Premium connectivity - £9.99 a month!!
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Just had an email from Tesla about the end of premium connectivity... We lease our model 3 and I'd have assumed that it would be part of the lease, but changes like this wouldn't be considered I'd think?
Before I kick off, we do stream Spotify and use the traffic on the maps, so if I were to setup my phone as a hotspot, would I still be able to use these features?
It seems crazy expensive to me, and wasn't part of the original deal so does leave a bit of a bad taste...
Before I kick off, we do stream Spotify and use the traffic on the maps, so if I were to setup my phone as a hotspot, would I still be able to use these features?
It seems crazy expensive to me, and wasn't part of the original deal so does leave a bit of a bad taste...
Irrespective of whether you tether your car to a phone hotspot or not you lose the satellite images if you have those turned on, and the traffic indication on the map, although live traffic info is still available for nav routing, as are superchargers, search, etc
You also lose the ability to view the cameras remotely when on sentry mode.
Of those, only the live traffic offers any real value to me and I can live with out. You may be different.
The rest of the stuff works exactly the same if you have a wireless hotspot from your phone including the free Spotify account.
You also lose the ability to view the cameras remotely when on sentry mode.
Of those, only the live traffic offers any real value to me and I can live with out. You may be different.
The rest of the stuff works exactly the same if you have a wireless hotspot from your phone including the free Spotify account.
OK, so looks like a hotspot is the way forwards as already pay for more data than we can use...
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/support/connectivity
So, you do not get the traffic display on the maps (the red and amber lines) - but the nav will still route depending on changing traffic situations. For convenience I could see it, but as it's easy to do a hotspot that's the way forwards I'd think.
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/support/connectivity
So, you do not get the traffic display on the maps (the red and amber lines) - but the nav will still route depending on changing traffic situations. For convenience I could see it, but as it's easy to do a hotspot that's the way forwards I'd think.
You also have to bear in mind it was never included for the term of the lease, it was always a trial period for free and that was clear on the vehicle specification. The only reason leasors got it free for so long was because Tesla hadn’t sorted out a way to bill for it. Now they have.
Personally, not fussed about it. For watching video when stationary, I’ll just tether my phone, and I don’t need the traffic visualisation, only the actual rerouting. Never use the browser, or streaming music, preferring to use my phone.
But otherwise, if I was doing massive miles, or travelling abroad, 9.99 for an unlimited data roaming sim is a pretty good deal. Happily you can sub and unsub as you need it.
Personally, not fussed about it. For watching video when stationary, I’ll just tether my phone, and I don’t need the traffic visualisation, only the actual rerouting. Never use the browser, or streaming music, preferring to use my phone.
But otherwise, if I was doing massive miles, or travelling abroad, 9.99 for an unlimited data roaming sim is a pretty good deal. Happily you can sub and unsub as you need it.
Does anyone know how to access receipts for the Premium Connectivity service if you Lease?
Tesla haven't got back to me. There's a 'glovebox' function on your Tesla account if you own the car and have added it to your profile / account, but the car doesn't appear on my account in the same way because it's a company car lease.
As it's primarily for the traffic function I want to put this through expenses, but I can't do that without a receipt...(they didn't email me one, just a confirmation email that I had subscribed)
Tesla haven't got back to me. There's a 'glovebox' function on your Tesla account if you own the car and have added it to your profile / account, but the car doesn't appear on my account in the same way because it's a company car lease.
As it's primarily for the traffic function I want to put this through expenses, but I can't do that without a receipt...(they didn't email me one, just a confirmation email that I had subscribed)
CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Great - pretty colours is fun, as-is being able to watch Netflix whilst I'm charging. And if I can get £120/year billed through work - even better! Trouble is I can't find the bloody invoice...I'll be hotspotting as if I could pay annually, I may think about it, but the PITA of monthly invoices just make me think "nah"... Plus we do not use that much data, and our phones have tons to spare.
I've been using this in my other car:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
Works really well, when your phone connects to selected bluetooth devices, the app will turn on the mobile hotspot, and turn off once disconnected. There's probably an iOS version out there.
I've been using this in my other car:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
Works really well, when your phone connects to selected bluetooth devices, the app will turn on the mobile hotspot, and turn off once disconnected. There's probably an iOS version out there.
CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Do I need to switch this on, I PC but it never shows traffic status?VTECMatt said:
CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Do I need to switch this on, I PC but it never shows traffic status?Just navigated back home yesterday night, and the notification was "routing without traffic data" - so it seems that you'll only get the traffic based routing if you have a WiFi connection...
So, once on the move without a hot-spot, I'd assume that there is no nav changes based on on changing traffic.
So, once on the move without a hot-spot, I'd assume that there is no nav changes based on on changing traffic.
Pretty sure that’s not the case. Mine routed me around so horrendous issues on the M25 and M40 last week and from where I programmed the nav, there was no WiFi for the car. I don’t have my phone set up for it as a mobile hotspot either.
Choosing not to subscribe to PC doesn’t mean the car’s sim stops working. It just means you don’t get the ability to use it yourself for some data heavy applications. For example, the car will still download software updates using its own connection.
Choosing not to subscribe to PC doesn’t mean the car’s sim stops working. It just means you don’t get the ability to use it yourself for some data heavy applications. For example, the car will still download software updates using its own connection.
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