Tesla App Update 4.36.1 Release Notes (2024)

Sentry Mode Previews are now available on Android. The feature allows Tesla to send you a video of a Sentry Mode alert. The video will be viewable directly through an app notification.

It will also be available inside the app under Security & Drivers > Sentry Mode Recording Previews.

The video is limited to one minute and is not the full duration that's available in the vehicle. Sentry Mode alerts are also only sent in critical situations such as when the vehicle alarm is triggered.

Sentry Mode Previews was previously added for iPhone devices in update 4.32.

With this update, Tesla is introducing a new referral program in the U.S. The new referral program gives you $500 per referral and $1,000 off for the buyer. You can accumulate up to 10 referrals per calendar year and the credits can be used to redeem just about anything having to do with Tesla, including Supercharging, at Tesla store, or a toward new vehicle.

A promo for the referral program will also display on the app's main screen. You can dismiss the message by swiping to the left and pressing the 'X.'

If you have certain Supercharging benefits, free Supercharging, they'll now show up under the Charging section of the app. Tap the menu and go to Charging.

You'll also be able to swipe to the left to see your last charge session.

Tesla's Charge Stats are now available to more users. Previously, you needed to be the main Tesla account holder to view charging statistics, however, now secondary accounts are allowed to view them as well.

In addition, if your Tesla is part of a business fleet, or you lease your Tesla, you now also have access to Charge Stats.

After installing a software update, the Tesla app will now display a button at the top that lets you jump directly into the update's release notes.

The button displays "Release Notes" along with the software version and the release's hash. It also includes the UI version (v12), but does not appear to include the FSD version included in the update.

According to an app decompile by Tesla_App_iOS, Tesla continues to add more code for the new vision-based version of Smart Summon that's expected to be released in the next couple months.

In his decompile, he found references to new strings that could prevent Smart Summon from engaging such as "autopark_summon_error_low_tire_pressure" and "autopark_summon_standby_autosteer_not_enabled."

As Tesla continues to refine its new Summon implementation, we expect to see more references in the app in coming releases. Actually Smart Summon is expected to debut in an incremental FSD v12.5 update, and then eventually be included in all updates.

In this update, Tesla has updated the Energy demo with support to display your vehicle's charging and Tesla's Wall Connector

The home visualization has also been expanded to show the garage, your vehicle and a Wall Connector.

To access the Energy demo go to the app's main menu, tap Discover, scroll down to Explore Energy and then scroll to the right to find Demo Powerwall.

Tapping on that tile will open Tesla's Energy demo.

When using the 'Other EV' charging option under Menu > Charge Your Other EV, the options to sort and filter chargers have been updated. Availability and Distance have been combined into a single dropdown and instead of sorting by Charging Speed, you can now filter chargers by 0-70kW or 71-250kW.

This gives Tesla additional flexibility to add new sorting options in the future and gives users the ability to easily filter out slow chargers.