Should You PAY For Tesla Premium Connectivity? (What you DON'T Know!)

Is it worth it to purchase Tesla Premium connectivity? Also, I had no idea this is what happens after 8 years of owning your Tesla! And, let's talk about the best hack, using your phone as a hot spot.

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00:00- Intro
00:42- Tesla Music Streaming
01:52- Karaoke
02:35- Tesla Navigation
03:44- Software Updates
04:15- Sentry Mode
06:00- Standard Connectivity Ends
07:01- How to Set Up Hotspot in Tesla

[EverydayChris]

It's 30 days not 1 Year for Premium now!!

[escricco]

For those with Android Phones, you can use Modes and Routines to automatically start the Hotspot on your phone once it's connected to Tesla. Just create a new mode (Tesla, for example), and set it to start when a Bluetooth device is connected, select your Tesla, and in the actions select Other and select the mobile Hotspot. The everytime you get in your vehicle the Hotspot will turn on and Tesla will be able to connect to your wifi.

[TeslaHo]

Ive had the free prem connectivity for a full year and I have to say.. the only thing worth paying for is the live sentry mode when I'm parked at the more shady places of town. Pretty much everything else can be done with bluetooth or hotspotting to the phone. Satellite view is nice but not needed. This is my 2 cents. Good vid Chris.

[BitJam]

For me Premium connectivity is cheaper than upgrading my phone plan so it can act as a hot spot. One of the reasons I got the car was because of the cool tech so $100/year to get the max experience was a no brainer.

[JW-fmcy]

Honestly premium is the way to go for me. If I used my cell as a hotspot all the time, my data would be used up pretty quick. Also unlimited data for my cell carrier would cost way more than $9.99 a month.

[cbhelo]

Thanks Chris for the helpful content. I’ve used a lot of your tips already as a new Model Y owner!!!🎉❤

[alnandr-v]

Premium connectivity is only free for 30 days currently, not one year.

[RossKyle]

I agree there are workarounds using the hot spot, but $100 for a year isn't going to break the bank. It's nice to not have to worry about connecting via Bluetooth for music and i have the interface for Spotify right on the screen. It's also nice when i go into the store quickly my kids can watch Disney without me having to mess around with a hotspot or wifi. Thanks for the videos Chris!

[corey]

Totally worth paying for premium. I at first thought I’ll use my phone hotspot” but I find for the yearly price it’s worth having the car having its own connectivity.

[exiquiogonzalez]

1. Standard connectivity is included, at no additional cost, for 8 years following the new vehicle’s original delivery. Certain high data usage vehicle features require at least Standard Connectivity, including maps, navigation and voice commands.

2. Premium Connectivity is complimentary for 30 days, then available as a subscription

[JonSoucy]

I'm watching this a little over a year later, and around 3:03 the traffic data is now part of standard connectivity in the 2024 Holiday update "Vehicles without premium connectivity can now see traffic on their navigation route"
Great videos Chris, I've only owned my Tesla since beginning of November 2024 but I've learned a lot from you!

[rhuynh]

I just wish the premium connectivity also made the Tesla a hot spot like other cars. It's not a bad deal especially if they enable that.

[matt_staton]

What do you use to protect your seats from your dogs?

[pegfischer]

Premium does include satellite weather on the map, which is pretty nice. You can see if you'll make it home before the storm hits. I just paid for a year of premium but I'm planning to pull this video up in a year and see how my phone hotspot works. Great video.

[vincenthuynh]

I used to connect to hot spot but with 2 kids, they used ton of data for their stream . I prefer premium connectivity . Especially when you are on the road trip with many supercharges . Also, the live traffic with sattelite is very convenient to see the live traffic . The live fottage is also a plus too . Good job bro ! Thanks for your content !

[stevedowler]

Personally I don't want to be fooling around with my phone as it's another potential distraction. I definitely use the Nav features so that's enough to keep Premium Connectivity. I use the satellite mode to see what it's going to look like pulling into a town and looking for the chargers or a hotel. My wife does the navigation and usually checks google maps while I'm using the car's Nav screen. Hot spot uses cell towers and we drive a lot of road trips in out of the way areas where reception is sometimes sketchy or non-existent. I don't know how Tesla gets good connectivity in those areas but somehow it works.

[darine.]

I tried to use my iphone 13 pro max hotspot on t-mobile instead of premium for three months. The problem is that you have to open up the iphone settings every time you get in the car, and turn off the hotspot and turn it back on again, or else the Tesla won't reconnect to it. There is a lot of discussion online about this and the consensus is that Apple only allows its own devices to reconnect to an iphone hotspot automatically. My macbook pro will reconnect to my phone automatically, but not the Tesla. After noticing I couldn't see traffic while connected, I caved and paid for premium.

[Ryan-ffdb]

At $100 per year I think Tesla is just covering their costs. If you look at what a phone company charges for high speed data it's usually much more than this, and the data caps are pretty low. Verizon $65 dollar plan has a 30 gig cap, although it includes phone service for people that still use their phone as a phone. I tried standard connectivity for a few days when my free premium ran out and it's just not worth it. Everything just works more smoothly and better integrated with premium and $100 a year is actual a steal in my mind.

[pcgenie-la]

The premium connectivity is supposed to eliminate ads on the radio, which means if you're streaming broadcast or cable channels, there shouldn't be any ads. I thought this meant I would hear only music or nothing where the ads normally are. But What I hear is a lot of ads for Tune-In instead. WTF?? What's the point of premium connectivity for this purpose?

[abcfhdi]

so just pay for premium connectivity for 1 month when you travel to see the live view.