Overview
- Tesla designer Alex Guichet announced Wednesday that the company has started rolling out a native app layout for iPad, the iPhone Duo, and Android tablets and foldables.
- The new interface uses a clear two-column design with navigation and controls on the left and a large, interactive visualization of the car or home on the right.
- Home energy screens now show live power flow between solar panels, a Powerwall, the home, the grid, and a charging car so owners can monitor generation and usage at a glance.
- The release is staged rather than a single global update, with Guichet warning the rollout may take an extra week or two and App Store listings showing mixed version numbers as the change is enabled server-side for some users.
- The update follows Apple's recent iPhone Duo SDK changes that let apps resize to larger inner displays and reflects a broader push to make Tesla's mobile controls more useful on larger and foldable devices.