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beaglelover

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6. You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it.

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:27 PM

Dec 2024

Easy peasy. We get a software update about every 2 weeks. Most of the time it's new features added to the car, sometimes small fixes. Sometimes they give you the full self driving capability for a few months so you can try it out. I'm not a fan of full self driving however. At this time of year they usually include some Holiday goodies, such as allowing you to change the sound of your horn or door lock signal.

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what? RussBLib Dec 2024 #1

You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it. beaglelover Dec 2024 #6

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