Tesla took its candy time with this one. Given how nice the automobile firm’s iPhone app is, one would anticipate Tesla would soar on the alternative to create an app for the Apple Watch, too, nevertheless it by no means occurred — till now.
With the firm’s vacation replace now rolling out to Tesla autos, I took the chance to check out the brand new Apple Watch app, which turns into obtainable in your wearable as soon as the automobile software program is up to date to model 2024.44.25.
First, a {hardware} guidelines: I had at my disposal an Apple Watch Sequence 10, in addition to two Tesla autos: a 2021 Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary, and a 2016 Tesla Mannequin X 90D.
Sadly, my Mannequin 3 didn’t but obtain the replace, so I solely examined the app with the Mannequin X. Provided that it is an older mannequin, it did not obtain the entire options which are sometimes obtainable with the brand new app; for instance, I couldn’t set the Watch to be a key for the automobile.
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The app is visually pleasing, with a pleasant, huge icon of the Mannequin X, a sign that the automobile is charging, in addition to time remaining to the specified cost state. I used to be additionally capable of verify the automobile’s VIN, firmware model…and that was about it. Not unhealthy, however not too nice, both.
Considered one of my autos did not get the replace, so I did not get to check the entire new options.
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On the Mannequin 3 — as soon as the brand new software program turns into obtainable for it — I also needs to be capable of lock and unlock the automobile, activate local weather management, and open the automobile’s entrance trunk (frunk for brief). That is much more handy, and it is sensible to have these shortcuts on one thing that is (almost) all the time obtainable in your wrist: your smartwatch.
I’ve used third-party Watch apps earlier than, such because the one from Tessie, and a few of them supply extra performance than the official app. However on the subject of an app that may unlock your automobile, it is in some way actually reassuring to have an official one from the corporate that truly makes the automobile.
I used to be additionally desperate to check out one other snazzy new function that ought to include the Tesla vacation replace, which is “Fart on contact.” Sadly, that one additionally wasn’t obtainable for the Mannequin X, which, frankly, ruined my day. As soon as I get that function for the opposite automobile, I’ll share my expertise in meticulous element, since you, expensive reader, deserve nothing much less.
