On February 7, it was revealed that Tesla may be developing an apple-like app store, which allows car owners to download and install applications by themselves, imitate Apple or Android smartphone operations, and create a software and hardware ecological chain of Tesla's own brand.
Earlier, Tesla investor Sawyer Merritt retweeted a video of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs introducing the app store on Twitter, and he also said in a reposted post: "There are rumors that something similar will soon appear on something with four wheels that begin with T. ”
Screenshot of a tweet posted by Sawyer Merritt
Screenshot of a Tweet posted by Teslascope
The tweet was quickly retweeted by Teslascope, a Twitter account with the same name as Tesla's travel tracking app. The account once posted: "Rumors have spread. Tesla has been developing its own "app store" since around May 2021 and will be officially launched before Cybertruck is delivered. We expect Tesla to share this during its earnings call. It should be known that Elon Musk did reveal that 2022 will be tesla's software year. ”
The term "year of software" may refer to a comment Made by Musk on Tesla's fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call, when he said fully autonomous driving (FSD) software would create "the largest increase in value of any asset class in Tesla's history." Tesla Chief Financial Officer Zachary Kirkhorn agrees, saying, "As FSD evolves rapidly, software-based profits will eventually become a powerful complement to the profits from selling hardware. I think the software part of Tesla's business is what really needs to be paid attention to. ”
Last December, after Tesla's in-vehicle interface was upgraded to the latest V11 version, a customizable icon bar appeared at the bottom of the touchscreen in the car. So there's some speculation that Elon Musk will announce plans for the app store on the latest earnings call in late January, but it didn't.