for iOS

Grumpymonkey4 2024-10-19 23:15

Only for cars on 2024.38.xxx.

SSVR 2024-10-19 23:24

I use that fart button multiple times a week. The kids love it and it’s fun to make the car fart out of the blue as my wife is driving with the kids.

medman010204 2024-10-19 23:29

iOS 17 added interactive widget support. Not sure why they haven’t updated it.

[deleted] 2024-10-19 23:41

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AlanRoberts91 2024-10-20 00:26

Thank you. I was wondering why nothing showed up after downloading.

szzzn 2024-10-20 00:29

My kids and 75 year old mom love it

Grumpymonkey4 2024-10-20 00:30

I guess eventually they’ll start pushing out the .38 update. 2024.32.10 has broken my car. I can’t wait for the newer update being pushed out.

kingolcadan 2024-10-20 00:41

Oh I see. This seems redundant then lmao.

jvoss9 2024-10-20 00:54

Same. Sometimes I find the quack embarrassing but it does make my littles laugh every time I drop them off for school and that makes me smile. I did try the goat but my kids asked for the duck back and the wife told me it sounded like a man being graped and I can’t un-hear that so it was short lived.

stebuu 2024-10-20 01:41

you have a small test group, yes, but then you release to everyone. you don’t go into patch Tuesday thinking ”there’s a 25% chance I can download this cleared patch and I don’t know if my computer is cleared for it until I request an update and see if it downloads” there’s is zero mystery with most release schedules.

viddy_well 2024-10-20 02:04

Every time I see an update, I hope for ultra wide band support for Android. Would love to have feature parity with iOS on auto trunk open and the better phone door lock. Any day now I'm sure...

[deleted] 2024-10-20 02:34

Mostly energy options from the Powerwall and wall charger. Manual charging and such.

WeaponstoMax 2024-10-20 04:24

One of your favourite things to do is annoy strangers who are minding their own business?

handbanana42 2024-10-20 05:07

Ah yes, the grapist.

Garese 2024-10-20 07:27

I do, since pedestrians seem to ignore me if I'm coming behind them and they're in the middle of the road.

goodatburningtoast 2024-10-20 08:02

Damn, I just updated tonight. What broke for you?

numsu 2024-10-20 08:29

You can create your own shortcut for it though

escuelas 2024-10-20 08:43

The most CT owner response. #notoneofus

regretoperative 2024-10-20 08:59

Do you own an iPhone? If so, I’m pretty sure you can use the Shortcuts app (you also need the Tesla app) to enable and disable Sentry mode. And you can also automate this for specific time(s).

Grumpymonkey4 2024-10-20 11:32

Car won’t sleep anymore. It’s in a constant state idle. Severe standby drain b

Voidfang_Investments 2024-10-20 13:15

Tesla sold me cause of the fart. Simply because it was a sign that they are not scared to experiment.

amitbahree 2024-10-20 13:36

Sorry if this is obvious but where does one change this? My wife recently got a Model Y and my old model 3 doesn't support this.

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PraiseTalos66012 2024-10-20 15:32

What is this situation where at the same location theft/vandalism happens more in the day than night?

The1Prodigy1 2024-10-20 15:45

So is it one your favorite things or  just something you do sometimes when ppl annoy you? Cuz if your favorite thing to do is being annoyed by strangers then damn, your life is kinda sad

WeaponstoMax 2024-10-20 19:43

Not what you said in your original comment at all.

Gcarlcali 2024-10-20 20:03

I have a 2019 M3 and I can't seem to find this either

JustSayTech 2024-10-20 22:07

Boombox in Funbox

JustSayTech 2024-10-20 22:08

Boombox in Funbox

Gcarlcali 2024-10-20 22:53

Thanks. I can play the fart sounds inside the car, but I can't find a way to do it on the mobile app for the horn or anything

VideoGameJumanji 2024-10-21 07:30

I'm finally switching to iPhone once my current contract expires with my semi free S23 in Feb. The ability to easily setup routines in iOS is fucking awesome. It's very obvious the developers at Tesla bias to iOS since that's the only phone Elon uses. Android features are rarely taken advantage of in a timely matter compared to iOS.

VideoGameJumanji 2024-10-21 07:32

Not redundant at all, you can pull down the control center from any app instead of having to go back to the home screen every time. I'd rather this than how it works on android with just the widget. There's really no reason why thisnt possible on as a quick settings toggle on android.

zettajon 2024-10-21 07:39

For example, if you live in a safe neighborhood but park during the day for school/work in a less safe area with common car break-ins

h0tdawgz 2024-10-21 08:16

Mine quacks too. :D

flying-auk 2024-10-21 11:50

You can press and hold the top controls to bring up a customization menu. https://i.imgur.com/0yDjzT2.png

curiouspanda219 2024-10-21 11:54

It relies on an external speaker which your Model 3 may not have. My 2021 model in the UK doesn’t have the external speaker, so anything involving exterior sounds isn’t shown in the software.

Dr_Pippin 2024-10-21 15:06

> at an outdoors cafe near some sneering diners Did he edit sneering diners into his comment? Because it was pretty clear to me.

Dr_Pippin 2024-10-21 15:28

> they forgot to add a trunk button Huh? It's there for me.

Dr_Pippin 2024-10-21 15:31

> also an upgrade bricked my M3 for a day once which was pretty bad. How do you go from stating this to then being upset about slow rollouts?

[deleted] 2024-10-21 15:35

huh. I only have frunk when adding to control center and have seen other people complaining about that too. odd

Dr_Pippin 2024-10-21 17:13

Weird. Wonder if we're looking different places? I don't actually use shortcuts myself, but when I open shortcuts app, create a new shortcut, and select Tesla, I can scroll down to "Open/Close Rear Trunk" as an option.

[deleted] 2024-10-21 17:17

Ah yeah this isn’t referring to shortcuts. It’s control center, the thing you access by swiping from the top right corner of the screen. On iOS 18 there’s some additional customization options for it and apps can add controls too - which is what Tesla implemented on this update.

Dr_Pippin 2024-10-21 17:58

My mistake. Apparently I don't use shortcuts *and* control center customization.

Administrative_Low63 2024-10-22 13:11

I needed to schedule different charge limits for different days and luckily I use Hone Assistant for that. Your sentry mode idea would be equally as easy to do using HA.

SpaceCaptain69 2024-10-22 14:03

FWIW I’m on this version and my car sleeps peacefully every night. 2024 AWD M3.

Grumpymonkey4 2024-10-22 14:04

its so random - some people have issues and others dont. Can't explain it.

MassiveEconomics186 2024-10-22 17:20

My maps are ruined. 😩 and trips shows 0 miles.

Fun-Psychology4806 2024-10-24 14:32

If mine ever makes that sound I'm sending it off a pier

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