How to get notified when a new FSD (Supervised) version reaches your car
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Tesla alerts you on the touchscreen and in the Tesla app as soon as an update is ready for your car (check any time under Controls > Software; staying on Wi-Fi with Software Update Preference set to Advanced gets releases to you sooner). To hear when a new FSD (Supervised) version starts reaching cars like yours before your own car shows it, watch a public tracker such as Teslascope, or let TesBots' free-to-add Rollout Watch bot (page on x.ai) watch for you and ping you once.
What Tesla already does
Tesla tells you on the car's touchscreen when an update is ready, and the Tesla app shows a Software Update section when one is waiting. You can check any time: tap Controls > Software. You'll see "Update available" or "Your car software is up to date."
If a yellow download icon sits at the top of the screen, the car needs Wi-Fi to download. If you dismissed a banner, the update is still under Controls > Software until you install it. Tesla's software updates support page walks through the same screens.
Get updates sooner
Under Controls > Software > Software Update Preference, pick Advanced. The Model 3 owner's manual (and the Model Y manual) says Advanced gives you "additional releases." It does not enroll you in Early Access.
Stay on Wi-Fi so the car can download when a build is ready for you. Optional: Automatically Install Updates. Tesla says that installs at 2 a.m. when the car is at Home and the battery is over 10%. PCMag and MakeUseOf cover the same Wi-Fi-first steps.
Why your car may not have it yet
Tesla stages rollouts. The support page puts it plainly: "not every vehicle will receive the same update at the same time." Hardware matters — HW3/AI3 and HW4/AI4 often see a build on different calendars — and so does the country the car is in.
Tesla is blunt about requests: "We do not send software updates to individual vehicles upon request." If another owner already has it, that's the staged rollout, not a setting you missed. See tesla.com/support/software-updates.
Know before your car shows it
Public trackers report what's rolling out, often before your own car shows the download. Teslascope's software page breaks FSD (Supervised) out by AI4 and HW3. Not a Tesla App posts release notes.
This page is about how you'll hear, not which build is latest.
Let a bot watch for you (optional)
Rollout Watch remembers your exact Tesla and pings you when a new software or FSD (Supervised) release, or a feature you're waiting for, is reaching cars like yours.
It checks every day at 8:00 AM your time. At most one short message, and only if it applies to your model, hardware, and country. Quiet days stay silent. It never repeats an alert.
It remembers model, year, hardware, country, FSD (Supervised) status, and the last version you told it, plus a feature watch list. It uses public trackers, Tesla posts, and owner reports — timing and compatibility aren't guaranteed. Not a recall service.
It can't read vehicle data or log in to Tesla. From the car, in-car Grok can pass car info to the bot. In-car use: AMD car, software 2026.26+, Premium Connectivity or Wi-Fi, a plan with Grok Bot, Grok Bot linked. See tesla.com/support/grok.
They're free to add, but you need a plan that includes Grok Bot (The X Subscription Premium or higher, or an existing SuperGrok plan). Plan names per x.ai/pricing as of Oct 15, 2026; Tesla's support page may list them differently.
Optional: give release trackers that offer email alerts your name+releases@mail.grokbot.com alias.