Tesla's Grok Now Handles 116 Voice Commands Hands-Free

Tesla's in-car Grok assistant took its biggest step forward yet with the 2026 Summer Update, and Canadian owners have now had enough time behind the wheel to map exactly what the AI can do. The verdict from community testing: 116 of the 170 known Tesla voice commands — just over 68 percent — can now be handled entirely by Grok, hands-free, according to an extensive list compiled and tested by Tesla owner Julian and reported by Drive Tesla Canada on August 31.

Tesla's own release notes undersold the change. The company highlighted that Grok can make phone calls, play music, adjust the climate and search the Controls menu, and that the update added a fully hands-free wake word: just say "Hey Grok." Owner testing shows the real capability goes well beyond that brief description.

Climate and comfort commands

Climate control is among the most comprehensive categories. Drivers can ask Grok to:

Change the cabin temperature and adjust fan speed and airflow
Activate Dog Mode or Camp Mode
Control the front seat heaters and the heated steering wheel
Turn on Bioweapon Defense Mode — the HEPA filtration setting Canadian drivers have used during wildfire smoke season

Navigation and charging

Grok can find nearby Superchargers, restaurants and other destinations, navigate home or to work, and change route preferences such as avoiding tolls or ferries — the latter a genuinely Canadian use case on B.C.'s coastal routes. More conversational requests also work: saying "I am hungry" prompts the assistant to suggest nearby restaurants.

Vehicle hardware and security

The hardware list is where the update gets practical for everyday ownership:

Open the glovebox and fold the mirrors
Save Dashcam footage and activate Sentry Mode
Operate the charge port door and control the wipers
Read back tire pressures or the odometer, and display the latest software release notes

What still needs the old voice commands

The list also documents the gaps. Traditional voice commands remain necessary for dozens of functions, including opening the trunk or frunk, changing the volume and adjusting several vehicle settings. The full community-tested spreadsheet of 170 commands is publicly accessible, so owners can check before talking to their car.

For Canadian owners, the shift matters for winter driving more than anywhere else. Asking a car to warm up, defog, heat the seats and open the garage-adjacent charge port by voice — without pulling off gloves to tap a screen — is the kind of quality-of-life upgrade that compounds daily through a Canadian January. The feature ships through Tesla's regular over-the-air software channel, so eligibility follows your vehicle's update status rather than any Canadian-specific rollout.

If you have a Grok-equipped Tesla and want to try the full command set, start with the wake word and keep the community spreadsheet handy — at 116 working commands and counting, the fastest way to learn what your car understands is to ask it.

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