2022.36 Release Notes

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Release Date

September 23, 2022

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This is an early look at this update's release notes. There could be other features included that are not shown below.

Energy App

Tesla Energy App feature in update 2022.36
Available Worldwide
Models:
S?
3
X?
Y

Learn more about your vehicle's energy consumption with the updated Energy app. You can now:

- Monitor the amount of energy used while driving and parked.

- See how much energy is consumed by different vehicle components, driving behaviors, and environmental conditions.

- View energy used in comparison to trip projection and the battery indicator.

- Receive personalized suggestions for using energy more efficiently.

Supercharger Additional Details

Tesla Supercharger Additional Details feature in update 2022.36
Models:
S?
3
X?
Y

The redesigned Supercharger map popup will now display historical site occupancy in addition to the associated charging fees when available. To view these details, tap on any Supercharger pin that is in the vicinity of your vehicle.

Car Left Open Notifications

Tesla Car Left Open Notifications feature in update 2022.36
Available Worldwide
Models:
S
3
X
Y

Car Left Open Notifications will now notify you when the doors have been accidentally left unlocked.

New Language Support

Tesla New Language Support feature in update 2022.36
Available Worldwide
Models:
S
3
X
Y

You can now select Lithuanian as your touchscreen language. To update your language settings, tap Controls > Display and select your preferred language from the Touchscreen Language' drop- down menu.

2022.28.1 Release Notes

Alternate Routes

Tesla Alternate Routes feature in update 2022.28.1
Select Vehicles
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Select Vehicles

View up to three routes when navigating to a destination. Quickly compare the total travel time and traffic information for each route.

Note: Traffic information is only displayed with Premium Connectivity.

Editor's note: Tesla is rolling out Alternate Routes selectively. The feature is enabled by Tesla remotely and not all vehicles will receive it at the same time. Tesla appears to be gathering feedback before rolling out the feature to everyone.

Theater Mode

Tesla Theater Mode feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
MCU 2
MCU 3
Models:
S
3
X
Y
MCU 2
MCU 3

Full screen Theater Mode can now be minimized, allowing access to vehicle controls without video playback interruption. Tap the minimize button on the top left corner of the window to toggle full screen mode.

Status Bar

Tesla Status Bar feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Models:
New S
New X

A status bar with select quick controls has been added to the top of the touchscreen map.

Sonic

Tesla Sonic feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
No Data Front USB Ports
Models:
3
Y
No Data Front USB Ports

Jump into the original Sonic the Hedgehog! Use the supersonic spin attack or defy gravity to defeat Dr. Eggman as the fastest hedgehog of all time. To access Sonic in PARK, tap the Application Launcher > Arcade. A game controller plugged into the glovebox USB port is required.

Cat Quest

Tesla Cat Quest feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
No Data Front USB Ports
Models:
3
Y
No Data Front USB Ports

Leap into a grand adventure of dragons, magic and cats to pursue the evil Drakoth and your catnapped sister. To access Cat Quest in PARK, tap the Application Launcher > Arcade. A game controller plugged into the glovebox USB port is required.

Cuphead

Tesla Cuphead feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
No Data Front USB Ports
Models:
3
Y
No Data Front USB Ports

Traverse strange worlds with new weapons and powerful super moves to repay your debt to the Devil with this classic run-and-gun action game. To access Cuphead in PARK, tap the Application Launcher > Arcade. A game controller plugged into the glovebox USB port is required.

Portuguese Voice Navigation

Tesla Portuguese Voice Navigation feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Select Regions
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Select Regions

Your navigation voice guidance is now available in Portuguese. To switch your language setting, tap Controls > Display > Voice Navigation Language.

Smart Summon

Tesla Smart Summon feature in update 2022.28.1
Models:
S
3
X
Y

Smart Summon allows your vehicle to remotely drive to you or a location of your choice, maneuvering around objects and stopping as needed. To activate Smart Summon from the Tesla app, select Summon from the menu and hold "Come to Me," or set a destination on the map and hold "Go to Target."

