Tesla added assets for a trophy and confetti in this app update. The assets are named challenge-2-ribbon and challenge-2-trophy, leading us to believe they could be used when challenges are achieved in a future update.

Tesla also added some new endpoints for challenges, including claim-prize, list, progress, sign up and others.

Sometimes these challenges target a specific region, such as China, but there’s no indication of that here. We’ll have to wait and see what Tesla has planned.

Tesla has renamed the home section of the Tesla app for Wall Connector, Powerwall, or Tesla Solar owners. The section has been renamed Tesla Home, instead of My Home.

The Tesla Home settings have also been reorganized. They are now split into categories, including Home Settings, Your Products, and Site Configuration.

Similar to the updated parental controls in vehicle update 2026.20, you can now disable various vehicle apps through the Tesla app.

The updated parental controls in the Tesla app allow you to remove access to the browser, Tesla Theater, or Tesla Arcade for certain vehicle profiles.

Tesla has been adding more options to Tesla solar and Powerwall users, letting them use energy more efficiently.

The Tesla app has recently hinted at smart breaker controls that allow Tesla to turn off certain circuit breakers during a power outage, which may affect how long the system can provide backup power. Certain high-energy, non-essential items like electric heaters, pools, ACs, or other high-usage systems could be automatically configured by the owner to be turned off during an outage in the future. This would let the Powerwall provide backup power to the home for much longer.

This app update includes new phrases suggesting Tesla may be taking this one step further by integrating a heat pump.

Tesla could turn off heat pumps during power outages or run them during periods of surplus energy (heating or cooling the home beyond the current set temperatures), similar to charging on sunshine. This would keep the home warmer or cooler longer, rather than selling energy back to the grid at low rates.

Some of the new phrases in the app include: energy_site_home_controls_heat_pump and energy_site_home_controls_title.

The app also says: “Heat Pump” and “Powerwall is encouraging your heat pump to use surplus electricity” that hint at this integration.

Some of the new phrases even suggest a new Accessories screen that could go beyond heat pumps and include additional devices like ACs, pool systems, and more.

Tesla continues to make changes to its upcoming Smart Charging capabilities, which will let owners on a time-of-day electrical rate plan automatically charge their vehicles when rates are cheapest.

Some of the changes in this update include:

“Drag to adjust the pin location on the map. Position the pin where you plan to charge to enable advanced charging features.”

“Your Operational Mode impacts how your system optimizes energy usage. This setting will change how features like Smart Charging on your Wall Connector work.”

Tesla will soon add the ability for users to block access to Tesla Arcade, Tesla Theater, and the built-in vehicle browser through parental controls.

The updated app reveals several new phrases that this feature will be added to the Tesla and very likely also to parental controls in the vehicle in a future update.

This feature isn’t available to users yet, but some of the new phrases include hasArcadeBlocked, hasTheaterBlocked, and hasBrowserBlocked, as well as other phrases to clear the block.

Tesla also has phrases that show that this will be a part of parental controls such as: proto.CarServer.ParentalControlsSettings.OptionalArcadeBlockedCase and other similar phrases for the browser and Tesla Theater.

It sounds like there will be a toggle for each app, rather than a single toggle that blocks all of them, letting parents pick and choose what to block.

With this app update, Tesla has introduced animated vehicle badges, similar to those found in the vehicle under the software tab with update 2026.14.

These are the same badges displayed for special editions of a vehicle, including Performance and Plaid, however, it does seem to leave out some like the Launch Series of the new Model Y. It’s possible those will be added in a future update.

These animated badges are displayed in the same location as the previous static badges, at the bottom of the Tesla app.

In the previous app update, we saw that the Signature Edition of the latest Model S and Model X will receive a special edition gold Plaid badge.

With this update, we’re now seeing that they will also receive another, non-animated badge that says “Signature 1 of 250.”

Tesla’s new AI-based status in the Energy section of the app has been updated, allowing users to provide feedback on the feature.

Users will be able to report whether a status was confusing, incorrect, or other.

Tesla has also added a new label that says that this AI status is powered by Grok, which is revealed in a phrase called simple_system_status_powered_by_grok, which gets translated to “Powered by Grok.”

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Tesla appears to be adding smart charging capabilities to the Tesla app. This image from the app shows that newer Wall Connectors will support smart charging.

The app makes it clear this will be limited to certain Wall Connectors, but they’re likely just including those without WiFi capabilities.

Tesla will be calling the feature “Low Cost Charging,” which will let your Wall Connector charge when rates are at their lowest, based on your utility plan.

Some of the phrases in the app that suggest this new feature are:

“Configure your Wall Connectors to enable smart charging, schedules, and restricted access for specific EV types.”

“Configure your charging preferences to optimize for the lowest cost energy based on your utility plan.”

“Setup Low Cost Charging”

“Your Powerwall's Operational Mode controls how your home energy system functions. This includes smart vehicle charging features.”

Tesla has added a gold Plaid badge to the Tesla app. These badges are typically used on performance or special editions like the Model Y Launch Edition.

This gold version of the Plaid badge is likely reserved for the Model S and Model X Signature Edition.

Similar to the smart charging capabilities of the Wall Connector, Tesla is adding a new mode called “Enhanced Charge on Solar.”

This mode will combine the existing Charge on Solar capabilities with the new “Low Cost Charging” capabilities of the Wall Connector, allowing your vehicle to charge when excess solar energy is produced, and utility rates are lowest.

New phrases in the Tesla app state:

“The Low Cost Charging mode uses your utility rate plan and excess solar to save you money.”

“Your vehicles will charge when there is low-cost energy, including solar, based on your utility plan.”

It seems that Tesla will start providing certificates when the vehicle's high-voltage battery is repaired or possibly replaced.

This could be useful when selling the vehicle, letting the owner prove that the battery has been repaired or replaced by Tesla.

The app refers to a new phrase titled “Certification of Repaired HV Battery.”