Phone App: Model S iPhone/Android mobile phone app

[dsm363]

Note:
Officially released for iOS!
Tesla Model S for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Android beta:
Tesla Model S Beta - Android Apps on Google Play
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Here are some pictures from the iPhone app they are testing. It sounds like they are looking to add Android support too but at this time they are only testing the iPhone app according to one of the Tesla employees at the event.

Best feature is the ability to turn on your AC or heat remotely. Elon Musk did say during the event that the car would work by itself to keep the cabin temperature between freezing and scorching on it's own without using a lot of battery power. I left all the photos except the first two the small thumbnails since they're not as interesting.

[NigelM]

I guess that my BB will soon have outlived it's usefulness. I've had one since the very first day they came out, but this is yet another reason to change to iPhone.

I was told that the cabin climate control can be set to keep operating after it is parked for a driver specified time.

[W.Petefish]

Yeah, I was told the same. They also have an android app in development, says the software engineers.

[TEG]

Leaf owners will likely find this to be a familiar concept...

[AnOutsider]

I just hope they focus on security. The "cool" factor wears off pretty quick when someone uses it to track your car, release the door locks and steal everything inside (or similar). I don't have an iPhone and don't intend on going back to iOS (or Android), so I also hope there's:

* Web interface - HTML5 will work on mobile browsers
* Option to disable - Some might not want that open connection to their car (a-la Onstar)

[dsm363]

Can they lock the app to your particular phone? Of course if someone stole your phone that layer of security would be gone.

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Can they lock the app to your particular phone? Of course if someone stole your phone that layer of security would be gone.

Passcode-lock your phone for sure! I have my home alarm system remote control app on there as well (apart from enterprise apps with proprietary data) so, can't take the risk of not locking the mobile device itself. I know it tends to get burdensome to keep unlocking the phone with the passcode but, it's worth it.

[AnOutsider]

Passcode-lock your phone for sure! I have my home alarm system remote control app on there as well (apart from enterprise apps with proprietary data) so, can't take the risk of not locking the mobile device itself. I know it tends to get burdensome to keep unlocking the phone with the passcode but, it's worth it.

I'm more worried about the protocol being open to attack, not necessarily "social hacking"

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I'm more worried about the protocol being open to attack, not necessarily "social hacking"

Yup. Discussed here before: Maintenance

[AnOutsider]

Yup. Discussed here before: Maintenance

Thanks for that. There's talks of digital signatures and such, but id the app sends the command direct, then that means the signatures are in the source code and easily discovered. Even if it pings the commands off a server in the cloud somewhere, just having a mobile app gives hackers a jump start on how to get into the system (the apps can be decompiled and the calls it makes to the server studied)