With Tesla vehicle update 2024.26 and higher, Tesla is supporting new parental control features that let you limit certain features in the vehicle such as acceleration and maximum speed.

There are also additional options to receive notifications if the vehicle is driven outside of curfew hours and to prevent safety features from being turned off.

With this app update, you'll be able to control the parental controls from the vehicle or from the Tesla app. Parental control features require car update 2024.26+ and app update 4.35.0+.

To conserve the vehicle's battery, the app only wakes it when you send a command.

Editorial note: When you open the Tesla app, the app will no longer try to wake up the vehicle. Instead, it will show the vehicle's information with an "Asleep for X hours" label.

If you send a command to the vehicle or pull down to refresh, then the vehicle will be woken up. If the vehicle is already awake when you open the app, then the vehicle's current status will be shown and you'll see whether the vehicle is parked or driving.

Tesla has added a new 'Request Data' option to the Security & Privacy section of the Tesla app. This new option replaces the previous 'Data & Privacy' choice.

Request Data takes you to a different section of Tesla's site where you're able to request data for a specific vehicle and dates.

There are also other choices to correct data, adjust your communication preferences or delete your account.

With this update, Tesla is now showing Supercharger kWh to the thousandths place. However, Tesla appears to still currently round down to the nearest kWh. This could reflect an upcoming change in Tesla's Supercharging billing.

Minor fixes and improvements.

These fixes appear to address an issue with Tesla's ultra wideband phone key on iPhone.

Tesla continues to make Smart Summon changes to the app as it prepares to release Tesla Vision version of Smart Summon.

According to details found by @Tesla_App_iOS, Tesla makes several references to "Summon Sentry Cam" and "RTT," hinting at a possible live video feed for when using the new Summon feature.

RTT in this case appears to refer to "Round Trip Time," which is a way to determine the latency of a live video feed.

Being able to view a video feed of the car while Summon is activated makes a lot of sense, as you need to keep a close eye on the vehicle as it navigates the surrounding environment. Given the "Sentry" part in the name, the video feed could look a lot like the live video that's available in the app when Sentry Mode is active, specifically the tile view that shows you four video feeds at once.

The new Summon is expected to be included in an upcoming version of FSD first. It's not included in FSD v12.4.1, so it may make its first appearance in FSD v12.5 or 12.6 later this year.

Minor fixes and improvements.

Some of these fixes may address issues users had with certain sections of the app disappearing, such as Climate or Controls.

Tesla continues to add code in preparation for 'Actually Smart Summon,' which is expected with FSD 12.5 or 12.6.

There are no functional changes yet, but @Tesla_App_iOS app, who decompiled the source code, found references to some interesting variables such as "mobile_app_feature_summon_webcam" and "slowing_for_poor_conditions," which could indicate that Tesla may allow you to view a live camera stream while using the upcoming vision-based Smart Summon.

In this update, we see some minor revisions to the Summon screen. The layout at the bottom is now a lighter gray and the vehicle's status is now centered on the display with additional padding.

The hovering chat bubble that started Tesla's virtual assistant has been removed. You can still access the virtual assistant to help answer common questions by tapping the 'Ask a Question' button at the top of any support pages.

Minor fixes and improvements.

Some of these fixes may address issues users had with certain sections of the app disappearing, such as Climate or Controls.