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Tesla App for Apple Watch Coming This Month [Update: Now Available]

AustinIllini said:
It definitely is not, plus you have to pay $10/month for the privilege of using it to the same capability.
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I guess thats based on personal opinion. But it's certainly more robust, its responsive and pretty much has everything I need, with a great intuitive interface... As for the $10/month... Thats only required for music streaming services which you can bluetooth from your phone or hotspot yourself and use your phone's data which carplay does anyway.
 
jole said:
What is the status of Tesla app reliability on iPhone:
  • How often (if ever) has it failed to open the doors?
  • Does it use UWB to reliably open the doors when you approach and close when you leave? Or do you sometimes need to take the phone out of your pocket to unlock?
  • Does it always choose the right driver profile if you have two drivers with their cell phones in the car? How does it work? UWB detects which phone entered through driver door?
  • Does it work with your phone if the phone if you are out of battery? (like Apple Car Key does)
Should we expect all the same with Watch App (when leaving your phone at home)?

Are there still some benefits for Apple Car Key over Tesla's implementation?
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We have a current gen (soon to be outgoing) 2023 Model Y and a New Model 3 (2024+ refresh) in the family. Only the New Model 3 has UWB at the moment, Y only has Bluetooth.

Auto Unlocking-
Model Y: about 1/30 times it fails to unlock for a brief moment then the door unlatches. I think exactly one time it completely refused to unlock without me going into the app and tapping unlock.
Model 3: Have never had it fail.

Auto Locking-
Both: Have never had it fail without a prior warning with alert sound to draw your attention to the screen that it was not working for some reason. (phone dead, passenger door ajar, etc)

(The lock is on a timer as well as being triggered by distance, so this probably has something to do with it.)

Driver Profile-
Model Y: Occasionally picks the wrong driver when both get in at the same time
Model 3: Has only been wrong in situations where the car was pulled over, put in park, and the driver and passenger switched who was driving and departed without ever locking the car (I feel like this one is more of an oversight of the software than a limitation of the UWB?)

Phone out of battery-
Both: No. Key card required. Can be remote started by another driver if you don’t have the key card + dead phone but are able to contact them. (friend’s phone or whatever)


I would be happy if they included Apple Car Key as an option but I’m pretty pleased with the reliability as is. And having used CarPlay in the past all I miss is group text support, in general I find CarPlay to be lackluster.
 
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jole said:
What is the status of Tesla app reliability on iPhone:
  • How often (if ever) has it failed to open the doors?
  • Does it use UWB to reliably open the doors when you approach and close when you leave? Or do you sometimes need to take the phone out of your pocket to unlock?
  • Does it always choose the right driver profile if you have two drivers with their cell phones in the car? How does it work? UWB detects which phone entered through driver door?
  • Does it work with your phone if the phone if you are out of battery? (like Apple Car Key does)
Should we expect all the same with Watch App (when leaving your phone at home)?

Are there still some benefits for Apple Car Key over Tesla's implementation?
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It used to be a little finicky sometimes... Like for example when I had the phone in my back pocket, it would fail to open sometimes for some reason.....

But ever since they released an update that uses UWB and since I have the iphone 15PM... it has worked flawlessly. I have the model X which opens the door fully for me when I walk up to the car and it works every single time without fail. It also closes the door when I walk away and that has also been perfect since the UWB update...... They also released a new feature recently using UWB that opens the trunk and the frunk if you stand next to it for a few seconds... that has come in handy when carrying stuff in my hands.
 
bigjnyc said:
How does it work with your gas car? since they are statistically more likely to catch fire.
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On my PHEV the rear sear passengers can flip a mechanical unlock lever then use the mechanical door handle right next to it to open the door. Most cars, including Teslas, automatically unlock the doors and disable child locks when the airbags go off if there is still power. In that case in every non-tesla you just pull the mechanical door handle and get out. In the Model Y rear seat you are removing a panel in the door storage to get to the release. In a Model X you have to remove a speaker grill, pull the release, then hope you are strong enough to push the door open enough to get out...
 
nikaru said:
Really? Tesla softwre is superior and very well integrated with the iPhone. You want software-on-to-of-a-software solution like CarPlay for what reason exactly?
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Because the entire Tesla interface is hideous. IMO. The only thing that's fun is the rainbow pattern when car drive itself (for about thirty seconds until you need to kill the AI since it can't really drive itself).
 
