Tesla 2021.36.8.7 Update: FSD Beta 10.5 Release Notes

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A Tesla employee has reportedly confirmed that a new Tesla software update (version 2021.36.8.7) that was spotted rolling out late Saturday evening is indeed Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.5. The update is being pushed to employee-owned vehicles for final checks before a full public release (via @teslascope).

Provided that last-minute checks go well and we don’t get a repeat of what happened with FSD beta 10.2 last month, FSD beta 10.5 should start rolling out publicly by the night of Sunday, November 21.

We've confirmed with one Tesla employee who received this update tonight that this is Full Self-Driving Beta 10.5. Tesla is pushing the beta to employee-owned vehicles initially.

They have communicated that a rollout is expected Sunday night assuming last-minute checks go well. https://t.co/cQUULe2KST

— Teslascope (@teslascope) November 21, 2021

Like previous beta releases, FSD beta testers with Safety Scores of 98 (and above) will be the first to receive the update, followed by a systematic, gradual mass release.

If FSD beta 10.5 ends up being released on (or slightly after) Sunday, it will line up squarely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s projected timeline for the launch. Last week, Musk said in a tweet that he is “hoping to start releasing to 98 scores with V10.5 in about 10 days.”

You can see FSD beta 10.5 release notes below (via @SawyerMerritt):

• Improved VR (pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles) crossing velocity error
  by 20% from improved quality in our auto-labeling.
• Improved static world predictions (road lines, edges, and lane connectivity
  by up to 13% using a new static world auto-labeler and adding 165K auto
  labeled videos.
• Improved cone and sign detections by upreving the generalized static of
  network with 15K more video clips and adjusting oversampling and
  overweighting strategies (+4.5% precision, +10.4% recall).
• Improved cut-in detection network by 5.5% to help reduce false slowdowns
• Enabled “emergency collision avoidance maneuvering” in shadow mode.
• Enabled behavior to lane change away from merges when safe to do so.
• Improved merge object detection recall by using multi-modal object
  prediction at intersections.
• Improved control for merges by increasing smoothness of arrival time
  constraints and considering possible merging objects beyond visibility.
• Improved lane changes by allowing larger deceleration limit in short deadline situations.
• Improved lateral control for creeping forward to get more visibility.
• Improved modeling of road boundaries on high curvature roads for finer
  maneuvers.
• Improved logic to stay on-route and avoid unnecessary detours/rerouting.

BREAKING: A source has sent me the FSD Beta v10.5 release notes. A lot of great improvements in this release! pic.twitter.com/cDYgtw0hxO

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) November 21, 2021

Whether or not the electric vehicle (EV) maker is ready to release the latest iteration of its Full Self-Driving technology to the public, we’ll find out in less than a day. While you wait, take a look at how FSD beta 10.4 fares against a student driving road test.