Tesla has updated its Tesla app for iPhones to version 4.45.0 and it adds a really helpful feature — Live Activities.
If you’re not familiar with Live Activities on iPhone, they’re essentially an interactive notification that displays real-time information. So, instead of receiving a notification that says that your vehicle has started charging, it’ll display real-time charging information.
What It Displays
Live Activities are displayed on your lock screen or Notification Center. With Tesla’s first implementation, it’ll display a variety of charging information when you’re Supercharging, such as the time until charging is complete, your current range, and the estimated cost.
The Live Activity will also display a photo of your vehicle with the color you’ve selected in the Colorizer feature, along with a charge meter, allowing you to easily see how much your vehicle is charged. The meter will be grayed out according to the charge limit you have set in your vehicle.
The “Charge” label of the notification shows your current range and will display the percentage or distance, depending on which metric you use in your vehicle.
In all, the feature will display all of these details:
Time left to charge completion
Charge/range in miles or percentage
Estimated cost
Current Supercharger power
Current Supercharger speed in mi/hr or km/hr
Total energy added in kWh
The battery meter is also different for the Cybertruck, featuring the same slash design on the battery meter as the vehicle uses on its internal display.
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What It Will Support in the Future
Tesla may soon support Live Activities for more than just Supercharging. While the feature doesn’t support home charging, or other third-party fast charging, there are other areas that will receive this real-time information.
One that is not often used but is just as crucial as Supercharging is roadside assistance. Tesla could add a Live Activity that keeps you updated without having to open the Tesla app. It could give you the current status, such as help dispatched or offer an ETA when help will arrive.
Tesla will soon introduce a Supercharger queue system, which will be utilized when Superchargers are at full capacity. When you arrive at a Supercharger, you’ll be able to join the queue so that you don’t have to line up your vehicle to form a line physically. Instead, you’ll join the queue and be notified when it’s your turn to charge, letting you relax or eat until it’s your turn. This will be especially useful when there’s a long wait at a Supercharger.
Code for Tesla’s virtual Supercharger queue system is already being added to the Tesla app, and Live Activity support will be included according to code found in a recent Tesla app.
What It Supports
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The Live Activity is great, but what happens if you’re not on your lock screen? If your phone includes a Dynamic Island (iPhone 14 Pro and later, iPhone 15 and later, but not the iPhone 16e or the iPhone SE), then the Tesla app also shows a circular indicator with your current charge percentage and the estimated time remaining until charging is complete
Apple Watch
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The Apple Watch is also receiving support for Live Activities in this update as well. It’ll display the same information as the dynamic island, letting you know how many more minutes you have until charging is complete.
Android Support
While Live Activities has been an iPhone feature for years, Android will be offering similar capabilities in an upcoming OS release. Android 16, currently in beta testing and expected to be released in Q2, will add support for rich notifications similar to Live Activities.
Adding live notifications for Supercharger is a great addition that we hope Tesla will support on Android soon after the feature is released.
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Tesla has officially added ‘Child Left Alone’ detection to some of its newest vehicles. On cars equipped with a cabin radar, Tesla update 2025.14.12 adds the ability for the vehicle to warn the driver if a child has been left alone in the vehicle.
Cabin Radar
Tesla began equipping its vehicles with cabin radars several years ago, but it has only recently activated the hardware in update 2025.2.6. The cabin radar is being used for more than child detection. In the 2025.2 update, it was initially used to detect occupancy in the front seats, removing the need for separate seat sensors.
Tesla is now leveraging it also to detect occupancy in the rear seats. However, it does much more than just detect whether there’s someone sitting in the back seats of your vehicle.
What It Does
Tesla has stated before that the cabin radar will be able to detect the size of individuals. In addition to detecting the size, it’ll also be able to detect the child's heart rate and breathing.
According to the release notes, if the vehicle detects that a child has been left alone, the vehicle will flash its lights and play an alert, presumably through the external PWS speaker. It will also send a notification to your phone through the Tesla app.
We expect this to be the first iteration of this feature, as Tesla has previously said that the vehicle will also automatically enable its climate system and call emergency services if the driver doesn’t respond.
