Tesla has updated its mobile app to v4.36.0

By Zachary Visconti

Posted on August 17, 2024

Tesla has deployed a new version of its mobile app, with the update including a release notes button and new hints about Actual Smart Summon’s upcoming deployment.

Not a Tesla App spotted Tesla mobile app update v4.36.0 on Saturday, notably including a new release notes button that appears when installing a software update. The button lets users go directly to the update’s release notes, along with noting the UI version and the number for the software update.

The app update also includes more progress on Actual Smart Summon, as evidenced by a decompile performed by Tesla App Updates, which found new strings in the code related to the upcoming feature’s error messages. You can see a few of the new strings below.

autopark_summon_standby_autosteer_not_enabled
autopark_summon_error_low_tire_pressure
setWebcamUnavailableReason
autopark_summon_error_parked_for_too_long
autopark_summon_error_car_alarm
smart_summon_pre_trip_camera_unavailable
Enable Autosteer to allow Summon
REMOTE_DRIVE
AUTO_SECURE_VEHICLE

Tesla’s mobile app was rated the best automotive mobile app by J.D. Power in May, as followed by those from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Genesis, and Porsche.

Elon Musk recently said that Actual Smart Summon would be deployed alongside Full Self-Driving (FSD) v12.5, despite technically being a separate code from the FSD version. Musk also suggested that the software would be going out sometime in August, so it could go out at any point.

Tesla’s Actual Smart Summon has been teased for several years, and the recent announcement of the feature’s debut with FSD v12.5 has been welcomed warmly by those anticipating it. Musk has said since 2022 that the software would be coming soon, and all signs lately seem to be pointing to it being close.

“Actually” Smart Summon was also teased by Musk last June, when he predicted that the feature would be launched in the few months to follow.

Regardless, the software is being debuted alongside several new features included with FSD v12.5, which has been slowly deploying to broader waves of vehicles over the past few weeks.