Live Activity support for Supercharging on iOS 17.2+. Status updates will start automatically as soon as your charging session begins.

Editorial note: The live activity is also supported on the Apple Watch. When your phone is in use, Tesla supports Apple’s Dynamic Island, displaying your percentage charged and estimated time of completion.

However, while your phone is locked, the live notification displays a lot more information, including:

• Percentage of charge

• Live total cost

• Current power in kW

• Charging speed in miles charging per hour

• Total energy added (kWh)

This app update has updated the notification received when the app is closed completely. Instead of just warning you about the phone key not working as reliably, the app now also warns that the Supercharger Live Activity experience may also be reduced.

In this app update, Tesla has added a lot more code to support the Robotaxi network, according to a decompile of the app by @Tesla_App_iOS on X.

Although the UI is not yet accessible to non-employees, Tesla has added more functionality for a variety of Robotaxi functions, such as adjusting and confirming your pickup location, displaying your ETA, and managing your trip — such as adding or removing a destination.

The app decompile also reveals the code name for the Cybercab, which is Alicorn. The name Alicorn appears to come from the mythological creature, a winged unicorn, which is part Unicorn and part Pegasus. Given the Cybercab’s doors, it’s a well-suited name.

This app update also confirms that Tesla’s Robotaxi functionality will be part of the main Tesla app instead of a dedicated Robotaxi app. That means users will be able to manage their vehicles, solar energy, power backup, and Robotaxi all in a single app.

Some code in this Tesla app update also hints at a potential safety driver with keys such as alicorn_button_title_call_driver and alicorn_modal_subtitle_call_driver.

It’s not clear whether this refers to safety drivers in Tesla-owned Robotaxis or future customer-owned vehicles. However, given that Tesla has already said they won’t allow customers to add their vehicles to the Robotaxi network until 2026, this could be referring to Tesla’s own Robotaxi vehicles, which will be Model Ys initially.

Why would Tesla use safety drivers? They could use them when the network kicks off until they gain more confidence in the fleet’s abilities, or they could also use them when expanding to additional streets or towns that haven’t been validated.

Tesla is starting to roll out dynamic Supercharger pricing so that a Supercharger's pricing is not determined by the time of day, but instead, it's dependent on current usage.

This app update rolls out UI changes that allow for the new pricing structure. The chart for Supercharging is now slightly different with the Y-axis now showing price and historical usage. Previously, at Superchargers which don't yet support this new price structure, the price is grouped by hours of the day, with peak time being the most expensive.

Tesla now shows whether a Supercharger's price is a 'Low Price' or a 'High Price,' depending on the current level compared to historical usage. This new pricing is currently only available at 10 Superchargers worldwide, as Tesla tests it before adopting it for all Superchargers.

Tesla released Actually Smart Summon in September 2024. Although the feature is a great improvement over the previous Smart Summon version, it does require you to hold down the ‘Come to Me’ button while the vehicle is moving.

Tesla previously stated that a future update would make holding down the button optional, much like Smart Summon.

Thanks to a new phrase in this app update, it looks like Tesla is getting ready to release this improvement to A.S.S. Like the previous summon iteration, the ability not to have to hold down the button is expected to be optional and something the owner needs to enable explicitly.

Tesla has shown off several videos teasing the Robotaxi network and its app. In one of the recent videos, Tesla shows off an iPhone’s lock screen, which includes a Live Activity notification for the Robotaxi.

If you’re not familiar with Apple’s Live Activities, they allow a notification to include additional information and, more importantly, be automatically updated in the background so that it displays current information, such as ETAs.

Live Activities will likely be used for the Robotaxi network, as Tesla has already shown, so that you can view your ETA on your phone’s lock screen without having to open the Tesla app.

However, we expect it to also be used for other Tesla features that rely on real-time information, such as Supercharger and Roadside Assistance. In the previous app update, Tesla added the ability to view Supercharger cost in a real-time manner in the Tesla app, so this could be something that’s displayed on the Live Activity as well.

Tesla has improved Service related features, such as the new visualization to precisely report Noise & Vibration issues.

The new walk-through allows you to tap any area in the vehicle to pinpoint where the noise is coming from. After you select the area of concern, you can then select whether the noise is a rattle, creak, or something else.

This improvement makes it easier for customers to accurately show where the noise is coming from without having to describe it in words, which would be less precise.

Tesla continues to make improvements to Service, making it easier and quicker for customers to report issues, while also making it easier for technicians to diagnose the problem.

Go to Service > Request Service > Noise & Vibration in the Tesla app to see the new visualization.

Under Menu > Charging, Tesla now shows a button to Rate the Supercharging session in addition to the previous Details button.

When diving into a Supercharging session (right photo), Tesla has moved the feedback button to the top and changed the name from Feedback to Rate Session.

Each of these buttons let you rate the Supercharging session from 1 to 5 starts and let you pick applicable reasons why the session was great or poor -- which is the same as previous releases.