Tesla Voice Commands
Crowdsourced list of working voice commands by category
This doc: bit.ly/tesla-voice
Last update: 12/28/2019
Software version: 2019.40.50.1
Per the manual: To listen to an Internet music service, say "Listen to" or "Play", followed by the name of the song, album, artist, or combination. To improve voice recognition accuracy, provide multiple cues in your command, such as the artist plus the song (for example, "Listen to Yellow Brick Road" or "Play Yellow Brick Road by Elton John").
Command | Notes |
Play <song> by <artist> | |
Play <station name> | e.g., "Alternative Hits" |
Pause music | Pauses audio |
Play music | Unpauses audio |
Per the manual: To call a contact on your Bluetooth-connected phone, say "Call" or "Dial", followed by the contact's first and/or last names. For example, "Call Joe" or "Call Joe Smith".
"Call" and "Dial" can be used interchangeably, as can "Text", "Send [a] message to", "Send [a] SMS to".
Command | Notes |
Call "### ### ####" | |
Call <firstname> [lastname] | Device type can be included if needed, e.g., "Call Joe Smith cell" |
Text <person> | Bluetooth notifications must first be enabled. |
Per the manual: To search for, or navigate to, a location, say "Where is", "Drive to", or "Navigate to", followed by an address, business name, business category, or landmark. For example, "Where is Stanford University?", "Drive to Tesla in Palo Alto", or "Navigate to Starbucks on Homestead in Cupertino". If you defined a navigation address for your home or work location (see Maps and Navigation), you can use a voice command to navigate there by saying "Navigate home" or "Navigate to work".
"Go", "Navigate", "Drive", "Take me", and "Where is" can be used interchangeably. You don't even have to say any of these verbs; "Home, "Work", "airport", and "Starbucks" all work as expected.
Command | Notes |
Go ("home" | "to work") | |
Go to <location name> | |
Go to <address> | |
Go to the nearest <business name> | |
Go to <business name> | Brings up a list of locations to choose from |
Cancel (trip | navigation) | Cancels any current navigation |
New in 10.2
"Climate", "heat", "aircon", and "HVAC" can be used interchangeably, e.g., "Turn heat up". "Enable" can be used instead of "Turn on"; "Disable" can be used instead of "turn off".
Command | Notes |
Turn climate (on | off) | Or, "turn on climate" |
Set (temperature | climate) to <temp> | e.g., "set climate to 72" |
Turn climate (up | down) | Adjusts temperature up or down by 3 degrees F |
Make it (warmer | cooler) | Adjusts temperature up or down by 3 degrees F |
Turn (on | off) recirculation | |
Turn (on | off) the (front | rear) defroster | Defroster = heat |
Turn (on | off) the defogger | Defogger = cooling |
Turn (on | off) (driver | passenger | rear | all) seat [heater] | e.g., "turn on the passenger seat" |
Set (driver | passenger | rear) seat to (1 | 2 | 3 high | off) | "Medium" or "low" don't seem to work. |
Set fan speed to (<speed> | auto) | |
Show climate controls |
Command | Notes |
(Lock | unlock) car | "Lock doors" also works |
Turn (on | off) wipers | |
Set wipers to (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | max | auto | off) | |
Speed up wipers | Increases wiper speed by 1 |
Slow down wipers | Decreases wiper speed by 1 |
Turn (on | off) Sentry | |
Turn (on | off) dome lights | |
Open glovebox | |
Open charge port | |
Unfold mirrors |
New in 10.2
"Show" and "Open" can be used interchangeably. "Hide" or "Close" will hide anything you've opened.
Command | Notes |
Adjust the (left | right) mirror | Brings up the mirror adjustment screen |
Adjust the steering wheel | Brings up the steering wheel adjustment screen |
Show (map | music | phone | calendar | camera | energy | charging | entertainment | toybox) | Brings up the appropriate screen, e.g., "show camera". |
Hide <screen> | Hides the specified screen, if open. |
Zoom (in | out) on map | |
Show (satellite | traffic) view | Shows the specified layer on the map. "Turn on satellite view" also works. |
Hide (satellite | traffic) view | "Turn off satellite view" also works. |
Show quick controls | Opens the quick controls panel |
Show (lights | locks | display | driving | autopilot | navigation | service | safety |) settings | Opens the specified settings panel |
Show (software | wifi | bluetooth | homelink) | Opens the specified mini-settings |
Show owner's manual | |
Show (tire pressures | odometer) | Shows the specified card |
Check for updates | |
[Bug] report <issue description> | To report a bug or ask for a feature; "note" also works |
Search Google for <query> | Does a Google search in the browser |
Go to <domain name> | Navigates to web address, e.g., "go to tesla.com" |
Command | Notes |
Ho Ho Ho | Enables Santa Mode |
Ho Ho Ho not funny | Santa mode but with a different background song |
Keep (Summer | Tesla) safe | Enables Sentry Mode |
To infinity and beyond! | Sets heat to max |
Commands people expect to work, but don’t. Elon - please fix 😀🙏
Command | Notes/Comments |
Play “favorites radio” | Does a search. Should just play the Slacker “favorites radio” station. |
Cancel | Stops listening for a command |
Turn on headlights. Turn on fog-lights. | Still not working in 10.2 |
Sport mode On/Off “Launch” “Give-it-to-er” “Hold on” “Hold my beer” “Catch that Taycan” | gles Sport mode for when you need more acceleration than chill will give you and don’t want to take your hands off the wheel. (merging onto hwy etc) Tog |
“Giggedy” “Did someone say Barry White” “Toast Marshmallows” “How you do’in” | Turn on romance easter egg. |