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Tesla appears to be preparing one of its biggest changes to Autopilot in more than a decade. New findings in the 2025.38 branch of software updates suggest the company is finally ready to remove the long-standing “Beta” tag from Autosteer, a designation that has defined the feature since the early days of Autopilot.
The discovery comes from Tesla hacker and well-known software sleuth @greentheonly, who has a strong track record of uncovering features ahead of release. In newly surfaced code strings, Autosteer no longer carries the Beta label within Tesla’s interface resources for recent Full Self-Driving software versions. Tesla began rolling out FSD (Supervised) 14.2 last week, and CEO Elon Musk has been hyping up the upcoming 14.3 update — expected within weeks — as the “last big piece” toward a broader autonomy push.
Removing the Beta tag signals Tesla believes its core Autopilot stack has finally matured into a stable, commercial-grade driver-assistance system. The company isn’t removing the on-screen disclaimer shown when Autosteer is activated for the first time, but the shift still marks a symbolic turning point for the automaker.
Alongside the Beta label removal, Tesla is also building a more dynamic attention monitoring system. @greentheonly uncovered new attention-required icons tied to three confidence levels — white head/white eyes, white head/red eyes, and red head/red eyes — which indicate how closely a driver needs to monitor the road.
High-confidence scenarios may allow brief glances away, while low-confidence situations will demand full attention. Musk previously said FSD 14 would “nag you much less,” and alongside that evolution, Tesla shortened the strike forgiveness period for Autopilot and FSD from 7 days to 3.5 days back in September.
With FSD 14, Tesla also dropped its long-standing Autosteer steering wheel icon, replacing it with a simpler “Self-Driving” indicator for when Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is engaged. The streamlined UI, combined with the new adaptive attention system, suggests Tesla is accelerating toward more relaxed supervision requirements as the software continues improving.
The software sleuth also spotted a new regulatory warning tied to upcoming geofenced FSD rollouts: “Approaching a country border, FSD features might become unavailable.” This suggests that Tesla is preparing for region-by-region authorization as part of its planned FSD (Supervised) launch in Europe. Tesla expects the first regulatory approval for FSD in Europe to be granted in early 2026, followed by other EU regions afterward.
If these findings hold, Tesla could soon formalize Autosteer as a non-beta, mainstream driver-assistance feature — a milestone years in the making.
