Tesla Introduces TikTok and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Game in Annual Holiday Update

Alongside UI updates and new driving features.

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As 2021 comes to a close, Tesla has released its annual holiday software update. On Monday, the company introduced new driving features, as well as a few integrations just for fun, across Tesla models, Electrek reported.

To help with blind spots, Tesla has unveiled a tool that was originally requested by customers last year. Whenever a driver uses a turn signal, the video screen will automatically show a live camera feed of the car’s blind spots.

The holiday update has streamlined controls overall, making windshield wipers, charging and trip and odometer information all more accessible. It’s also been made easier to reorder or add multiple destinations to a navigation route.

For the cold weather months, specifically, users have the ability to precondition the cabin from the Tesla app even when the car’s battery is low. In the front row, seat heaters can regulate seat temperature automatically based on the cabin and the climate control set temperatures.

As for the Tesla Theater, users can now swipe through TikTok while the car is in park. Meanwhile, in the arcade, new games include Sudoku and the original version of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Keeping up the holiday spirit, Tesla has rolled out its light show to all models — a fun feature that was first seen on the Model X in 2015 — in which the vehicle flashes lights and flaps its wing doors.

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