New software version coming week 36 of 2025

[mikeright]

I can officially confirm that Porsche is expected to release a new software version for the Porsche Macan EV during week 36 of 2025, which means around September 1st.

After experiencing some bugs related to the security systems, my dealer shared this info, received directly from Germany.
So we are talking about approximately one year after the car’s release.

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[SteveInKirkland]

I'm curious whether the software update will be required for USA Tesla Supercharger access. I also assume it will be a dealer installed software update and not an OTA update.

 

[daveo4EV]

did your dealer disclose/discuss delivery mechanism - OTA vs. dealer service visit?

 

[mikeright]

did your dealer disclose/discuss delivery mechanism - OTA vs. dealer service visit?

Not yet but I will try to find out...

 

[Jeroen]

Is that week 26 or 36?

 

[mikeright]

Is that week 26 or 36?

36, sorry, post edited

 

[PrudentOcean]

I’m hoping for Tesla Supercharger access and the next-generation CarPlay.

 

[cottony]

What’s the betting line that this update will be delayed

 

[daveo4EV]

What’s the betting line that this update will be delayed

given historical Porsche updates (once a year) I understand your perspective and I'd normally be right there with you…

but week 36 is also approx. the week that they cut over model years - post summer shut down in germany when they start the assembly lines backup and beging producing the new model-year vehicle's - targeting Sept. 1st (week 36) "fits" the needs to support the new MY'vehicle's

I have no question the the software will be ready week 36 to begin loading it on MY'26 Macan's

the issue is how long will it take Porsche to publish/document/train service personal to install it and distribute it…

when my 2020 Taycan was moved to the "new" software (the most visible changes of which were color icons and wireless carplay support) it was post week 36 of 2020 (to support the newly released MY'2021 Taycan's) - but it took quite a bit longer to trickle out to the dealership-service-update procedures, but the software was in the 2021 Taycan's right on time…April of 2021 the 2019/2020 Taycan's were being updated to parity with the software package for the MY'2021 Taycans (which were available starting in Sept/Oct of 2020)…

this also lines up pretty well with Porsche history - ship the 2019/2020 Vehicle's (Taycan in this case) starting in Oct. of 2019 - then about 18 months later you get the the "small bump" improvements (MY'2021 vehicle's) with shipping beginning Sept/Oct of 2020 - and then Porsche chose to retrofit the 2021 software back to the 2019/2020 Taycan's…

does this pattern look familiar here?

this all fits when you look at manufacutring schedules:

MY'2026 Vehicles will be produced: Sept. 2025 -> July 2026 - August is summer shutdown/cutover/update/maintenance for the assembly lines and then the next MY cut over's occur…also the factory where they Produce the macan EV also makes the Macan ICE, and Panamera's

also if this _IS_ the MY'2026 software package - it's already 80-90% complete and this point and the feature set is "locked/loaded" and they are testing/debugging and driving test-mules around with it already installed to flush out any remaining issues - they also need to submit vehicle's with sofware installed to various regulatory testing agencies to get it approved for release…

Week 36 makes perfect sense to me - but it would be unsurprising if the "retrofit" process (most likely dealer service visit based) takes a while to become available to previous generation Macan EV's…

my bet is this is the software for MY'26 vehicle's and Porsche is planning to provide the update to MY'24/MY'25 vehicle's - software will be ready on time, but distribution will be subject to technical process delay's.

at my previous job doing commerical/consumer software for 30+ years - there were many many releases and many many schedules - it was accepted wisdom that if you wanted your software product/project to ship "on time" associate it to a hardware/revenue release schedule - because that way the software "can't be late" with out impacting hardware/revenue…this software will be released "on time" - the question is how long will take Porsche to document/test the update process for 2024/2025 Macans…but the 2026 Macan's will be rolling demonstrators of the improvements.

