Tesla makes Steam available in updated Model S and X cars

Tesla has made Steam available in updated Model S and X vehicles. It became clear earlier this year that playing games via Steam would eventually become available in vehicles from the American car manufacturer.

Tesla has published a short video that mainly shows images of Cyberpunk 2077. A game library from Steam Beta is also briefly shown and a message is shown that wireless controllers such as those of the PlayStation 5 can be used. The images are displayed on the large screen of the infotainment system. According to Tesla, thousands of games are now playable.

On Twitter reports the company that the Steam integration is only available in new versions of the Model S and These versions have more powerful hardware on board than their predecessors, in the form of an AMD Ryzen APU and RDNA 2 GPU.

Previously, there was some commotion in the United States about the gaming function in Tesla cars when it emerged that occupants could play games via the infotainment system while driving. Under pressure from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla then decided to disable this Passenger Play function. This means that playing games via Steam will probably only be possible when the car is stationary.

Tesla has also released an update that makes Apple Music available. In addition, the manufacturer has improved Dog Mode, so that users can view live images of the interior via the app. Furthermore, the update now includes a function that allows the headlights to provide a ‘light show’ where they follow the rhythm of music played.