Tesla’s Automations feature looks ready to launch outside of China. Maciej Wilczyński (@maciej) shared a video on X showing the app running in English, saying it now appears “fully polished and present in latest firmware revisions,” but hidden from view behind a feature flag. With help from @CoilShift, he enabled it to show off the feature in its stock condition without any modifications.
Tesla Android Project creator Michał Gapiński (@mikegapinski), who works with Wilczyński, also enabled the Automations feature on another vehicle and shared a video showing off how it works. He compared it to “the first version of Shortcuts on iOS.”
Automations first rolled out to Tesla owners in China earlier this year. The English version suggests Tesla is now preparing to bring it to other regions.
What Tesla’s Automations Feature Does
If you’ve used Apple Shortcuts or Android’s Tasker, Automations will feel familiar. It uses “If This, Then That” logic, letting you pick a trigger, add optional conditions, and chain together one or more actions.
Not a Tesla App
Wilczyński’s video shows how it works. You tap “Create an automation,” choose a trigger like the driver’s seatbelt being buckled, then add a condition such as the passenger seatbelt being unbuckled. Finally, you pick an action, like setting the media volume to 9.3. Triggers and actions are sorted into categories with a search bar, and you can add delays between actions.
Wilczyński’s car also had a few other automations saved. One enables both child locks and the window lock when you say “Child Mode,” and another has the car announce “Gear Shifted” when you start driving or reversing. Each automation appears as a card that you can switch off without deleting it.
There are some limits. Automations only run when the center display is on, and they can’t be triggered while Autopilot or FSD is active. Actions that control FSD aren’t available either, although you’ll soon be able to do that with Grok.
Triggers and Actions
You can pair one or more triggers with any action or set of actions. The triggers also work as conditions.
Category
Triggers
Actions
Time
Time, Sunrise, Sunset
Delay
Environment
Outside Temperature, Outside Temperature Range, Outside Air Quality, Outside Brightness
N/A
Voice
Voice Trigger
Voice Announcement
Seats
Driver, Passenger, Second Row Left and Second Row Right Seat, Any Seat Occupied
Heat & Cool: Driver, Passenger, Second Row Left and Second Row Right Seat Climate, Steering Wheel Heater
Seatbelt
Driver, Passenger, Second Row Left and Second Row Right Seatbelt, Any Seatbelt Buckled, Any Seatbelt Unbuckled
N/A
Doors & Windows
Door and Window States (all four), Window Lock, Door Child Lock State, Frunk State, Trunk State
Open Each Window, Window Lock, Door Child Lock, Frunk, Trunk, Glove Box
Drive
Gear State, Vehicle Speed, Odometer
Acceleration Mode, Regenerative Braking
Charging
Charging State, Charge Port, Battery Level, Front Wireless Phone Pad
Charge Port
HVAC
HVAC State
Front and Second Row HVAC, Driver and Passenger Temperature, Front Temperature Zone Split, Front HVAC Auto, Fan Speed, A/C, Intake Mode, Wipers, Wiper Heat, Front and Rear Defrost, Front and Second Row Airflow
Location
Arrived at/Left Location, Home or Work
N/A
Navigation
Navigation Destination, Navigated to Home or Work, Time to Arrival, Distance to Arrival
Navigate to Location, Home or Work, Nav Voice Guidance
Phone
Phone Call State
Phone Call
Media
N/A
Media Commands, Music Play Song, Music Playlist, Media Volume
Lights
N/A
Dome, Accent and Footwell Light, Headlights, Headlights After Exit, Rear Fog Light
With the feature translated and only hidden behind a flag, Automations is a strong candidate for this year’s Holiday Update, Tesla’s biggest software release of the year. Don’t expect it before then.
Tesla’s Robotaxis may drive themselves, but for now, they still need a human to plug them in. A video shared on X by @WorldlyReviewer shows how Tesla is charging its driverless fleet at public Superchargers in active Robotaxi markets like Austin.
Ten Robotaxis arrived at the Supercharger, one Cybercab and nine Model Y units, all with nobody inside. A Tesla employee waited as each one parked itself, then walked around and plugged them in, adjusting a car’s position when it wasn’t close enough to reach the cable. As @WorldlyReviewer put it, “One person charges multiple robotaxis at once.”
One Employee, Ten Robotaxis
The video shows the gold Cybercab driving through the lot on its own at night before reversing into a stall next to a row of Model Y robotaxis. It backs in because its NACS charge port sits behind a small drop-down door in the corner of the rear bumper.
Superchargers are also the only practical option for the Cybercab. It doesn’t support AC charging because it has no onboard charger, so Wall Connectors or Mobile Connectors won’t work. It can only charge from a DC fast charger.
Wireless Charging Is the Long-Term Plan
Manual plug-ins are a stopgap. Tesla ultimately plans to charge the Cybercab wirelessly using inductive pads, and it already won FCC approval for the charging tech earlier this year. The system uses Bluetooth to find the charging pad, then Ultra-Wideband radio to guide the car into precise alignment before power transfer begins. Tesla has said the system’s efficiency is well above 90%.
Other companies are also working on automated Supercharging alternatives. An Austrian company recently showed off an automated NACS docking system for Robotaxis that lets a car reverse onto a ground-mounted Supercharger port. Tesla, however, is sticking to its guns with inductive wireless instead.
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