Porsche did a pretty good job of actually documenting the changes for the 2020 Taycan's software update - it's the closest they've done for release notes that I've ever seen - I hope they do the same for this update if it happens…

I'm hoping for:

• bug fixes
• north american supercharger support
• native port NACS plug support
• battery % @ destination in the HUD
• more OTA enhancements for future
• more stable wireless carplay
• phone as a key support

we'll see how this plays out - but the "release" schedule makes perfect sense to me given how Porsche operates the realities of their manufacturing process/schedule.

For reference here is the Porsche official press release of the software update for the 2019/2020 Taycan's - it basically brought them to parity with the already released/shipping MY'2021 Taycan's…

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/...are-update-for-first-taycan-models-23984.html

 

[W1NGE]

given historical Porsche updates (once a year) I understand your perspective and I'd normally be right there with you…

but week 36 is also approx. the week that they cut over model years - post summer shut down in germany when they start the assembly lines backup and beging producing the new model-year vehicle's - targeting Sept. 1st (week 36) "fits" the needs to support the new MY'vehicle's

I have no question the the software will be ready week 36 to begin loading it on MY'26 Macan's

the issue is how long will it take Porsche to publish/document/train service personal to install it and distribute it…

when my 2020 Taycan was moved to the "new" software (the most visible changes of which were color icons and wireless carplay support) it was post week 36 of 2020 (to support the newly released MY'2021 Taycan's) - but it took quite a bit longer to trickle out to the dealership-service-update procedures, but the software was in the 2021 Taycan's right on time…April of 2021 the 2019/2020 Taycan's were being updated to parity with the software package for the MY'2021 Taycans (which were available starting in Sept/Oct of 2020)…

this also lines up pretty well with Porsche history - ship the 2019/2020 Vehicle's (Taycan in this case) starting in Oct. of 2019 - then about 18 months later you get the the "small bump" improvements (MY'2021 vehicle's) with shipping beginning Sept/Oct of 2020 - and then Porsche chose to retrofit the 2021 software back to the 2019/2020 Taycan's…

does this pattern look familiar here?

this all fits when you look at manufacutring schedules:

MY'2026 Vehicles will be produced: Sept. 2025 -> July 2026 - August is summer shutdown/cutover/update/maintenance for the assembly lines and then the next MY cut over's occur…also the factory where they Produce the macan EV also makes the Macan ICE, and Panamera's

also if this _IS_ the MY'2026 software package - it's already 80-90% complete and this point and the feature set is "locked/loaded" and they are testing/debugging and driving test-mules around with it already installed to flush out any remaining issues - they also need to submit vehicle's with sofware installed to various regulatory testing agencies to get it approved for release…

Week 36 makes perfect sense to me - but it would be unsurprising if the "retrofit" process (most likely dealer service visit based) takes a while to become available to previous generation Macan EV's…

my bet is this is the software for MY'26 vehicle's and Porsche is planning to provide the update to MY'24/MY'25 vehicle's - software will be ready on time, but distribution will be subject to technical process delay's.

at my previous job doing commerical/consumer software for 30+ years - there were many many releases and many many schedules - it was accepted wisdom that if you wanted your software product/project to ship "on time" associate it to a hardware/revenue release schedule - because that way the software "can't be late" with out impacting hardware/revenue…this software will be released "on time" - the question is how long will take Porsche to document/test the update process for 2024/2025 Macans…but the 2026 Macan's will be rolling demonstrators of the improvements.

Porsche did a pretty good job of actually documenting the changes for the 2020 Taycan's software update - it's the closest they've done for release notes that I've ever seen - I hope they do the same for this update if it happens…

I'm hoping for:

• bug fixes
• north american supercharger support
• native port NACS plug support
• battery % @ destination in the HUD
• more OTA enhancements for future
• more stable wireless carplay
• phone as a key support

we'll see how this plays out - but the "release" schedule makes perfect sense to me given how Porsche operates the realities of their manufacturing process/schedule.

I had an MY21 T4S (Nov'21 delivery) and the software update (colour icons etc) didn't materialise until mid 2022.

Agree that the update is targeted for MY26 some or all of which might be rolled out to MY24/25s.