Mazda 3s said:
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Never. Honestly, the interface is so good, and the feature set is so great that I don't miss CarPlay on the Audi and Subaru that our two Teslas replaced. YMMV
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We have two Teslas and 3 vehicles with CarPlay. Agree 100%. Really like them both.
 
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ChrisA said:
Have you ever seen a Lithium battery fire? It is not as exciting as you think. They burn slowly. You would have time to grab your bag and look around to see what else you need and then leave. Then you would walk away and call 911 and watch

But on the other hand, have you ever seen a gasoline fire? They look kind of like a mushroom cloud. You don't have time to blink. and no one would slowly walk away from a gas fire.

Then there are the statistics. In the US there are about 25 fires for every 100,000 EVs sold, compared to about 1,530 fires for every 100,000 gas-powered vehicles sold. High-speed crashes are the cause of most EV fires. But simpler things can set off gasoline

When you think about it, it should not surprise anyone that gasoline is an 80 times greater fire hazard than a battery. What common substance is more flammable than gasoline?

Finally, you do not need a phone to open a Tesla door from the inside. The door handle is one of the very few physical controls in the car.
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Excitement of fire may depend on the crash.
www.thestar.com

Tesla’s fiery crash leaves four dead, woman seriously injured

A fifth person, a woman, was pulled from the burning EV by a driver passing by after a fatal crash overnight in downtown Toronto.
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raccoontail said:
On my PHEV the rear sear passengers can flip a mechanical unlock lever then use the mechanical door handle right next to it to open the door. Most cars, including Teslas, automatically unlock the doors and disable child locks when the airbags go off if there is still power. In that case in every non-tesla you just pull the mechanical door handle and get out. In the Model Y rear seat you are removing a panel in the door storage to get to the release. In a Model X you have to remove a speaker grill, pull the release, then hope you are strong enough to push the door open enough to get out...
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On my 2018 model 3, there are manual door releases in the front seats that look so much like door releases that it's a learning curve NOT to use them and to push the button instead. If you use the manual release it doesn't lower the window a bit to relieve the pressure in the car, and you'll get a warning on the screen to use the button instead.

So I don't worry at all about being trapped in my car unless the doors get warped, and that's a problem in any car.

I don't know about Model Y or newer Model 3s, though it doesn't matter to me as I won't likely buy a Tesla again. I like my Model 3 and I'll drive it as long as it runs, but I don't love Tesla.
 
I would never buy a Tesla but this is good... I guess for Tesla owners. Seems like its well accepted.

FYI... have you ever heard the story about Angela Chao and how she drowned in her Tesla? She was intoxicated but here is the crazy part.. her husband is a good friend of Elon's and he loves his friend - so he of course didn't have a bad thing to say after his billionaire wife died in one. I still do not understand how the car would not allow her to roll the windows down or open the door as soon as it hit the water. I've seen normal cars nearly submerged and the electric windows still work! I wonder if the story of her being drunk was made up to conceal the fact that something like this just should not happen!!!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898 & https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/angela-chao-death-texas-tesla-safety-c435daa0 & https://gizmodo.com/mix-up-with-tesla-touchscreen-killed-angela-chao-repor-1851328861

Anyone familiar with this story?

"Angela Chao — billionaire sister of former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell — died last month when her Tesla Model X sank in a manmade pond on her 900-acre Texas ranch. She was trapped in the car as it flooded, unable to open the unpowered doors, as friends and rescue crews tried to find a way to break in. Now, a report from the Wall Street Journal claims the Tesla’s touchscreen-based shifting interface may have contributed to her getting in the water to begin with." - https://gizmodo.com/mix-up-with-tesla-touchscreen-killed-angela-chao-repor-1851328861
 
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