By Not a Tesla App Staff
Tesla has updated its app for iOS to version 4.14, and with it come two new features.
The first is iOS lock screen widgets. There are two widgets to pick from, both of which display the vehicle's battery level. There's a small circular widget that fills in based on the vehicle's state of charge, and there's a larger widget that includes the vehicle's name and a numerical view of the vehicle's battery level, either in percent or miles/km, depending on what your app set to.
The second feature is the ability to unlatch the driver's side door from the app.
The door handles on the Model 3 and Model Y aren't powered and with the right mix of water and cold weather, the door handle can sometimes freeze to the door frame.
The ability to unlatch the door from the app means that the door handle isn't used at all and the door is electronically unlatched, causing it to open just enough for you to grab the side of the door to fully open it.
Unlatch Door in Action
The ability to unlatch the door is only available on the Model 3 and Model Y and it requires your vehicle to be on update 2022.36 or later, which is currently about 350% of the Tesla fleet.
To unlatch the door you'll need to add the new "Unlatch Door" icon to the Quick Actions section of the Tesla app that appears under the vehicle visualization.
Update 2022.36.2
Installed on 34% of cars
46 Installs today
Last updated: Oct 15, 5:20 pm
Unfortunately, Tesla hasn't added the ability to unlatch the door in any other areas of the app, such as the Climate or Controls section, but hopefully, that's coming in a future update.
Currently, version 4.14 of the app is only available for iOS but we expect it to be available in the Google Play store soon.
You can also view the release notes for Tesla app 4.14.
By Lennon Cihak
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Full Self-Driving Beta will be going out “next week,” and it may remove the geofence in Toronto. Prior to September 30th’s AI Day 2, Musk said 10.69.3 would go out shortly after the event.
With version 10.69.3, owners can expect a wide swath of improvements, including moving better in tighter gaps, turn signal improvements, and matching speed to traffic. Tesla Owners Silicon Valley’s Twitter account mentioned an observation to Musk, stating that "sometimes it's going slow."
Tesla Owners Silicon Valley also asked Musk when FSD Beta 10.69.3 was coming on Twitter. “Next week,” responds Musk.
Maybe with .3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 13, 2022
The automaker rolled out FSD Beta version 10.69.2.3 just last week. The update was a small bugfix release and did not include any major changes.
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 was originally going to be FSD Beta 10.13, but Tesla decided to rename it for humor's sake since there were major changes in this release and the beta was performing much better. However, the change in the naming has led to some confusion.
After releasing beta 10.69, Tesla then released minor revisions to 10.69 with versions 10.69.1 and 10.69.2, which would lead one to believe that 10.69.3 would also be a minor release.
However, beta 10.69.3 will be a major beta release with many improvements.
We’re speculating that version 10.69.3 will be built off of 2022.28, which introduced alternate routes, the ability to minimize Tesla Theater and suggested destinations.
Update 2022.36.2
Installed on 34% of cars
46 Installs today
Last updated: Oct 15, 5:20 pm
However, update 2022.36 is now on a significant portion of the fleet, so Tesla may have started development off of this branch or merge in its features before releasing FSD Beta 10.69.3.
If you’ve met the requirements to be added to the Beta program but have not yet received the update, our recommendation would be to not update past version 2022.28 just in case the next beta is based on this branch.
With version 10.69.3 one week away in Elon time, we anticipate Tesla will begin rolling it out internally to employees next weekend, the first few thousand beta testers hopefully a few days later, and then a wide release shortly after.
By Lennon Cihak
Tesla hacker Greentheonly recently discovered Tesla added various testing agencies’ names into some of its development software, sparking an investigation by Euro NCAP, Europe’s government-supported organization that thoroughly tests vehicles for safety.
Tesla just added ANCAP support in their code. This is in addition to already existing "I VISTA" (Chinese testing grounds), Euro NCAP and Korea NCAP
One wonders why do it (they also give testing houses one-off builds with the testing house in the name (with tweaked settings?) )
— green (@greentheonly) September 10, 2022
Green found Tesla recently added ANCAP, Australasia’s testing agency, to its software. I VISTA, which is China’s testing grounds, Euro NCAP, and Korea NCAP were already mentioned in the vehicle's code. The addition of ANCAP into the software aligns with Tesla beginning sales of the Model Y in Australasia.
Although Green was able to find these references in Tesla's software, he wasn't able to determine what they're being used for since they're run on Tesla's FSD hardware, which has limited access.
No Evidence of Any Attempt to Cheat
After Green's tweet, Euro NCAP took a closer look at Tesla’s software and their testing results and found no evidence that Tesla attempted to cheat in any of the agencies' tests.
“The integrity of its star-rating scheme is of utmost importance to Euro NCAP and we will continue to do all we can to ensure the rating reflects the safety which consumers can expect from their vehicles,” Aled Williams, Euro NCAP’s program director, told CNN Business. “So far, Euro NCAP’s investigations have not revealed any evidence of an attempt to ‘cheat’ the tests by Tesla.”
Euro NCAP Testing
Tesla does use geofencing to enable and disable its Full Self-Driving software. Notably, the company does this in Toronto, and owners are anticipating Tesla to remove the geofence in version 10.69.3.
“It is possible that GPS location is used to identify that the car is at a specific test track,” Williams added. “It’s one of the possibilities we put to Tesla and they absolutely deny that this is done.”
Others are speculating that adding agencies’ names to the code is likely for Tesla to contain the data at these testing sites. Tesla could gather test data so they can make improvements to both the hardware and software of their fleet.
It's important to note that the vehicle's software could not impact any of Tesla's safety crash tests done by these agencies as all vehicle sensors are covered before crash tests are performed.
The only testing that relies on the vehicle's software is software-assisted tests such as automatic emergency braking, pedestrian avoidance, lane departure, etc.
Tesla would be putting too much at risk by trying to cheat during any of these tests. Their vehicles are already some of the safest vehicles on the road, and they continue to improve their safety by making improvements to seat belt tensioning systems and improving the vehicle's hazard lights.
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