Tesla App Store with third-party app support in the works?

RahulNagaraj · 30th June 2023, 12:32

Tesla could be working on officially offering support to third-party apps for its vehicles. This has led to speculations that the carmaker could launch a dedicated App Store.

According to reports, Tesla has talked on and off about releasing a software development kit to create a full third-party app ecosystem for quite a while now. There is said to be an unofficial API that enables a few very basic third-party apps. However, this is mostly used for mobile and browser-based apps rather than being a full SDK.

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Over the years, Tesla has released new features like Tesla Theatre and Tesla Arcade, offering a bunch of streaming apps and video games. However, Tesla has been working directly with the companies to integrate them into the vehicle.

Elon Musk had mentioned about an Apple-like App Store back in 2019, but there has been no update since then.

Source: Electrek

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Samfromindia · 4th July 2023, 16:53

I wonder what are the potentially useful applications the 3rd party developers can churn out, something which is not possible with Android Auto / Apple Car play as this might have low level API access to the car system.

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RahulNagaraj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,448 Thanked: 23,205 Times	Tesla App Store with third-party app support in the works? Tesla could be working on officially offering support to third-party apps for its vehicles. This has led to speculations that the carmaker could launch a dedicated App Store. According to reports, Tesla has talked on and off about releasing a software development kit to create a full third-party app ecosystem for quite a while now. There is said to be an unofficial API that enables a few very basic third-party apps. However, this is mostly used for mobile and browser-based apps rather than being a full SDK. Over the years, Tesla has released new features like Tesla Theatre and Tesla Arcade, offering a bunch of streaming apps and video games. However, Tesla has been working directly with the companies to integrate them into the vehicle. Elon Musk had mentioned about an Apple-like App Store back in 2019, but there has been no update since then. Source: Electrek Link to Team-BHP news Last edited by RahulNagaraj : 30th June 2023 at 12:34.
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Samfromindia BHPian Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kolkata - Pune Posts: 730 Thanked: 2,818 Times	Re: Tesla App Store with third-party app support in the works? I wonder what are the potentially useful applications the 3rd party developers can churn out, something which is not possible with Android Auto / Apple Car play as this might have low level API access to the car system.
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