Tesla's Updated Visualisations and UI with Full Self Driving Update

A number of Tesla customers in North America who are deemed expert, careful drivers have taken to social media to highlight their observations on Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) software version 2020.40.8.12. The release notes for the update are as follows:

The driving visualization has been improved to better support Full Self-Driving capabilities by increasing the display size to show additional surrounding information. The next turn will now appear above the visualization if the navigation turn list is covered by another app.

With the larger visualization, select items have slightly moved but will continue to look and behave the same. Some notable differences include the following:

• Quick access to the backup camera and wipers has moved to the bottom bar.

• Autopilot set speed is now displayed directly below the speedometer and can continue to be adjusted using the right steering wheel scroll wheel. The speed will turn blue when Autopilot is engaged.

Tesla’s FSD software has only been live for a week, yet owners are already reporting improvements to the system’s ability to cope with difficult turns and intersections. The company’s CEO Elon Musk replied to a question from a Tesla Owners’ Group on Twitter about how this update would improve FSD on the road. Musk stated that “We measure this primarily in intervention probability. This update addressed several issues, resulting in perhaps ~1/3 fewer interventions. Many of the improvements consist of fixing silly bugs vs grand eureka moments. True for most beta releases in my experience,”

Unfortunately, a release date for a global roll out of FSD is not yet known.

You can watch Tesla Owner @tesla_raj explore the new user interface below:

Tesla Owner James Locke uploaded an extended drive using the early beta Full Self Driving software: