Perhaps all the new video game functionality developed in the months since Pole Position was removed made a karaoke function an easy add-on that didn’t merit the wait for an entirely new Tesla firmware. Just played Missile Command, Asteroids & Lunar Lander in V9.
“Tesla Car Karaoke hopefully ready in OTA software update version 10. The addition of car karaoke to Tesla’s in-car experience was originally teased by Musk last year.
The overall functionality of the program is reminiscent of MS Paint, a native Windows program with basic graphic creation and editing capabilities…until now. Once opened, users can create basic sketches with a provided color palette using their fingers as a writing instrument. Sketchpad was released with firmware version 8.1 and is accessed by pushing the “T” logo at the top of the Tesla center touchscreen three times. “Tweak music & car karaoke.” He also agreed to a suggestion on sharing tools for Sketchpad, indicating a future addition of import/export functionality via the Tesla app.
“Fun, little music tool coming later,” he revealed. Musk chimed in to the announcement tweet afterwards, adding even more color to what Tesla owners can expect to be delivered to their Model 3, Model X, and Model S cars in the way of Easter Eggs. New Sketchpad features are rolling out in our next software update. A request was also made for animation support by Fujita, to which Musk responded with a simple “Ok” however, it’s not clear based on the announcement whether that capability made it into the update. What will you draw? ?,” the company announced. Tesla responded in kind with a touch of the account’s new personality flair. A request to please add a color picker model with saturation adjustment and multiple undos…how else am I supposed to do serious freelance work with this? ? #Tesla,” he tweeted.
The all-electric car maker’s Twitter account made the feature announcement in response to Tesla owner and artist Goro Fujita’s request for specific improvements to expand the Sketchpad app’s functionality. Music-focused bonus apps, including car karaoke, will follow shortly after. Tesla owners are getting new features for their in-car Sketchpad Easter Egg in the next vehicle software update, just as promised recently by CEO Elon Musk.