Polestar 4 Release Notes

Release notes

• Bug fix for issue of old text messages being reiterated when phone is connecting to Bluetooth

• Center display stability improvements covering translation corrections

• Video streaming services improvements including mitigation of video signals causing sound to play without picture

• Seat heating improvement to increase the overall seat heating temperature by 2 degrees

• Animal mode now automatically turns off headlights when activated. The headlights will return to the chosen setting once Animal mode is turned off

• Set climate timers will now start 30 minutes prior to set departure time

  • Previously, the timer started 15 minutes prior to set time. If the user does not enter the vehicle at the set departure time, the climate will continue to run for an additional 10 minutes before turning off

• Preconditioning of the cabin climate via direct start in the Polestar app will now run for 30 minutes before switching off

  • Previously, the climate ran for 15 minutes after direct start

• Dashcam settings are now saved to driver profiles

  • Your preferred settings will now be saved to your driver profile, allowing the user to accept the privacy preferences at first time of use only. All settings, including automatic emergency recording, will now remain saved between drive cycles
  • The guest profile will always restore to default settings between drive cycles and require acceptance of the privacy preferences at every use

• While parked, if the driver’s door is left open and no driver is detected in the seat, any music currently playing will pause

  • Previously, music continued to play until the vehicle was locked

• Pilot Assist now uses a new AI-based method for lateral control, following the drive path within the lane instead of just the center. The steering control will now handle road curves in a more natural manner.

  • This does not reduce the driver's responsibility to operate the vehicle as safely as possible.

• Lane Keeping Aid now improved to include a setting for steering wheel vibrations only

  • Previously the Lane Keeping Aid system only offer ON and OFF settings, with the ON setting using both steering interventions and vibrations. You can now select "vibrations only" or "vibrations and steering interventions" when selecting ON. Please note that steering interventions will still be active for solid road lines and edges.

• Pilot Assist now works at speeds up to 150 km/h. If your speed exceeds 150 km/h while using Pilot Assist, lateral control will automatically resume when the speed drops below 150 km/h

• Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) now works at speeds up to 180 km/h

• Tuning improvements to ACC and Pilot Assist to provide a smoother acceleration and braking experience

• Pilot Assist improved to avoid unnecessary brake interventions while driving.

• “Driver Not Detected” warning system improved to reduce the number of false alerts

Release notes

• Center display stability improvements

• Edit button now added to the Favorites app and Shortcuts widget

  • Previously, the widget could only be edited by holding and pressing the app or shortcut you wanted to edit. An edit button has now been added to the top right corner of the widget.

• Speed limit warning turned off. Function now includes a dismiss button to allow the driver to actively dismiss the notification

• A/C climate calibration improvements

• Parking sensors are now deactivated when Car Wash mode is active

• General stability improvements

• Launch of a dozen new apps through Google Built‑in, all of which can be enjoyed while the vehicle is parked. Check out the full list of apps in the Google Play Store.

• The driver’s profile will now be selected when the driver’s door is opened, even when the passenger door has already been unlocked and opened by another key. The driver’s profile needs to have a key already connected for this to function.

  • Previously, the vehicle would always default to whichever profile’s key opened the vehicle first, not to the driver entering the vehicle.

• More functions have now been added to the favorites shortcut

• General stability improvements

Enabling Digital Key functionality for Apple devices for all markets

• To activate digital key, a special code is required. This code will be sent to all primary drivers when the full functionality is being released for respective markets at a later date.
• Charging speed now shown as kW in instrument panel.
• Automatic climate mode improved to avoid issue with air conditioning not cooling vehicle sufficiently.
• Center display stability improvements to prevent unresponsive behavior or screen resetting.
• Apple CarPlay stability improvements to avoid echo during phone calls in vehicle, as well as connectivity issues between vehicle and phone device.
• Scheduled charging improved, resolving issue with timer not setting or charging not starting at set time.
• Digital key improved to prevent issue with center display settings not correctly showing successfully paired and shared digital keys.
• Favorite shortcuts in center display improved to prevent issue with loss of saved shortcuts.
• Software release notes now available in center display.
• Journey Log app enabled. The Journey Log app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and helps drivers automatically track and record trips.
• Dashcam app now available (requires micro-SD card).
  • The vehicle will not allow the video stream to be active while driving. However, the functions “Record video” and “Take photo” can still be utilized while driving.

Additional improvements

• Seat heating stability improvement.
• Charge limit stability improvement to issue with limit unexpectedly changing to 50%.
• Adaptive Cruise Control is now activated by pressing the steering wheel button once. For vehicles with pilot pack, Adaptive Cruise Control will be activated with one press after activating Pilot Assist. You can toggle between the two functions by pressing the button once.
  • Adaptive Cruise Control was previously activated by quickly pressing the Pilot Assist button twice in succession. This has now been removed.
• Pilot Assist & Adaptive Cruise Control set to adapt to the speed limit function reinstated.