Guides
Watching and playing in a Tesla, answered.
Playing
- How to play Steam games on a TeslaTesla’s built-in Steam is gone from new cars and never came to the Model 3 or Y. Here’s how to play your own Steam library on the center screen, streamed from your PC.
- How to play Fortnite on a TeslaFortnite on the Tesla center screen with a PS5 controller: cloud gaming in Park, or your own PC, parked or while driving, for passengers.
- How to play Minecraft on a TeslaThere’s no Minecraft for Tesla, but Minecraft for Windows from your own PC plays on the center screen with a PS5 controller. Which edition works and how to set it up.
- Can passengers play games in a Tesla while driving?Tesla locked Arcade games to Park in 2021. What passengers can still play while the car is moving, on which screen, and what the law says.
- Streaming PC games to a Tesla: cloud, Moonlight or your own PCEvery way to get PC games onto a Tesla screen, side by side: what they cost, which games, which gears, and how much setup.
- How to connect a PS5 controller to a TeslaPair a DualSense with a Tesla over Bluetooth or plug it in, and use it for Arcade and for games streamed from your PC.
Watching
- How to watch YouTube in a Tesla while drivingTesla stops video when the car leaves Park. Here’s how passengers keep YouTube playing on the center screen, in up to 1080p, with nothing to install.
- How to watch IPTV in a TeslaPlay your own IPTV service on the Tesla center screen: live channels with the guide, movies and series, set up from your phone in a minute.
- Can passengers watch videos in a Tesla while it’s moving?What Tesla allows on the front and rear screens while the car is moving, and how passengers can watch on the center screen.
- Why video stops when a Tesla shifts into DriveShift out of Park and Tesla Theater pauses and browser video freezes. What’s actually being blocked, and what still works.
- Watching YouTube in a Tesla in 1080pWhy YouTube in a Tesla often looks soft, how to get 1080p in Theater and the browser, and what to expect on each car.
- Netflix, Hulu or Disney+ in a Tesla while drivingWhy no website can play Netflix, Hulu or Disney+ while a Tesla is moving, and what passengers can watch instead.
- Tesla Theater vs the browser vs screen mirroringEvery way to watch video on a Tesla screen, side by side: what each plays, in which gear, at what quality.
- Which Teslas work with GigaplayModel 3, Y, S, X and Cybertruck by year and media computer: which ones run Gigaplay and how well.