Note: To use Smart Summon in this region, please stand within six meters of the vehicle.

Radio Icon

Tesla Radio Icon feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

The radio icon has also been updated to be more ambiguous with this update. The traditional analog radio markers have been flipped so that they now run vertically instead of horizontally.

The letters 'FM' have also been replaced with a generic circular icon so that it's more inclusive of other supported bands such as DAB, which is supported in many parts of the world.

Spotted by @roslan3d

HomeLink Buttons

Tesla HomeLink Buttons feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

The HomeLink buttons have once again been relabeled. When pulling up to your garage door, the buttons will once again be labeled with the name you've given your garage doors (top photo). However, if you have auto-open or auto-close enabled, then you will see the 'Cancel' text inside of the button for the specific door that will be opened or closed. The rest of the buttons will still show their given labels (bottom photo).

Photo by daniel454/Not a Tesla App forums

Safety Menu Reorganized

Tesla Safety Menu Reorganized feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

The vehicle options under Controls > Safety have been slightly rearranged. Sentry Mode, PIN to Drive and Glovebox PIN have moved up. This allows you to quickly enable or disable them without needing to scroll.

Dark Mode

Tesla Dark Mode feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

The dark mode color scheme has been adjusted so that various screens now use lighter gray tones. For example, prior to this update the car visualization and apps like the media player both used the same dark gray color for the background.

However, with this update Tesla has changed the background color of apps from a dark gray to a much lighter gray so that they stand out from the vehicle visualizations.

Photo by @ ClemensBecher

Tesla Theater Status Bar

Tesla Tesla Theater Status Bar feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

With this update Tesla introduces the ability to minimize Tesla Theater, allowing you to access vehicle menus and settings without leaving your streaming video.

Previously while streaming video in full screen, there was a quick access bar at the top of the video that could be revealed by tapping near the top of the screen. This status bar lets you access some vehicle controls without leaving the video. Video controls such as cabin temperature, screen brightness and volume could easily be changed.

Since you can now minimize a full-screen video without leaving the video app, Tesla has mostly removed the options that once appeared at the top of a video.

When tapping near the top of the screen, the number of options has been reduced to minimize theater, a back button and the state of charge of your battery.

A gray line has also been added to the top of the screen to let you know that you can now swipe down on the full-screen video to access other car functions.

Photo by @ ClemensBecher

Phone Icon

Tesla Phone Icon feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
3
Y
Undocumented Change

When you're on a call in the vehicle, the green phone icon will now always remain visible in the status bar, regardless if the phone card is hidden or not. The icon in the status bar has also changed shape slightly, going from a pill shape to a square.

Photo by Corey2002 in the Not a Tesla App forums.

Vehicle Alerts

Tesla Vehicle Alerts feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
3
Y
Undocumented Change

Some vehicle alerts will now contain an arrow that could be tapped for additional information.

Tapping the arrow will open the vehicle's manual to the appropriate section and display additional details regarding the alert.

Photo by @StianWalgermo

Battery Calibration

Tesla Battery Calibration feature in update 2022.28.1
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
3
Y
Undocumented Change

Your vehicle will now display 'Calibrating,' when charging is nearing completion. This will be displayed for all vehicles, regardless of their battery type.

Photo by @roslan3d

2022.28 Release Notes

This is an early look at update 2022.28 and does not include all features in this release.

Theater Mode

Tesla Theater Mode feature in update 2022.28
Available Worldwide
MCU 2
MCU 3
Models:
S
3
X
Y
MCU 2
MCU 3

Full screen Theater Mode can now be minimized, allowing access to vehicle controls without video playback interruption. Tap the minimize button on the top left corner of the window to toggle full screen mode.

FSD Beta 10.69.1 (2022.20.10) Release Notes

Full Self-Driving (Beta) Suspension

Tesla Full Self-Driving (Beta) Suspension feature in update 2022.20.10
Models:
S
3
X
Y

We have reset the "Force Autopilot Disengagements" counter on your vehicle to 0.