 

[krissrock]

i just need them to fix the Random function for the media!!
firstly.
but there are quite a few things i think they can change via software too. I've actually already given my feedback to PCS

 

[Hawk_Tuah]

It’s march. How on earth can’t there be an update for the ongoing issues until September?

 

[ColdCase]

Has there been a SW update for all 2024 models rolled out that incorporated features in the 2025 software, like a better update process ? The 2025 models may be easier to update than previous models..

 

[MFitz]

given historical Porsche updates (once a year) I understand your perspective and I'd normally be right there with you…

but week 36 is also approx. the week that they cut over model years - post summer shut down in germany when they start the assembly lines backup and beging producing the new model-year vehicle's - targeting Sept. 1st (week 36) "fits" the needs to support the new MY'vehicle's

I have no question the the software will be ready week 36 to begin loading it on MY'26 Macan's

the issue is how long will it take Porsche to publish/document/train service personal to install it and distribute it…

when my 2020 Taycan was moved to the "new" software (the most visible changes of which were color icons and wireless carplay support) it was post week 36 of 2020 (to support the newly released MY'2021 Taycan's) - but it took quite a bit longer to trickle out to the dealership-service-update procedures, but the software was in the 2021 Taycan's right on time…April of 2021 the 2019/2020 Taycan's were being updated to parity with the software package for the MY'2021 Taycans (which were available starting in Sept/Oct of 2020)…

this also lines up pretty well with Porsche history - ship the 2019/2020 Vehicle's (Taycan in this case) starting in Oct. of 2019 - then about 18 months later you get the the "small bump" improvements (MY'2021 vehicle's) with shipping beginning Sept/Oct of 2020 - and then Porsche chose to retrofit the 2021 software back to the 2019/2020 Taycan's…

does this pattern look familiar here?

this all fits when you look at manufacutring schedules:

MY'2026 Vehicles will be produced: Sept. 2025 -> July 2026 - August is summer shutdown/cutover/update/maintenance for the assembly lines and then the next MY cut over's occur…also the factory where they Produce the macan EV also makes the Macan ICE, and Panamera's

also if this _IS_ the MY'2026 software package - it's already 80-90% complete and this point and the feature set is "locked/loaded" and they are testing/debugging and driving test-mules around with it already installed to flush out any remaining issues - they also need to submit vehicle's with sofware installed to various regulatory testing agencies to get it approved for release…

Week 36 makes perfect sense to me - but it would be unsurprising if the "retrofit" process (most likely dealer service visit based) takes a while to become available to previous generation Macan EV's…

my bet is this is the software for MY'26 vehicle's and Porsche is planning to provide the update to MY'24/MY'25 vehicle's - software will be ready on time, but distribution will be subject to technical process delay's.

at my previous job doing commerical/consumer software for 30+ years - there were many many releases and many many schedules - it was accepted wisdom that if you wanted your software product/project to ship "on time" associate it to a hardware/revenue release schedule - because that way the software "can't be late" with out impacting hardware/revenue…this software will be released "on time" - the question is how long will take Porsche to document/test the update process for 2024/2025 Macans…but the 2026 Macan's will be rolling demonstrators of the improvements.

Porsche did a pretty good job of actually documenting the changes for the 2020 Taycan's software update - it's the closest they've done for release notes that I've ever seen - I hope they do the same for this update if it happens…

I'm hoping for:

• bug fixes
• north american supercharger support
• native port NACS plug support
• battery % @ destination in the HUD
• more OTA enhancements for future
• more stable wireless carplay
• phone as a key support

we'll see how this plays out - but the "release" schedule makes perfect sense to me given how Porsche operates the realities of their manufacturing process/schedule.

As always thanks @daveo4EV for putting some history and substance to this. Makes me hopeful for some fixes this year.

 

[agility65]

Having run a decent sized software company ($100M) that helped manage software development for many of the largest companies on the planet including car companies, Porshe is near the bottom in terms of SW development. Such a disappointment that they can't figure out continuous development and deployment.

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