Tesla launches Robotaxi on Android
- Tesla released its Robotaxi app for Android on April 24, opening its ride-hailing service to Google Play users after launching on iPhone in September 2025. - Tesla’s support page says the Robotaxi fleet still uses specially configured Model Y vehicles, with Cybercab planned later as production starts in Texas. - The Android launch followed Tesla’s April expansion into Dallas and Houston, while planned rollouts in five other cities appear delayed. (electrek.co)
Tesla put its Robotaxi app on Google Play on April 24, giving Android users their first official way to book the service. (electrek.co) (play.google.com) The iPhone version launched in September 2025, so Android arrived about seven months later, not a full year. Tesla’s support page now tells riders to download the app for either iOS or Android and sign in with a Tesla account. (electrek.co) (tesla.com) Tesla says riders enter a destination inside the app’s service area, see an estimated fare and wait time, and match the arriving car’s license plate before getting in. The current fleet is made up of Model Y vehicles, with Cybercab listed as a future addition. (tesla.com) (play.google.com) That matters because Tesla’s robotaxi service is still not centered on the two-seat Cybercab concept Elon Musk unveiled in October 2024. For now, the public-facing service runs on existing Tesla sport utility vehicles that have been configured for driverless rides. (techxplore.com) (tesla.com) Tesla’s own first-quarter 2026 update said paid Robotaxi miles nearly doubled from the prior quarter and that unsupervised Robotaxi rides launched in Dallas and Houston in April. The company also said Cybercab will begin replacing the Model Y fleet once production is underway. (assets-ir.tesla.com) On Tesla’s earnings call last week, Musk said Cybercab production had started and would be “very slow” at first before ramping later in 2026. He also said he hoped unsupervised Full Self-Driving would operate in “a dozen or so states” by the end of this year. (techxplore.com) (finance.yahoo.com) The rollout is still uneven. Tesla expanded Robotaxi to Dallas and Houston on April 18, but Electrek reported the service areas were small and that five other previously announced city launches appeared to slip from Tesla’s latest materials. (electrek.co 1) (electrek.co 2) The Android app does not settle whether Tesla can scale robotaxis nationally, but it does remove one basic bottleneck: riders no longer need an iPhone to use the service. The next test is whether Tesla can turn a Model Y pilot in a few Texas cities into a larger fleet that actually includes Cybercab. (electrek.co) (assets-ir.tesla.com)