For maximum safety and accountability, use of Full Self-Driving (Beta) will be suspended if improper usage is detected. Improper usage is when you, or another driver of your vehicle, receive five 'Forced Autopilot Disengagements'. A disengagement is when the Autopilot system disengages for the remainder of a trip after the driver receives several audio and visual warnings for inattentiveness. Driver-initiated disengagements do not count as improper usage and are expected from the driver. Keep your hands on the wheel and remain attentive at all times. Use of any hand-held devices while using Autopilot is not allowed.

FSD Beta v10.69.1 Release Notes

Tesla FSD Beta v10.69.1 Release Notes feature in update 2022.20.10
Models:
S
3
X
Y

- Added a new "deep lane guidance" module to the Vector Lanes neural network which fuses features extracted from the video streams with coarse map data, i.e. lane counts and lane connectivities. This architecture achieves a 44% lower error rate on lane topology compared to the previous model, enabling smoother control before lanes and their connectivities becomes visually apparent. This provides a way to make every Autopilot drive as good as someone driving their own commute, yet in a sufficiently general way that adapts for road changes.

- Improved overall driving smoothness, without sacrificing latency, through better modeling of system and actuation latency in trajectory planning. Trajectory planner now independently accounts for latency from steering commands to actual steering actuation, as well as acceleration and brake commands to actuation. This results in a trajectory that is a more accurate model of how the vehicle would drive. This allows better downstream controller tracking and smoothness while also allowing a more accurate response during harsh maneuvers.

- Improved unprotected left turns with more appropriate speed profile when approaching and exiting median crossover regions, in the presence of high speed cross traffic ("Chuck Cook style" unprotected left turns). This was done by allowing optimisable initial jerk, to mimic the harsh pedal press by a human, when required to go in front of high speed objects. Also improved lateral profile approaching such safety regions to allow for better pose that aligns well for exiting the region. Finally, improved interaction with objects that are entering or waiting inside the median crossover region with better modeling of their future intent.

- Added control for arbitrary low-speed moving volumes from Occupancy Network. This also enables finer control for more precise object shapes that cannot be easily represented by a cuboid primitive. This required predicting velocity at every 3D voxel. We may now control for slow-moving UFOs.

- Upgraded Occupancy Network to use video instead of images from single time step. This temporal context allows the network to be robust to temporary occlusions and enables prediction of occupancy flow. Also, improved ground truth with semantics-driven outlier rejection, hard example mining, and increasing the dataset size by 2.4x.

- Upgraded to a new two-stage architecture to produce object kinematics (e.g. velocity, acceleration, yaw rate) where network compute is allocated O(objects) instead of O(space). This improved velocity estimates for far away crossing vehicles by 20%, while using one tenth of the compute.

- Increased smoothness for protected right turns by improving the association of traffic lights with slip lanes vs yield signs with slip lanes. This reduces false slowdowns when there are no relevant objects present and also improves yielding position when they are present.

- Reduced false slowdowns near crosswalks. This was done with improved understanding of pedestrian and bicyclist intent based on their motion.

- Improved geometry error of ego-relevant lanes by 34% and crossing lanes by 21% with a full Vector Lanes neural network update. Information bottlenecks in the network architecture were eliminated by increasing the size of the per-camera feature extractors, video modules, internals of the autoregressive decoder, and by adding a hard attention mechanism which greatly improved the fine position of lanes.

- Made speed profile more comfortable when creeping for visibility, to allow for smoother stops when protecting for potentially occluded objects.

- Improved recall of animals by 34% by doubling the size of the auto-labeled training set.

- Enabled creeping for visibility at any intersection where objects might cross ego's path, regardless of presence of traffic controls.

- Improved accuracy of stopping position in critical scenarios with crossing objects, by allowing dynamic resolution in trajectory optimization to focus more on areas where finer control is essential.

- Increased recall of forking lanes by 36% by having topological tokens participate in the attention operations of the autoregressive decoder and by increasing the loss applied to fork tokens during training.

