The Future of Tesla's Autopilot Feature with Software Update 8.0
One of the coolest features about Tesla's fleet of cars, aside from their incredible instant torque, is that they're essentially giant gadgets, similar to your phone or tablet, which can receive software updates over the air, enabling new features. The folks at electric.co have the scoop on Tesla's latest software update 8.0, which is bringing a ton of new features and a UI overhaul. Let's start with one of the best features that Tesla offers: Autopilot.
Autopilot is kind of like level three autonomous driving, where you still need to stay alert while driving. However, if you're just cruising on the freeway, the car can pretty much do all the driving for you, including changing lanes and putting up or down signals, with one lane over left to right. A limitation of the current hardware is that it cannot exit freeways, but worry not; with software 8.0, put your signal on, and the car will know there's an exit coming and will actually take that exit for you. However, it's still unclear how the car will stop at exits without recognizing stop lights or stop signs. Hopefully, it has a follow car to guide it, so if not, you'll have to put your foot on the brake to come to a stop.
Currently, with Autopilot, you can only see the back of cars that are near you; however, with update 8.0, allegedly, you'll be able to see the full degree of the car depending on where you are. So, if you're next to a car, it'll look like you're right next to it, and if a car is behind you, you'll see the front of it, and so forth. Additionally, with this update, there should be improvements in how Autopilot works, such as hovering more in the middle of the road, hugging the current right side of the lane, which it currently does.
The Tesla user interface has undergone a decent UI overhaul with the current generation 7.0, but update 8.0 is expected to make things look completely different. The biggest updates will be in maps and navigation, where you'll be able to reroute to avoid toll roads or different supercharger locations. It's also going to give you much more on-the-go planning for charging and destination charging. However, it's unfortunate that Tesla users in Europe have had access to a Spotify app for quite some time, while those in the US still won't get access with update 8.0.
Another exciting feature coming with update 8.0 is voice control, which will improve drastically. Currently, you need to hold down the voice control button and speak your command; however, with this update, it'll work much like Siri or Google Now, where you can just push a button and speak what you want to say, and the action will happen. Although, there's still hope for an automatically calling up Siri or Google Now depending on which phone you have paired.
The future of Autopilot is indeed incredible to think about, especially with software updates like 8.0 that can make cars better via software, a feature that Tesla can do uniquely in the marketplace. We're excited to hear your thoughts on this update and what features you're looking forward to trying out for yourself.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enone of the coolest features about Tesla's fleet of cars so the S and the X aside from just an insane amount of instant torque is they're essentially giant gadgets and like your phone or tablet get software updates over the air that will enable new features the folks at electric.co have the scoop on Tesla's latest software update 8.0 that's bringing a ton of new features as well as a UI overhaul let's start with one of the best I think the tesl last offer and that is autopilot if you're not familiar with autopilot it's kind of like level three autonomous driving means you got to stay alert but if you're just drivve on the freeway the car can pretty much do all the driving for you if you want to change lanes put the signal up or down and it'll change one lane over left to right a limitation though the current Hardware was that it could not exit freeways for you but worry not it looks like with software 8.0 put your signal on and the car will know there's an exit coming and will actually take that exit for you how it's going to stop I don't know uh they cannot currently recognize stop lights or stop signs hopefully it's got a follow car so it'll know to stop otherwise it'll just exit for for you then you have to put your foot on the brake to come to a stop on the UI side as well autopilot is getting some updates currently the UI for autopilot you can only see the back of the cars that are near you with the update 8.0 allegedly you'll be able to see the full degree of the car depending on where you are so if you're next to a car it'll look like you're next to a car if a car is behind you you will see the front of it and so forth we should also see improvements how autopilot Works uh Tesla uses Fleet learning so the more people use it the better it's going to get supposedly it will hover more in the middle of the road it's supposed to hugging the current right side of the lane which it does right now we should also see big UI improvements as well the Tesla uh the current gen 7.0 is a decent UI overhaul but it wasn't giant this update should make things look completely different the biggest one should be in maps and navigation Tesla going