Today, Tesla started the limited rollout of its most awaited end-of-year FSD v14.2 update. The firmware version of this over-the-air (OTA) software update is 2025.38.9.5.
This makes it a point release over the previous non-FSD 2025.38.9 update. It’s interesting that the Tesla AI and software updates department chose a non-FSD firmware branch to merge all the previous FSD v14 versions into the FSD v14.2 update.
Tesla AI team has upgraded the neural net encoder in FSD v14.2 that improves handling of emergency vehiclces, road objects, and human gestures (read Release Notes below).
FSD v14 is currently only available on Tesla’s newer Hardware 4 (HW4/AI4) computer-equipped Tesla cars and the Cybertruck.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk had hinted that the FSD v14.2 update would make Tesla cars feel sentient. Since the update is just a few hours old as of this writing, it’s hard to confirm; a lot of testing needs to prove this in the coming days and weeks.
New feature in FSD v14.2 (2025.38.9.5): Self-Driving Stats
The interesting thing about Tesla FSD v14.2 is that Tesla has actually added a few lines into the Release Notes (read below). This means that FSD v14.2 offers significant upgrades and advantages over FSD v14.1 and its point releases.
The tech & AI-based automaker has added a new nifty feature to the FSD v14.2 UI called “Self-Driving Stats”. Now you can see the percentage of travel done on Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and without it on your screen (see screenshot below).
Official Tesa Release Notes: FSD v14.2 (2025.38.9.5)
- Upgraded the neural network vision encoder, leveraging higher resolution features to further improve scenarios like handling emergency vehicles, obstacles on the road, and human gestures. new
- Added automatic narrow field washing to provide rapid and efficient front camera self-cleaning, and optimize aerodynamic wash at higher vehicle speed. new, 2026 Model Y Juniper only
- Added Arrival Options for you to select where FSD should park: in a Parking Lot, on the Street, in a Driveway, in a Parking Garage, or at the Curbside.
- Added handling to pull over or yield for emergency vehicles (e.g. police cars, fire trucks, ambulances).
- Added navigation and routing into the vision-based neural network for real-time handling of blocked roads and detours.
- Added additional speed profile to further customize driving style preference.
- Improved handling for static and dynamic gates.
- Improved offsetting for road debris (e.g. tires, tree branches, boxes).
- Improve handling of several scenarios including: unprotected turns, lane changes, vehicle cut-ins, and school buses.
- Improved FSD’s ability to manage system faults and recover smoothly from degraded operation for enhanced reliability.
- Added alerting for residue build-up on interior windshield that may impact front camera visibility. If affected, visit Service for cleaning!
Upcoming Improvements:
- Overall smoothness and sentience
- Parking spot selection and parking quality
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Related Tesla FSD News, Reviews, and Release Notes
- Tesla begins limited rollout of the FSD v14.2 (2025.38.9.5) update, adds Self-Driving Stats feature (official release notes)
- Tesla Cybertruck owners share first impressions of FSD v14.1.7 (videos)
- Tesla pushes FSD v14.1.7 (2025.38.8.7) to Cybertruck and HW4 Model S,3,X,Y (release notes, rollout status)
- Tesla update 2025.38.9 goes wide release on HW3 cars and the Cybertruck (skipping FSD v14)
- FSD v14: Tesla might allow ‘text and drive’ by the end of year, says Musk
- Tesla begins the rollout of Cybertruck FSD v14.1.5 (2025.38.8.5), official release notes, more
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