- Improved velocity error for pedestrians and bicyclists by 17%, especially when ego is making a turn, by improving the onboard trajectory estimation used as input to the neural network.

- Improved recall of object detection, eliminating 26% of missing detections for far away crossing vehicles by tuning the loss function used during training and improving label quality.

- Improved object future path prediction in scenarios with high yaw rate by incorporating yaw rate and lateral motion into the likelihood estimation. This helps with objects turning into or away from ego's lane, especially in intersections or cut-in scenarios.

- Improved speed when entering highway by better handling of upcoming map speed changes, which increases the confidence of merging onto the highway.

- Reduced latency when starting from a stop by accounting for lead vehicle jerk.

- Enabled faster identification of red light runners by evaluating their current kinematic state against their expected braking profile.

Press the "Video Record" button on the top bar UI to share your feedback. When pressed, your vehicle's external cameras will share a short VIN-associated Autopilot Snapshot with the Tesla engineering team to help make improvements to FSD. You will not be able to view the clip.

Full Self-Driving (Beta)

Tesla Full Self-Driving (Beta) feature in update 2022.20.10
Models:
S
3
X
Y

Full Self-Driving is in early limited access Beta and must be used with additional caution. It may do the wrong thing at the worst time, so you must always keep your hands on the wheel and pay extra attention to the road. Do not become complacent. When Full Self-Driving is enabled, your vehicle will make lane changes off highway, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects, and make left and right turns. Use Full Self-Driving in limited Beta only if you pay constant attention to the road, and be prepared to act immediately, especially around blind corners, crossing intersections, and in narrow driving situations.

Your vehicle is running on Tesla Vision! Note that Tesla Vision also includes some temporary limitations, follow distance is limited to 2-7 and Autopilot top speed is 85mph.

Cabin Camera

Tesla Cabin Camera feature in update 2022.20.10
MCU 3
Models:
Y
MCU 3

The cabin camera above your rearview mirror can now determine driver inattentiveness and provide you with audible alerts, to remind you to keep your eyes on the road when Autopilot is engaged. Camera images do not leave the vehicle itself, which means the system cannot save or transmit information unless you enable data sharing. To change your data settings, tap Controls > Software > Data Sharing on your car's touchscreen. Cabin camera does not perform facial recognition or any other method of identity verification.

Cabin Camera

Tesla Cabin Camera feature in update 2022.20.10
MCU 3
Models:
New S
New X
MCU 3

The cabin camera above your rearview mirror can now determine driver inattentiveness and provide you with audible alerts, to remind you to keep your eyes on the road when Autopilot is engaged. Camera images do not leave the vehicle itself, which means the system cannot save or transmit information unless you enable data sharing. To change your data settings, tap Controls > Software > Data Sharing on your car's touchscreen. Cabin camera does not perform facial recognition or any other method of identity verification.

Seat Belt System Enhancement

Tesla Seat Belt System Enhancement feature in update 2022.20.10
Only Certain Model 3 Years
Models:
New S
3
New X
Y
Only Certain Model 3 Years

This enhancement builds upon your vehicle's superior crash protection - based upon regulatory and industry standard crash testing- by now using Tesla Vision to help offer some of the most cutting-edge seat belt pretensioner performance in the event of a frontal crash. Your seat belts will now begin to tighten and protect properly restrained occupants earlier in a wider array of frontal crashes.

Tire Configuration

Tesla Tire Configuration feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
MCU 2
MCU 3
Models:
3
MCU 2
MCU 3

Reset the learned tire settings directly after a tire rotation, swap, or replacement to improve your driving experience. To reset, tap Controls > Service > Wheel & Tire Configuration > Tires.

