Tesla’s built-in Light Show feature can turn a Model S, Model X, Model 3, or Model Y into a music-synced display using its own headlights, taillights, and fog lights, and Tesla’s own channel is already teasing it for Halloween.
How it actually works
Light Show runs sequences built in xLights, a free, open-source program, where you time a car’s exterior lights to a song of your choice. Tesla added the ability to start, schedule, and stop a show from the Tesla app, and extended support to the Cybertruck’s off-road light bar, according to Not a Tesla App. The feature works on 2021-and-newer Model S and Model X, and on any Model 3 or Model Y, per Drive Tesla Canada. Multiple Teslas parked together can even run a synced, multi-vehicle show.
Getting one onto your car
You don’t have to build your own sequence. Tesla and its community both publish ready-made shows that load onto a USB drive and plug into the car, or arrive over the air depending on your software version. For Halloween, that means a car that can flash, pulse, or “breathe” in time with a spooky soundtrack, with no extra hardware required.
Tesla’s own channel previewed its Halloween content on October 1:
Because this comes from Tesla’s own channel, it’s the company’s own preview of what’s coming, not a third party’s guess. Check your car’s Toybox menu or the Tesla app around Halloween to see whether this year’s show has reached your vehicle — feature rollouts like this typically arrive in waves rather than to every car at once.
Photo by Konstantin Mishchenko.
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