Tesla has delivered a new update for its in-car software last week, 2024.44.3. Beyond the usual bug fixes, this also brings with it several new features, most notably the wider release of stupidly named Actually Smart Summon (ASS) that was introduced in North America in September.
As previously reported, ASS (it still feels weird writing this) marks the return of the controversial Smart Summon to vehicles with the camera-based Tesla Vision. As before, this allows users to set the location to drive to in the Tesla app, then press and hold the screen to get the car to drive over by itself. They can simply let go of the screen to stop the car.
According to Autoevolution, the system has been introduced in countries such as Europe, Norway and Switzerland. However, Malaysian owners are reporting that ASS has yet to be enabled on their cars – not surprising, given that the previous Smart Summon wasn’t available here either. We have reached out to a Tesla representative in Malaysia and will update this post with more information as soon as we get it.
What has apparently been enabled is Dumb Summon, which is essentially remote park assist that is offered in some other cars, enabling the user to remotely drive the car in and out of a parking space using the Tesla app. Autopark, a form of park assist, has also been added.
Other new features introduced in this update include a door opening warning, improved battery preconditioning and energy estimation, the ability to pair new key fobs without having to go to the service centre and, for those living in colder climes, a charge port heating function to unfreeze stuck cables.
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