This app update includes code that hints at Tesla adding support for digital wallet keys in the future.

The app specifically includes new strings, such as “You can now unlock your vehicle without opening the app." The phrases specifically mention harmony, which likely stands for Huawei’s HarmonyOS.

The new phrases suggest Tesla is developing digital key support for Huawei’s OS, which will allow users to add vehicle keys directly to the phone’s wallet, letting users unlock their vehicles without relying on the Tesla app.

This opens up new functionality, as these digital keys are typically more reliable and lower-power. It also lets users take advantage of certain OS features, such as unlocking even if the device is turned off. It also reduces reliance on the Tesla app.

If Tesla is adding support for digital keys for Huawei, it may also support digital keys in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet in the future.

Some of the new phrases include:

'harmony_fallback_screen_title': 'Feature not available in current version',

'vehicle_vendor_key_card_harmony_wallet_issue_description': 'Unlock your vehicle without opening the app',

'vehicle_vendor_key_card_harmony_wallet_issue_success': 'Successfully improved Phone Key performance. You can now unlock your vehicle without opening the app.',

This update includes code that suggests Tesla is adding support for Smart Breaker. Lights and outlets in a home are wired to the home’s electric panel and its circuit breakers, which control the flow of energy to each section of the house.

Smart breakers have additional sensors and connectivity support, such as WiFi, to allow users to control them remotely. In addition to being able to power on or off a breaker remotely, they also allow a user to view the energy used by the attached devices.

Smart breaker support may allow Tesla Energy users to automatically turn off certain breakers and devices when power is lost in a home. By turning off high-consumption devices such as central air conditioning units, Powerwalls could power a home for much longer.

Some of the new phrases include:

'energy_customize_smart_breakers_description': 'Smart Breakers allow you to monitor home loads during normal daily usage and while off-grid.',

'energy_customize_smart_breaker_command_error': 'Failed to toggle the breaker',

'energy_customize_smart_breaker_item_energy_description': '{{energy}} today'

For many, Tesla’s Safety Score was a way to get accepted into the FSD Beta program. However, for others with Tesla Insurance, Tesla’s Safety Score has real financial implications.

In all regions, except California, your Safety Score impacts your monthly premium. While the Safety Score attempts to assess how safely you drive, it may produce false positives, particularly regarding Forward Collision Warnings.

With this app update, Tesla appears to be adding the ability for users to dispute ratings for a trip taken in their vehicle. New phrases show up in the app’s source code, including:

safety_score_dispute_history

safety_score_max_disputes_reached

safety_score_reason_for_dispute

tesla-insurance-dispute-history-screen

Tesla is also letting you provide supporting documents, such as Dashcam footage, which now includes Tesla telemetry data.

The holiday update adds custom wraps, license plates, and tint visualizations to the Model 3 and Model Y. These same features, whether they’re hand-picked from Tesla’s curated list or a custom wrap, also show up in the Tesla app.

This is available for all Model 3 and Model Y variants, including Performance models and the Model Y L, in addition to the Cybertruck. It’s still unclear whether this will be limited to AMD vehicles or extend to Intel-based vehicles as well.

While we know that the vehicle is receiving a massive improvement to its Dashcam feature, this app update reveals that the app will also display similar information.

When viewing Dashcam footage in the app, the app will now show vehicle information such as the speed of the vehicle, steering wheel angle, and self-driving state.

The in-vehicle Dashcam Viewer will also display whether the brake or accelerator is being pressed. It’s not clear whether Tesla didn’t mention that in the app’s release notes, or whether that information just won’t be displayed in the app

Tesla announced a new Photobooth feature with the 2025 Holiday Update. It turns out that this feature will also have an app component that will let you view and download photos taken with the vehicle’s cabin camera.

Stored on USB Drive: Similarly to Tesla’s Dashcam, all the data will be stored on the vehicle’s removable USB drive. You’ll be connecting to your vehicle when viewing photos in the Tesla app. This feature likely requires Premium Connectivity or a Wi-Fi connection.

Privacy: Tesla has also taken privacy into account. It’s not enough to be logged in to your Tesla account to view the photos. You’ll also have to have the phone set up as a phone key for the vehicle in order to view any of the photos taken with Photobooth.

Save / Share: When you select an individual photo, you’ll be able to save the photo to your phone or share it.

Availability: We expect this feature to be limited to AMD Ryzen and HW4 vehicles due to the higher camera resolution, but we’ll have to wait until the Holiday Update rolls out to Intel vehicles to be sure.

Tesla’s Dog Mode Live Activity is also included in this app update, but the feature also requires that your vehicle be on update 2025.44.25, which is Tesla’s 2025 Holiday update.

When Dog Mode is enabled on iPhones, you’ll be able to track your dog’s movement directly from your lock screen. It will display the vehicle’s internal temperature, as well as a recent photo of the interior of the vehicle.

Tesla also includes how long ago the photo was last updated.

Tesla has rolled out a new vehicle locator feature in the Tesla app. Instead of the feature being completely separate, it’s built directly into the icon of the location section.

When you’re within a few hundred feet of your vehicle, the app will now display how many feet away from the vehicle you are, and the icon will display the direction of the vehicle.

Tesla has changed the look of the Home section of the app if you only have a Tesla Wall Connector and don’t have Tesla solar or Powerwalls.

The previous app update, which added weather visualizations, started displaying the entire home so you could better see them. However, with this update, Tesla once again displays the zoomed-in view of the garage. The weather visualizations are still active, but you can now only view a portion of it.

Since the last app update, Tesla has officially added the ability to view and purchase an FSD gift card to gift to friends and family. The gift card is only available in the U.S. and includes taxes.

Tesla has introduced a look back at your charging for 2025. It highlights all the Superchargers you’ve visited, charging sessions, number of miles charged and your biggest charging day.

They also introduced charging-related badges, awarded for being one of the top users in various categories. Charging Passport is slowly rolling out to users. It’s available under the Charging section of the Tesla app.