Tesla has officially removed the waitlist for its Robotaxi App, granting immediate access to all iOS users in North America, regardless of their location.
Effective today, anyone in the US or Canada can download the Tesla Robotaxi app and log in without needing an invite. While you can access the app from anywhere, whether you’re in New York, Toronto, or Miami, actual rides remain geofenced to Tesla’s two active operating areas.
That means that if you travel out to Austin, Texas, or the San Francisco Bay Area, you’ll be able to hail a Tesla Robotaxi. This marks the end of Tesla’s invite-only pilot phase and effectively opens up the ecosystem to the general public for the first time.
Tesla recently expanded its service in Austin, which now covers 245 square miles and is more than 12 times its original area.
Two Cities, Two Services
Tesla’s Robotaxi service experience differs significantly due to local regulations.
In Austin, Tesla has explicitly labeled the service as Robotaxi. Here, vehicles can operate without someone in the driver’s seat for city driving. A safety monitor remains in the passenger seat for city driving and in the driver’s seat when the vehicle is on the highway. The core experience is designed to be driverless, and Tesla has stated that it means to remove all safety monitors in Austin by the end of the year.
In the Bay Area, Tesla has labeled the service as Ride-Hailing. Due to California’s significantly stricter permitting process, these vehicles operate with a safety driver. The vehicle is still using the Robotaxi build of FSD, but the service is not treated as fully autonomous, like it is in Austin.
Scaling the Fleet
With the app now open to the general public, demand is expected to begin picking up pace quite rapidly. That means that the smaller supply of vehicles that Tesla has already rolled out will be fairly busy.
Elon Musk previously mentioned that he plans to scale the dedicated Robotaxi fleet in Austin to over 500 vehicles and in the Bay Area to over 1,000 vehicles by the end of the year.
With significant scaling on the horizon, wait times should remain manageable as more customers begin using Tesla’s new service.
Android App Sighted
While today’s news is highlighted for iOS users, Android users won’t be left out in the cold waiting for their autonomous ride for long.
In a recent decompile of the Robotaxi App (V25.9.0), we have found the first solid evidence that Tesla is working on an Android version of the app. The code now contains Android-specific strings and asset references that were previously absent.
Historically, Tesla has launched new features on iOS first, with Android trailing behind. The presence of these strings suggests that the Android build is in active staging and will hopefully launch by the end of the year.
