Tesla starts rollout of FSD (Supervised) V12.5.4 to HW3 and HW4 vehicles

By Simon Alvarez

Posted on September 23, 2024

Reports from the Tesla community have revealed that the electric vehicle maker has started the rollout of FSD (Supervised) V12.5.4 to owners of both Hardware 3 and Hardware 4 cars. The update seems quite substantial, as it includes a larger range for Actually Smart Summon (ASS) and vision-based driver monitoring with sunglasses. 

As noted by Tesla software tracker Not a Tesla App, the release notes for software update 2024.27.25, which includes FSD (Supervised) V12.5.4, no longer indicate that Actually Smart Summon’s “Longer Range” is “Coming Soon.” Tesla also updated the app version requirement for ASS from V4.36.6 to V4.37.0. 

🔥🔥🚀 Tesla FSD (Supervised) v12.5.4 and the 2024.27.25 software update are rolling out to customers, covering both HW3 and HW4 vehicles!

This version includes:
✅ Actually Smart Summon (ASS) with extended range
✅ Vision-only driver monitoring, even with sunglasses

The… https://t.co/T2fdoXfVIl pic.twitter.com/QflUcEAUyK

— Tesla Newswire (@TeslaNewswire) September 23, 2024

Included in the Actually Smart Summon improvements with software update 2024.27.25 are new options for the driverless feature. As could be seen in the update’s release notes, drivers can now customize Actually Smart Summon to add sounds when the feature completes or fails. This adds some fun to ASS, and is classic Tesla. 

“Completion Sound: You can have the vehicle play a sound when Summon completes. You can pick from Applause, Ta Da, Ba-dum Tiss, a random sound, or none at all. Emissions on Abort: If summon aborts, you can have the vehicle fart. You can’t customize the sound here and can only pick from on or off,” Tesla wrote in its release notes. 

Tesla has updated the Customize Summon screen for Actually Smart Summon.

You can now select completion and abort sounds, while side clearance and Homelink options have been removed.https://t.co/BB10z8CwC3

Thanks to @roger_kappler pic.twitter.com/EoLcvd6Hge

— Not a Tesla App (@NotATeslaApp) September 23, 2024

Another key improvement with software update 2024.27.25 was the introduction of vision-based driver monitoring with sunglasses. This was mentioned by Tesla in the release notes of FSD (Supervised) V12.5.4, which noted that the update “includes vision-based attention monitoring with sunglasses.” 

Tesla also removed any references stating that drivers must not be wearing sunglasses or other objects covering their eyes when they use FSD (Supervised). This is a pretty small update to FSD (Supervised), but it should go a long way towards making the advanced driver-assist system much more convenient to use. 

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Tesla starts rollout of FSD (Supervised) V12.5.4 to HW3 and HW4 vehicles