Voice Commands

Note
For your convenience, Tesla allows you to choose from a variety of languages to use for voice commands. To choose a different language, touch Controls > Display > Voice Recognition Language.

Drivers can use voice commands to easily control settings and preferences, and ask questions without using the touchscreen. Additionally, passengers can use voice commands when activated (see Hey Tesla).

Voice Commands

Voice commands are designed to understand natural requests. The following is a non-exhaustive list of actions that you can perform with voice commands:
  • Adjust climate preferences
  • Tweak the windshield wiper speed and frequency
  • Control various aspects of your vehicle
  • Navigate to a location
  • Call a contact
  • Interact with apps and settings

To initiate a voice command, fully press the microphone button on the right side of the steering wheel. When a chime sounds, make your request.

Examples of Voice Commands

Here is a list of example voice commands. This is not an exhaustive list. Tesla is constantly working to improve voice commands.
Note
Your vehicle must be in Park to enable some voice commands (such as Sentry Mode, Pet Mode, etc.).

Climate Controls

Adjust your climate preferences:

  • "Make it cooler"
  • "Make it warmer"
  • "Turn on/off the driver's seat heater"
  • "Cool down the passenger"
  • "Direct airflow to my face"
  • "Sync climate"
  • "Increase/decrease the fan speed"
  • "Turn on/off rear defroster"
  • "Set the temperature/fan..."
  • "Turn on recirculate"

Windshield Wipers

Update the windshield wiper speed and frequency based on changing road and weather conditions:

  • "Speed up the wipers"
  • "Increase/decrease windshield wiper speed by..."
  • "Turn on/off the wipers"

Vehicle Controls

Modify various controls in your vehicle:

  • "Sentry Mode on/off"
  • "Keep my car safe"
  • "Turn on Pet Mode"
  • "Open/close charge port"
  • "Start/stop charging"
  • "Open service settings"
  • "Open the glovebox"

Media

Listen to media and adjust your playback preferences:

  • "Listen to [song name]"
  • "Lower/raise the Media volume"
  • "Skip to next"
  • "Pause/play song"
  • "Change the source to [media source]"

To improve voice command recognition accuracy, provide multiple cues in your command, such as artist and song.

Apps and Settings

Easily navigate through your apps and settings:

  • "Open [Toybox/browser/theater/phone]"
  • "Search for..."
  • "The screen is too bright"
  • "Show me the Owner's Manual"

For more information on voice commands, go to https://www.tesla.cn/support/voice-commands.

Note
To support ongoing quality improvements, Tesla captures and processes voice command transcriptions (such as “set the temperature…”). Transcriptions are processed in the cloud and deleted promptly afterward. Audio voice recordings are not collected, and transcriptions are not associated with your Tesla account or with your vehicle's identification number. To further protect your privacy, voice commands containing personal data are not captured (such as "Navigate to..." or "Make a call to...").

Hey Tesla

Passengers can activate voice assistance by using the activation prompt "Hey Tesla / 嘿，特斯拉" after enabling it. To enable, touch Controls > Voice > Voice Wake-Up. Select seat selection settings for sound zone activation.

The voice assistant can interact with the vehicle features such as climate controls and media. Common commands are "Hey Tesla, turn down the volume/close the window/turn on the heater in the second row."
Note
Voice assistance cannot be used outside the vehicle and cannot interact with safety and security features.