Model S Software/Firmware Updates

[stevezzzz]

I wish the INSIDE temperature would be displayed somewhere...

Well, you can always call up the iPhone app to get an interior temperature. But it doesn't seem to be particularly accurate: mine tends to report 8-10 degrees F. too high after cold-soaking overnight in my unheated garage.

 

[ElSupreme]

Very cool info re: Slacker and Maps in Apps, as per ssinghal above.

Settings for Slacker and Maps were/are there in 4.2.

 

[ModelS1079]

Takes me a few firmware updates to catch up to the firmware updates. I need to update my personal updating firmware.

 

[cinergi]

Well, you can always call up the iPhone app to get an interior temperature. But it doesn't seem to be particularly accurate: mine tends to report 8-10 degrees F. too high after cold-soaking overnight in my unheated garage.

the latest version of the app (avail on ios only at the moment) only shows exterior temp

 

[znino]

the latest version of the app (avail on ios only at the moment) only shows exterior temp

Not sure why you are seeing this. My app (latest iOS version) shows interior temp only (as it has always)

 

[Todd Burch]

Any word on when the next release is coming? Enough of these little one-off releases...I mean the BIG release? I sure could use some wifi, playlists, HD access, better navigation options, etc.

 

[jerry33]

Any word on when the next release is coming? Enough of these little one-off releases...I mean the BIG release? I sure could use some wifi, playlists, HD access, better navigation options, etc.

I'd just as soon they kept with the small updates but frequently strategy. Big updates mean multiple bugs.

 

[brianman]

I'd just as soon they kept with the small updates but frequently strategy. Big updates mean multiple bugs.

All software means bugs.

 

[Todd Burch]

I'd just as soon they kept with the small updates but frequently strategy. Big updates mean multiple bugs.

But...where's the "frequently"? There have been two software updates in 2013. Only one of them had any features added at all.

At the current rate, we'd be well into 2014 before we even had the features that were promised to come with the car...

 

[apacheguy]

At the current rate, we'd be well into 2014 before we even had the features that were promised to come with the car...

Other users on this forum have reported hearing that the big release, AKA 5.0 is due out by mid April. They have supposedly been beta testing the firmware since early February (and undoubtedly patching bugs along the way). By that measure, it should be just around the corner.

 

[Todd Burch]

Other users on this forum have reported hearing that the big release, AKA 5.0 is due out by mid April. They have supposedly been beta testing the firmware since early February (and undoubtedly patching bugs along the way). By that measure, it should be just around the corner.

Hope so. I'd seen those comments, but hadn't heard anything recent. Hope it's not pushed too far off.

 

[aaronw]

I still have not gotten any notice of the 4.3 update. Anyone else not get it yet either?

 

[SteveH]

I still have not gotten any notice of the 4.3 update. Anyone else not get it yet either?

I'm still 4.2 too.

 

[montgom626]

I still have not gotten any notice of the 4.3 update. Anyone else not get it yet either?

I am still on 4.2.

 

[jigish]

I still have not gotten any notice of the 4.3 update. Anyone else not get it yet either?

same. no 4.3 here.

 

[ElSupreme]

I still have not gotten any notice of the 4.3 update. Anyone else not get it yet either?

I got my update last night. So they are rolling it out. Version 4.3 (1.25.45).

 

[Iz]

Am on 4.2. Got notice this morning that 4.3 will be installed after midnight.

 

[AnOutsider]

Am on 4.2. Got notice this morning that 4.3 will be installed after midnight.

Good to hear they're still rolling them out.

A part of me hoped they'd do like 4.0 and go right to the next big release and roll everyone up in that.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

4.3 is installing right now while the car's doing its possessed routine - boy, that grunting sound followed by all the lights coming on at the 4-minute mark was scary - in my garage at home. Quite a cacophony going on as different pumps, fans, lights, etc. seem to engage at various times. Quite entertaining!

 

[GeekGirls]

Any word on when the next release is coming? Enough of these little one-off releases...I mean the BIG release? I sure could use some wifi, playlists, HD access, better navigation options, etc.

My guess is that it'll be tied into the fifth of Elon's so-called-trilogy of announcements: the one aimed at current owners that is "under our nose." If they're spaced two weeks apart that would put an announcement at mid-May. Actual rollout is another matter, but that's when I'd lay odds we'll hear about 5.0.