Firmware 8.0

[MarcG]

Haha thanks for the plug, sadly I just got the update installed this morning and had conference calls on my drives to and from work.

I will provide some feedback that I don't believe I've read on here yet:

1. The Autosteer engage/disengage chimes cause the music/radio to lower in volume, which I found mildly annoying but could understand win Tesla did it

2. The map auto-zooming is NOT speed-based but location-based, e.g. on a freeway it zooms way out even if you're crawling in stop-and-go traffic

3. You can have up to 3 trip meters plus the odometer in the IC app, but the order in which they appear top-to-bottom is not customizable

4. Autosteer can now follow a car and actually track the lanes (not the car in front ) at much lower speeds that it used to in 7.x -- from my recollection it was around 20 mph.

This last one is a real treat, as my car would sometimes follow the car in front into an adjacent lane at low speeds even though I wanted to stay in my lane.

Here's an example screenshot; notice the blue lines even at < 10 mph while following another car:

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Oh and I forgot to mention how silly the way USB media dumps all songs from an artist into one view, with no subfolder for albums, so the songs appear to be in a random order (not even alphabeticized)..

 

[JenniferQ]

Welcome back! You have been missed. And btw, how's the L upgrade? PM, if off-topic. Already been sin-binned once.

 

[JenniferQ]

Oh and I forgot to mention how silly the way USB media dumps all songs from an artist into one view, with no subfolder for albums, so the songs appear to be in a random order (not even alphabeticized)..

Haha. There's a whole other thread for that, but doesn't concern me so I'm sure someone here will link for you.

 

[Soundchasr]

Haha. There's a whole other thread for that, but doesn't concern me so I'm sure someone here will link for you.

Don't even get me started on how poorly implemented USB is in this car......

 

[JenniferQ]

What's a USB again???

 

[Soundchasr]

What's a USB again???

It's what you are forced to use when the car maker doesn't offer an iPod connector or any type of other decent audio connector (like every other car on the road).

 

[Wknapp0924]

So overall I like v8.0. The UI is more inline with 2016. Sorry "get off my lawn guys." I kid of course. While driving home I engaged AP at a tricky section where the car swerved all over the road and even with the car in front of me switching lanes my car stayed planted in the lane and negotiated the lines disappearing perfectly and I suspect it will get even better with multiple drives.

Almost was annoyed that they removed the temperature adjustment from scroll wheel, but I found that today so that was a relief.

Never put music on a USB so a non issue for me.

Now my one question: How do I double click on the destination to create a round trip snapshot? I used that all the time and it seems they removed it. Please someone tell me they didn't.

 

[JenniferQ]

Don't we just stream everything from the 'cloud' these days? Renters we be.

 

[AWDtsla]

1. The Autosteer engage/disengage chimes cause the music/radio to lower in volume, which I found mildly annoying but could understand win Tesla did it

That's unfortunate. I still don't think they've filled an engineering position to understand human factors properly. Yes noticing the engagement/disengagement is an issue, but messing with the volume won't help, it doesn't tackle the real reason a human brain misses these things.

 

[mblakele]

Now my one question: How do I double click on the destination to create a round trip snapshot? I used that all the time and it seems they removed it. Please someone tell me they didn't.

I haven't tried it yet, but there's a setting to show round-trips.

 

[GoTslaGo]

What's a USB again???

We've all learned to enjoy the randomness of Slacker Radio. Kids really love hearing "new" songs!

 

[thecloud]

You can have up to 3 trip meters plus the odometer in the IC app

The ability to customize the IC Trips app looks like a definite improvement in usefulness. I'm particularly glad they fixed the font size on the odometer display to be the same as the other values (it was much smaller in 7.1 and harder to read as a result.)

 

[JenniferQ]

So overall I like v8.0. The UI is more inline with 2016. Sorry "get off my lawn guys." I kid of course. While driving home I engaged AP at a tricky section where the car swerved all over the road and even with the car in front of me switching lanes my car stayed planted in the lane and negotiated the lines disappearing perfectly and I suspect it will get even better with multiple drives.

Almost was annoyed that they removed the temperature adjustment from scroll wheel, but I found that today so that was a relief.

Never put music on a USB so a non issue for me.

Now my one question: How do I double click on the destination to create a round trip snapshot? I used that all the time and it seems they removed it. Please someone tell me they didn't.

Iirc, the roundtrip is always there now. But I've only had a short drive and didn't need it so can't be sure. It was in that manual they give us to read...

 

[AWDtsla]

Iirc, the roundtrip is always there now. But I've only had a short drive and didn't need it so can't be sure. It was in that manual they give us to read...

It's an option, off by default.

 

[gregsapphire]

Why Tesla Gods! Why must I be stuck on 7.1 still! I'm literally 30 minutes form the factory. Most people have it now. I'm still waiting.

 

[JenniferQ]

We've all learned to enjoy the randomness of Slacker Radio. Kids really love hearing "new" songs!

They really love being able to stream their own music from their phones, but yours may be younger than mine.

 

[mblakele]

Why Tesla Gods! Why must I be stuck on 7.1 still! I'm literally 30 minutes form the factory. Most people have it now. I'm still waiting.

Just about 50% I guesstimate, with half of those today — including me. You'll have it soon.

 

[SCDrJ]

I just logged into my Slacker Tesla Account on the WWW, and it has the same 3 tracks I listened to in my car while testing.

I also logged in on web and added favorites which later showed in the car.

 

[andyaycw]

4. Autosteer can now follow a car and actually track the lanes (not the car in front ) at much lower speeds that it used to in 7.x -- from my recollection it was around 20 mph.

This last one is a real treat, as my car would sometimes follow the car in front into an adjacent lane at low speeds even though I wanted to stay in my lane.

Here's an example screenshot; notice the blue lines even at < 10 mph while following another car:

View attachment 196407

I experienced the exact same thing, which I am very happy with! My commute takes me down the 405 here in SoCal. Not unusual to be in stop and go traffic at <18mph. On firmware 7.1, the car would lose lanes and while it would still be tracking the car in front, would fairly frequently drift either too far left or too far right. it was only until it reached 18mph that the car would start recognizing the lanes again and center itself.

Thus, at speeds below 18mph, I would find myself constantly fighting the car, applying just a little torque to keep the car in the center of the lane until speeds reached 18mph when the car could finally track the lanes and keep itself centered.

With this new "feature" in firmware 8, I expect my commute to be that much less stressful.

 

[JenniferQ]

I also logged in on web and added favorites which later showed in the car.

Is that the mashup? I love that on the web, but have never been able to get it in the car.