to be do a lot of updates to navigation it's let you reroute to avoid toll roads or different supercharger locations uh it should also give you much more on the-go planning for charging and destination charging while Tesla users in Europe have had access to a Spotify app for quite a while folks in the US still won't get that with 8.0 unfortunately what you should see though is complete UI change for the music interface so that's nice voice control should also be drastically improved currently you've got to hold down a voice control button speak your command you shouldn't have to hold that button down anymore it'll work very much like serial Google now you'll push it down speak what you want to speak and the action will happen although you should see a visual representation of what you're saying show up on the dashboard now I'm still hoping though for a button that automatically call up serial Google Now depending on what phone you've got paired so big updates coming we don't know when these are going to hited L just a few users are using them right now it could be as soon as a few weeks could be a few months or even could be holding out until 2017 so what do you guys think about Tesla's 8.0 software update it's incredible to think about a car getting better via software something that Tesla can do and it's kind of unique in the marketplace for that hope to hear you guys thoughts on it you excited not excited you drive an s or an X you know someone that does I'm curious to try these features out myself till next time John rer from techno Buffalo see you guys in the next oneone of the coolest features about Tesla's fleet of cars so the S and the X aside from just an insane amount of instant torque is they're essentially giant gadgets and like your phone or tablet get software updates over the air that will enable new features the folks at electric.co have the scoop on Tesla's latest software update 8.0 that's bringing a ton of new features as well as a UI overhaul let's start with one of the best I think the tesl last offer and that is autopilot if you're not familiar with autopilot it's kind of like level three autonomous driving means you got to stay alert but if you're just drivve on the freeway the car can pretty much do all the driving for you if you want to change lanes put the signal up or down and it'll change one lane over left to right a limitation though the current Hardware was that it could not exit freeways for you but worry not it looks like with software 8.0 put your signal on and the car will know there's an exit coming and will actually take that exit for you how it's going to stop I don't know uh they cannot currently recognize stop lights or stop signs hopefully it's got a follow car so it'll know to stop otherwise it'll just exit for for you then you have to put your foot on the brake to come to a stop on the UI side as well autopilot is getting some updates currently the UI for autopilot you can only see the back of the cars that are near you with the update 8.0 allegedly you'll be able to see the full degree of the car depending on where you are so if you're next to a car it'll look like you're next to a car if a car is behind you you will see the front of it and so forth we should also see improvements how autopilot Works uh Tesla uses Fleet learning so the more people use it the better it's going to get supposedly it will hover more in the middle of the road it's supposed to hugging the current right side of the lane which it does right now we should also see big UI improvements as well the Tesla uh the current gen 7.0 is a decent UI overhaul but it wasn't giant this update should make things look completely different the biggest one should be in maps and navigation Tesla going to be do a lot of updates to navigation it's let you reroute to avoid toll roads or different supercharger locations uh it should also give you much more on the-go planning for charging and destination charging while Tesla users in Europe have had access to a Spotify app for quite a while folks in the US still won't get that with 8.0 unfortunately what you should see though is complete UI change for the music interface so that's nice voice control should also be drastically improved currently you've got to hold down a voice control button speak your command you shouldn't have to hold that button down anymore it'll work very much like serial Google now you'll push it down speak what you want to speak and the action will happen although you should see a visual representation of what you're saying show up on the dashboard now I'm still hoping though for a button that automatically call up serial Google Now depending on what phone you've got paired so big updates coming we don't know when these are going to hited L just a few users are using them right now it could be as soon as a few weeks could be a few months or even could be holding out until 2017 so what do you guys think about Tesla's 8.0 software update it's incredible to think about a car getting better via software something that Tesla can do and it's kind of unique in the marketplace for that hope to hear you guys thoughts on it you excited not excited you drive an s or an X you know someone that does I'm curious to try these features out myself till next time John rer from techno Buffalo see you guys in the next one\n"