However, it seems like those features will come later, as Tesla’s release notes in this 2025.14.12 update state:
If an unattended child is detected, the vehicle will flash the exterior indicator lights, play an alert tone, and send a notification to your Tesla app. This will repeat at regular intervals until you return to your vehicle. Cabin data is processed locally and is not transmitted to Tesla.
This feature is enabled by default. To disable, go to Controls > Safety > Child Left Alone Detection.
Supported Models
This feature requires the vehicle to have a cabin radar, which Tesla has included for several years now. However, it’s not available on all models. Tesla is initially only supporting the 2024+ Model 3 initially, but it’ll be available on other supported models in the future.
While other vehicles also include a cabin radar, the part number differs between models, so it’s not clear which models will end up receiving this feature. Right now, 2024+ Model 3s are receiving the feature, and the new Model Y and Cybertruck also feature the same cabin radar and are expected to receive this upgrade later.
The feature is currently only rolling out to new Model 3s in Europe, but Tesla has already stated that other regions will follow.
Calling Emergency Services
Tesla has stated that the vehicle will automatically call emergency services if it detects a child in the car and the driver fails to respond to alerts. While this capability doesn’t appear to be included in this specific update, it may not be available in North America at all, as these vehicles don’t have eCall capabilities.
While Tesla added the ability for the vehicle to call 911 over Bluetooth in the event of a crash, it’s unlikely that a phone would be connected via Bluetooth in this situation.
We hope that Tesla can contact emergency services through an alternative method or add eCall capabilities to vehicles in North America.
Tesla's Robotaxi network pilot is slated to launch in Austin in just a few weeks with Model Y vehicles running FSD Unsupervised. However, beyond the technological hurdles of implementing FSD, there’s a crucial question.
How Will Driverless Vehicles Be Insured
Will there be an insurer that steps up to cover Tesla’s taxi network, or will Tesla be on its own? The question becomes even more complicated once customers add their vehicles to Tesla’s Robotaxi network and start receiving and using FSD Unsupervised themselves.
Robotaxi Insurance
Actuarial science (the math behind insurance rates) requires vast amounts of data, and there is little data on autonomous fleets today. However, Waymo, Google's self-driving car division, has already launched in several markets and is insured by a third-party insurance company, so there is some history.
However, it wouldn’t be surprising if Tesla decided to insure their own fleet. While Tesla Insurance has relied on third-party insurance behind the scenes, Tesla recently started underwriting their own insurance earlier this year.
FSD Unsupervised to Include Insurance?
The fundamental difference between FSD Supervised and FSD Unsupervised lies in responsibility. With today’s FSD Supervised, the liability lies with the driver - they must remain attentive and legally responsible for the vehicle’s actions at all times. On the other hand, with Unsupervised FSD, they may not necessarily have to, as the vehicle is handling the entire driving task without needing human oversight or intervention.
Today’s insurance policies would argue that the owner of the vehicle is entirely liable for what happens with their vehicle. They also typically don’t allow ride-hailing services and will likely not permit autonomous use when FSD Unsupervised finally starts rolling out.
Tesla will likely need to offer insurance to drivers while their vehicles are driving on FSD Unsupervised. This could be through Tesla Insurance or some future means that they haven’t disclosed yet, but Tesla’s venture into insurance is starting to make a lot more sense now with robotaxis.
Tesla could include the cost of insurance for FSD Unsupervised right into the FSD subscription fee. If traditional insurance companies aren’t willing to take on the additional liability, then Tesla will likely have to. This would increase the cost of FSD Unsupervised, which would now include insurance.
Tesla Insurance is currently limited to just a few states, which would limit Tesla’s expansion of FSD Unsupervised. It seems that Tesla Insurance would need to expand quickly, or traditional insurance companies would need to start offering insurance for customer vehicles operating autonomously. Given how slow traditional companies move compared to Tesla, this could become an issue, as Tesla needs to get their insurance product approved on a state-by-state basis.
Insurance is a complicated issue that could slow down the expansion of autonomy for customer-owned vehicles, but it’s only one of the many hurdles Tesla needs to solve on its way to offering FSD Unsupervised.
Whichever path Tesla takes could be one that will define the rest of the Robotaxi industry.
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