This is an undocumented change in this release.

The drawer in the climate section of the app is now slightly higher, partially revealing the 'Defrost Car' button. This should increase the discoverability of the additional functions hidden in the drawer.

The drawer contains buttons to defrost your vehicle and to turn on 'Cabin Overheat Protection'. It also includes the ability to turn on 'Bioweapon Defense Mode' if your vehicle is equipped with the feature.

Recent findings in software update 2022.8.2 reveal that Tesla will also add support for turning on Dog Mode, Camp Mode and Climate Keeper directly in the app. These new features will also be added to the climate drawer.

Reorganized Solar and Powerwall settings to focus on your Home.

Storm Watch status and event opt-out for Powerwall.

Details:

Additional information is now displayed in Storm Watch. It now lists individual events and lets you opt out of recharging your Powerwall using grid power.

The updated Model S and Model X include four new sets of wheels. With this update, these wheel assets have been added to the Tesla app, allowing them to be displayed in the vehicle’s visualization.

The new wheels are the 19” Magnetite and 21” Velarium for the Model S and the 20” Perihelix and 22” Machina for the Model X.

Similar to the vehicle product page, you can now remove or transfer ownership of a Tesla Energy product by navigating to Menu > My Product > My Home.

The layout of your Wall Connectors has been updated with Tesla now clearly listing your various chargers with their generation and serial number.

Tesla now offers a pay-later option for Tesla Service and the Tesla Shop in Canada through Klarna.

The ability to pay later was initially rolled out in the United States through Affirm and Klarna.

Tesla has made some additional improvements to their Tesla Assist feature. In addition to asking questions about your vehicle or your home, you can now also ask questions about “A Tesla product I’m interested in.”

Tesla will now also show a warning at the bottom of the chat that “Tesla Assist uses AI, and mistakes may occur.”

Tesla continues to add more information Tesla Assist so that you can ask more specific questions, such as what version of FSD your vehicle is on, or what FSD computer your vehicle has.

When you open the Service section of the app, any overdue maintenance items will now be highlighted at the top of the screen, with any overdue items checked off.

You can let the vehicle know which maintenance has been performed by using the Maintenance tool under Controls > Service > Maintenance.