Tesla Set to Launch New Attention Required Icons, Announces Plans to Remove ‘Beta’ Label from Autosteer
After more than a decade, Tesla is gearing up to bid farewell to the Beta designation on its core Autopilot features, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of its autonomous driving technology.
A recent deep dive into the 2025.38 software update by renowned Tesla hacker Greentheonly reveals that Tesla is on track to eliminate the Beta tag from Autosteer, signaling a shift towards a more polished and commercially viable product.
While Tesla has made adjustments to the safety terminology surrounding Full Self-Driving (FSD), the removal of the Beta designation from Autosteer indicates that Tesla deems the foundational software framework for Autopilot as sufficiently robust to function as a standard offering.
Despite the impending removal of the Beta label, Tesla has maintained the on-screen warning prompt that prompts users to exercise vigilance when engaging Autosteer, underscoring the importance of driver supervision.
Enhanced Driver Monitoring
In tandem with the Beta phase-out, Tesla is also gearing up to introduce a more sophisticated driver monitoring system, likely paving the way for hands-free driving capabilities in the near future. The discovered icons by Greentheonly suggest three distinct levels of attention alerts, which are anticipated to be dynamically triggered based on the vehicle’s assessment of driving conditions.
- High Confidence: White head symbol, white eyes
- Medium Confidence: White head symbol, red eyes
- Low Confidence: Red head symbol, red eyes
This development indicates that Tesla is laying the groundwork for enabling drivers to divert their attention from the road, contingent upon the vehicle’s confidence level in managing the current driving scenario. With higher confidence levels, drivers may only need to intermittently glance at the road, while lower confidence levels will necessitate heightened alertness, culminating in full attention to the road for the lowest confidence tier.
Geofenced FSD
Additionally, Green unearthed a new cautionary message within the code, stating, “Approaching a country border, FSD features might become unavailable.”
This provision likely hints at forthcoming FSD deployments in Europe, with Tesla eyeing a potential FSD launch in the Netherlands by February 2026, followed by other European territories. This geofencing mechanism would automatically adjust feature availability based on the regulatory landscape of each country, ensuring compliance and swift activation of FSD in receptive jurisdictions.
Similar to how FSD functionality was restricted upon crossing the US-Mexico border until Tesla’s recent FSD rollout in Mexico, this geofenced approach enables seamless activation of FSD in compliant regions without waiting for blanket approval across the EU.