Tesla Adaptive Suspension

Tesla Tesla Adaptive Suspension feature in update 2022.20.10
Raven
Models:
S
X
Raven

Tesla Adaptive Suspension will now adjust ride height for an upcoming rough road section. This adjustment may occur at various locations, subject to availability, as the vehicle downloads rough road map data generated by Tesla cars. The instrument cluster will continue to indicate when the suspension is raised for comfort. To enable this feature, tap Controls > Suspension > Adaptive Suspension Damping, and select the Comfort or Auto setting.

Car Colorizer

Tesla Car Colorizer feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
MCU 2
Models:
Legacy S
Legacy X
MCU 2

Customize how your car appears on the touchscreen and mobile app with the Car Colorizer. Change the color of your car's exterior by tapping Controls > Software > Colorizer icon, or using Colorizer in the ToyBox.

Improvements to Energy Prediction

Tesla Improvements to Energy Prediction feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

Tesla is making further improvements to its navigation energy prediction. Tesla already took HVAC use, speed, outside temperature and more into account when predicting its vehicles' range. Recently in update 2022.16 Tesla added even more parameters such as wind speed and direction, humidity and more.

However, with this update, Tesla is bringing it to a whole new level. Your vehicle will now more accurately predict its range by also considers the number of passengers in the vehicle, the vehicle's tire pressures, the amount of current being drawn out of USB ports and more.

Automatic Supercharger Rerouting

Tesla Automatic Supercharger Rerouting feature in update 2022.20.10
Availability TBD
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

If you're navigating to a Supercharger and it suddenly becomes more congested before you arrive, Tesla will now calculate whether there are any nearby Supercharger that may be less congested.

If Tesla believes that it can reduce your total travel time by navigating to a less congested charger, it will reroute you to a Supercharger that's less busy.

Bluetooth Menu

Tesla Bluetooth Menu feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

The Bluetooth menu has been updated to make it more obvious which device is connected and new device icons have been added.

Previously Tesla used to show a Bluetooth logo to the right of the device name. The logo would be blue if the device was connected or gray if it wasn't.

The Bluetooth icon has been replaced with a device icon, presumably so that Tesla can support various types of devices in the future, such as Bluetooth headphones and Bluetooth controllers.

If a device is connected, it will now display the text 'Connected' underneath the device name, along with a green dot.

Photo credit: @tesla_adri/Twitter

HomeLink Buttons

Tesla HomeLink Buttons feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

With the introduction of v11, Tesla added HomeLink controls that appear when you're geographically close to one or more of the HomeLink devices.

The buttons feature a label underneath them that up until this update displayed whether tapping the button would cancel the the auto-open feature or activate the HomeLink device.

With this update Tesla has swapped these labels. The Activate or Cancel (if auto-open is turned on) text will now appear inside of the button, and label given to the device such as 'Left Garage' will now appear underneath the button.

Image by SparkyTX on TeslaMotorsClub

Battery at Arrival

Tesla Battery at Arrival feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

Tesla's navigation system will once again display your estimated range upon arrival at your destination near your estimated time of arrival.

Regeneration / Acceleration Line

Tesla Regeneration / Acceleration Line feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
3
Y
Undocumented Change

This is an undocumented change in this release.

The line directly above the speedometer reading in a Model 3 and Model Y shows the amount of regenerative braking (green) or acceleration (black) that is occuring. The center of the line is neutral where there is no acceleration or regenerative braking occuring.

The further the line grows to the left, the greater the amount of regenerative braking is taking place, and the more it goes to the right, the greater the acceleration.

With this update the regeneration line will now also show when physical brakes are being applied. The amount of physical brakes being used will appear as a gray line after the green, regen line.

The physical brake line is only show when the vehicle is in Autopilot.

The regen/acceleration line is now also thicker, making it easier to see.

Image credit: @tesla_adri/Twitter

Heater & Low Voltage Battery

Tesla Heater & Low Voltage Battery feature in update 2022.20.10
Available Worldwide
Undocumented Change
Models:
S
3
X
Y
Undocumented Change

You can now view additional information about your car by tapping Controls > Software > Additional vehicle information.

The list of information will now include the type of low-voltage battery installed and whether your vehicle has a heat-pump.

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