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Really excited to finally get Spotify integration, that's huge. Also hoping they install WiFi at superchargers so you can watch youtube/Netflix while charging

by sxates 7y ago

Really excited to finally get Spotify integration, that's huge. Also hoping they install WiFi at superchargers so you can watch youtube/Netflix while charging there. Not sure where else I'd use that feature.

Negitivefrags 7y ago
My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) the integration will no longer be total garbage. The Spotify integration in v9 is so non-functional for me that I just use Bluetooth. It seems to have zero ability to retry on network failure, and once it’s failed, it basically doesn’t work again on that trip unless you want to reboot the whole MCU. Another reason I stopped using it is that if I have an audio book on my phone, if Spotify is selected then my phone will start playing the audiobook in the background over Bluetooth to nowhere while spotify plays on the speakers, thus losing my place in the book while I drive.
- xxpor 7y ago
  >My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) I thought Spotify dev was in Sweden, is that not the case?
  - Negitivefrags 7y ago
    I’m talking about the Tesla software developers, not Spotify.
    - xxpor 7y ago
      Ah, got it.
    - teslathrowaway8 7y ago
      Tesla’s Spotify integration is done in-house by Spotify in Sweden. Source: know an engineer on that team.
- kelnos 7y ago
  I'm a little confused; Spotify has been available in the US since 2011.
  - nsomaru 7y ago
    In US on Tesla, presumably
  - slg 7y ago
    They are talking about Spotify being integrated into the Tesla infotainment system. It was previously available in some countries, but it wasn't available in the US probably due to an exclusivity agreement with Slacker Radio. You could always listen to Spotify from your phone app connected to the stereo through Bluetooth, but part of this announcement is a native integration with Spotify for Teslas in the US.
- acchow 7y ago
  Spotify is a Swedish company. Are its developers really mostly in the US?
  - disillusioned 7y ago
    They have a decent presence in NYC.
lazyjones 7y ago
Imagine how much bandwidth they'd save if Superchargers with WiFi offered the latest software version cached locally at full WiFi speed to the cars...
- chrisstanchak 7y ago
  CDN costs must be negligible compared to the cost of managing that.
  - jasoncartwright 7y ago
    Potentially the expensive cost they would mitigate is the mobile data
    - gleenn 7y ago
      I think it only upgrades over WiFi? I remember someone complaining that it was difficult to upgrade because of network issues.
      - jasoncartwright 7y ago
        They prioritise upgrade downloads over wifi, even faster over service centre wifi (from my experience)
        lazyjones 7y ago
        Yep, I hide my 2nd phone with a power bank in the car sometimes just to provide an AP for the car to initiate a download (it's in a public garage with no public WiFi nearby).
        readams 7y ago
        I think they stopped doing the service center wifi thing. It used to be if you just parked in front of the service centers you'd get the update right away, so of course too many people were doing that. Now you can just select the option to get the software update right away though.
youeseh 7y ago
Is there coffee at Superchargers?
- stagger87 7y ago
  I don't know if this is a serious question. The superchargers in my area are in the parking lot of grocery stores in which coffee shops are present.
  - youeseh 7y ago
    It was, and thanks!
- pmarreck 7y ago
  Disclaimer: Model S owner since 2013 In my experience, Superchargers are ALWAYS near 1) coffee, 2) food, 3) bathrooms.
  - electrum 7y ago
    Although sometimes the food is limited to Carl's Jr.
    - pmarreck 7y ago
      Fair enough, sometimes the food selection is limited to fast food or fast-food-like.
      - steelframe 7y ago
        The one time I took my Model X on a road trip (before I sold it and bought a PHEV), one of the stops was in Lima, Montana. The greasy spoon restaurant in that dirt parking lot was... an experience.
        rubidium 7y ago
        Perhaps a “how the other half lives” one...?
jasoncartwright 7y ago
"All Tesla Superchargers will have free WiFi over time" -- Elon Musk, Apr 2019 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1115001019652378624 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1115001019652378624

by sxates 7y ago

Negitivefrags 7y ago

My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) the integration will no longer be total garbage. The Spotify integration in v9 is so non-functional for me that I just use Bluetooth. It seems to have zero ability to retry on network failure, and once it’s failed, it basically doesn’t work again on that trip unless you want to reboot the whole MCU. Another reason I stopped using it is that if I have an audio book on my phone, if Spotify is selected then my phone will start playing the audiobook in the background over Bluetooth to nowhere while spotify plays on the speakers, thus losing my place in the book while I drive.

xxpor 7y ago
>My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) I thought Spotify dev was in Sweden, is that not the case?
- Negitivefrags 7y ago
  I’m talking about the Tesla software developers, not Spotify.
  - xxpor 7y ago
    Ah, got it.
  - teslathrowaway8 7y ago
    Tesla’s Spotify integration is done in-house by Spotify in Sweden. Source: know an engineer on that team.
kelnos 7y ago
I'm a little confused; Spotify has been available in the US since 2011.
- nsomaru 7y ago
  In US on Tesla, presumably
- slg 7y ago
  They are talking about Spotify being integrated into the Tesla infotainment system. It was previously available in some countries, but it wasn't available in the US probably due to an exclusivity agreement with Slacker Radio. You could always listen to Spotify from your phone app connected to the stereo through Bluetooth, but part of this announcement is a native integration with Spotify for Teslas in the US.
acchow 7y ago
Spotify is a Swedish company. Are its developers really mostly in the US?
- disillusioned 7y ago
  They have a decent presence in NYC.

lazyjones 7y ago

Imagine how much bandwidth they'd save if Superchargers with WiFi offered the latest software version cached locally at full WiFi speed to the cars...

chrisstanchak 7y ago
CDN costs must be negligible compared to the cost of managing that.
- jasoncartwright 7y ago
  Potentially the expensive cost they would mitigate is the mobile data
  - gleenn 7y ago
    I think it only upgrades over WiFi? I remember someone complaining that it was difficult to upgrade because of network issues.
    - jasoncartwright 7y ago
      They prioritise upgrade downloads over wifi, even faster over service centre wifi (from my experience)
      - lazyjones 7y ago
        Yep, I hide my 2nd phone with a power bank in the car sometimes just to provide an AP for the car to initiate a download (it's in a public garage with no public WiFi nearby).
      - readams 7y ago
        I think they stopped doing the service center wifi thing. It used to be if you just parked in front of the service centers you'd get the update right away, so of course too many people were doing that. Now you can just select the option to get the software update right away though.

youeseh 7y ago

Is there coffee at Superchargers?

stagger87 7y ago
I don't know if this is a serious question. The superchargers in my area are in the parking lot of grocery stores in which coffee shops are present.
- youeseh 7y ago
  It was, and thanks!
pmarreck 7y ago
Disclaimer: Model S owner since 2013 In my experience, Superchargers are ALWAYS near 1) coffee, 2) food, 3) bathrooms.
- electrum 7y ago
  Although sometimes the food is limited to Carl's Jr.
  - pmarreck 7y ago
    Fair enough, sometimes the food selection is limited to fast food or fast-food-like.
    - steelframe 7y ago
      The one time I took my Model X on a road trip (before I sold it and bought a PHEV), one of the stops was in Lima, Montana. The greasy spoon restaurant in that dirt parking lot was... an experience.
      - rubidium 7y ago
        Perhaps a “how the other half lives” one...?

jasoncartwright 7y ago

"All Tesla Superchargers will have free WiFi over time" -- Elon Musk, Apr 2019 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1115001019652378624 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1115001019652378624