Tesla is quietly edging closer to a feature that could make its cars feel even more like rolling extensions of the iPhone, with evidence mounting that native Apple Car Key support is on the way. Model 3 Highland on 2024.3.25 Two Apple iPhones in the household on 17.5.1, both set up as phone keys, running latest tesla app for iPhone Just changed houses. At previous location, garage was a decent distance from house, so phone keys would show “disconnected” i in app and phone Bluetooth...

Understanding the Context

Phone Key Always Connected at Home, Tesla App ... - Tesla Motors Club That can happen when the phone's operating system decides to shut down the Tesla app services running in the background and there are settings you can try (depending on phone model) that help reduce this from happening. I'm wondering if that's what's happening in these instances as well, maybe. Why does car occasionally auto lock with phone inside ...

Key Insights

- Tesla ... I think if you add your new phone as a key before removing the old one, you won’t need to use the key card to do it. If your old phone is still functioning, check the iOS settings for the Tesla app and make sure you use the same settings on the new phone. I have model 3, 2024 with all the current updates. I can work all the options with the Tesla app and get in and out fine, yet when I try to make a call, it says phone not connected.

Final Thoughts

sometimes I'll turn my phone's blue tooth off and back on and it will connect and work for as long as I'm in the... iPhone works as key card, but can't make phone calls | Tesla Motors Club Several months ago, my phone key no longer enabled the doors to be unlocked on walk up. I tried all of the suggested solutions such as rebooting Bluetooth or deleting the Tesla phone app and renewing it. None of them worked. I finally worked out that the problem started after I switched my phone... How do Tesla owners secure their key cards and phones against the signal stealing tech that car thieves favour?

Does anyone use faraday pouches or metal tins to block the signals or is there a cleverer method of ensuring security that i'm yet to learn? The Tesla phone link sometimes works a day or two later, maybe after the Tesla “sleeps”. But it can be forced to work by unpairing the phone Bluetooth link and by deleting the phone key in “Locks”. Discussion on issues with pairing new Tesla Powerwalls with phones and potential solutions provided by the community.