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Tesla Now Shows Live Supercharging Status on iPhone's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island

turbineseaplane said:
Good to see

I'll be using a SuperCharger (no other option) on an upcoming road trip, with my Chevy Bolt, and will look forward to this feature.
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I have a Bolt too. I know you can use the Tesla app at superchargers with it, but would this feature work on all EVs? Or just teslas?
 
xxFoxtail said:
Thanks! Let me know how it works for you, I'm curious. I mostly charge at home, but I ended up getting the NACS adapter and have the Tesla app all ready to go for whenever I do need a super charger.
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Make sure you do a test with your Bolt. Some of them need a software update to do it correctly (apparently), which is what led me to do a test at a SC before I was in a "I need to charge" situation or on a road trip.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
Make sure you do a test with your Bolt. Some of them need a software update to do it correctly (apparently), which is what led me to do a test at a SC before I was in a "I need to charge" situation or on a road trip.
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Yeah I probably should one of these days. It's a 2023 Bolt EUV. I've read that it works out of the box and older models would need that software update. I have a few older super chargers near me that aren’t compatible (according to the myChevrolet app), I'd have to go out of my way to find one that is, unfortunately.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
Any reason you didn't switch to a different EV?

Seems odd to go Tesla to Civic Hybrid
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When I drove across the US three years ago I ended up avoiding some remote places due to the fear of no charging stations (I once was sweating when I got down to 20 miles remaining). I'm heading out to drive again for the next few months and won't have to think about it now. Fifty miles/gallon is nice, and far more gas stations in rural areas than charging.
 
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Nice! Now let's hope they also add the option to enable this iOS Live Activity for normal 11/22kW charging. Why limit this feature to supercharging?
 
Prince Akeem said:
Nice! Now let's hope they also add the option to enable this iOS Live Activity for normal 11/22kW charging. Why limit this feature to supercharging?
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I wonder how useful it would be to see regular charging as a live activity. Maybe if they allowed it to show if you were not home maybe?
 
Many who want to see an American company fail, it’s awesome to see new features, like this on the app, constantly released and leading the way in innovation, safety, and transportation!
 
Tried it out. Pretty nice! The only bummer is it doesn't have a dedicated activity design for watchOS, it just uses the compatibility fallback where it reformats the iPhone (Dynamic Island) one, and tapping it prompts you to open the iOS app. A bit silly since Tesla now has an app for the watch.

Example with Flighty, left is it during the betas reformatting an iPhone live activity, and right is a design specifically for watchOS that they released around the time iOS 18/watchOS 11 came out.
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I'm aware this is a nitpick, it's very good besides that. I even changed the charge limit from 100% to 80% and it updated the activity relatively fast. Good work to the engineering team! :)
 
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