Tesla V11 update
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:35 pm
So I got the V11 software update for my Model 3. Alongside the completely new UI (this is now the 3rd or is it the 4th UI since I bought my car, more on that later), there are a host of other changes and new functionality, not least:
Blindspot camera
Livestream of Sentry mode to mobile phone App
More cold weather enhancements
New games (Sonic the Hedgehog!)
Seasonal light show (and programmable if you have the LED matrix lights)
Improved immersive audio
(apparently also undocumented is it'll now detect uneven tyre wear)
Have to say though, the new UI is in my mind a total dogs dinner - especially for us European owners were we have changeable conditions! So many features (like front and rear window demist, windscreen wipers, seat heaters etc) that used to be on the permanent control line and which are very useful/essential in these dark, damp, variable temperature days are now back in sub-menus. Why?!
The tiles have gone - so you can't easily now see your journey trip efficiency, or tyre pressures. Why?!
The new "customisable Apps" section only allows you to put 4 "Apps" on the control panel. But a generic "Music" isn't one of them as Spotify, Radio, USB etc are all now different Apps. Even though there is now huge amounts of empty space on the control panel as they removed all those aforementioned buttons. Why?!
Blindspot camera preview is in a really bad place - it's behind where your left hand is on the steering wheel so you basically can't see it.
Driver profiles have gone from the main screen. I don't even know how to change them at the moment. Why?!!!!!
My first real moan-a-thon about something that Tesla has done. Anyone else or am I turning into an old fuddy duddy who can't adapt to change?!
Blindspot camera
Livestream of Sentry mode to mobile phone App
More cold weather enhancements
New games (Sonic the Hedgehog!)
Seasonal light show (and programmable if you have the LED matrix lights)
Improved immersive audio
(apparently also undocumented is it'll now detect uneven tyre wear)
Have to say though, the new UI is in my mind a total dogs dinner - especially for us European owners were we have changeable conditions! So many features (like front and rear window demist, windscreen wipers, seat heaters etc) that used to be on the permanent control line and which are very useful/essential in these dark, damp, variable temperature days are now back in sub-menus. Why?!
The tiles have gone - so you can't easily now see your journey trip efficiency, or tyre pressures. Why?!
The new "customisable Apps" section only allows you to put 4 "Apps" on the control panel. But a generic "Music" isn't one of them as Spotify, Radio, USB etc are all now different Apps. Even though there is now huge amounts of empty space on the control panel as they removed all those aforementioned buttons. Why?!
Blindspot camera preview is in a really bad place - it's behind where your left hand is on the steering wheel so you basically can't see it.
Driver profiles have gone from the main screen. I don't even know how to change them at the moment. Why?!!!!!
My first real moan-a-thon about something that Tesla has done. Anyone else or am I turning into an old fuddy duddy who can't adapt to change?!