Tesla

Tesla, Inc.

About this app

The Tesla app puts owners in direct communication with their vehicles and Powerwalls anytime, anywhere. With this app, you can:

- Check charging progress in real time and start or stop charging
- Heat or cool your car before driving – even if it's in a garage
- Lock or unlock from afar
- Locate your vehicle with directions or track its movement
- Send an address from your favorite apps to start navigation in your car
- Allow your passengers to quickly control media
- Flash lights or honk the horn to find your vehicle when parked
- Vent or close the panoramic roof
- Summon your vehicle out of your garage or a tight parking space (for vehicles with Autopilot)
- Update your vehicle software from wherever you are
- Engage with Powerwall: monitor how much energy is stored from solar, used by your home, or exported to the grid
- Download your solar production and battery usage data

Note: Powerwall features in this app require Powerwall 2

For more information about Tesla, visit www.tesla.com

Ratings and reviews

The app does what it's designed to do, and it seems to be reliable. 5 stars for that. But, it's the GUI of the charge stats that is terrible. More control needed. Most people live with other people, who want you to pay for your KWH. The electricity company doesn't read the meter on the 1st of the month. You have to hold a day to get data from a day, and only while you hold it. Make that clickable. Make the calendar a searchable, like your bank does for transactions. Make the data exportable.

If the app worked as intended it would be four stars solidly. However there are many connectivity issues, the worst of which is being unable to get in your car and having to do unnecessary things like restarting your Bluetooth sometimes even restarting your phone. I'm sure this is an Android only problem, as I notice the iPhone version of the app is much better.

The app is consuming 51% of background battery usage -- seems to be holding a wakelock. The behavior is pretty easy to spot -- the app goes from being a good citizen to suddenly running continuously while away from the vehicle. Proximity to the vehicle is not the issue. You can be close by and get background usage that's normal. Something triggers the behavior and once it starts it can only be stopped by force stopping the app.

What’s new

Minor fixes and improvements