Supercharger Update

[dj_stang]

It was an unnumbered update.

People say this is fake and then complain about misinformation.

It’s extremely convincing, the only thing that seems fake is it came out more or less on schedule (even for EA).

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[sean7512]

What @hybrid2bev said plus it's beta software. Things happen, as we all have seen recently. There's no point in advertising a non-public update until it's been found to be a stable release.

Meh, I've been a software dev for nearly 20 years now and I have written software that most of you likely use every single day on your phones. This was a feature that was already announced a year ago, confirmed a free adapter was coming. This screenshot literally has no surprises or new information on it. It is good to see the update rolling out (even if it is to beta users). Let's not forget, EA is NOT a beta program. Of course we don't know if this was an employee on a beta schedule or just EA, but does it really matter? Yea, lawyers and agreements say otherwise, but every tech company publicly beta tests new software and it's not a secret and this "leak" tells us nothing new other than Ford looks to hopefully be on schedule for spring, as promised.

 

[ChasingCoral]

In the past when posts like that pop up, it’s been from Ford employees with a management lease. I guess they must not all know that they get early updates and aren’t supposed to post public info about them.

They usually learn pretty fast, too! I wonder if his next lease offer will be a lightly used Fiesta?

It was an unnumbered update.

More likely a Priority Update (PU series) based on the title and significance. The bottom of the screen doesn't show the part where the number would be found.

Let's not forget, EA is NOT a beta program.

So what is EA then?

 

[sean7512]

So what is EA then?

It is Early Access. These are updates that have already been beta tested (internally -- to my knowledge, Ford doesn't have a public beta program). The EA releases are intended to be the same builds pushed to everyone, it is really just the initial group that gets an update during the phased roll out release schedule. Yes some things pushed to EA have been pulled for fixes, just like how Apple has pulled iOS releases that were made public due to bricking issues (and Rivian just did that too).

In a typical phased software release schedule, a new update is pushed to say 1% of all users (typically random) the first 12-24 hours, then if no issues have been reported, they may push it to 10% for the next 12-24 hours, then maybe up to 50% of users, then lastly all users. (Of note, Apple does not do this, iOS/MacOS updates are not phased and go out to all immediately, for better or worse). Anyways, EA allows Ford to identify which 1% of users are willing to get the latest in the first phase instead of randomly picking people that may not want to be a guinea pig.

If EA were betas then EA users would have to reinstall the public release after the beta release went out, as they will be different. Beta builds contain different certificates to talk to the beta environment (servers, etc), they will contain additional logging, and will not have optimized binaries to allow for greater insight into what the software is doing in the event of a crash, etc.

 

[CarGuy11]

It is Early Access. These are updates that have already been beta tested (internally -- to my knowledge, Ford doesn't have a public beta program). The EA releases are intended to be the same builds pushed to everyone, it is really just the initial group that gets an update during the phased roll out release schedule. Yes some things pushed to EA have been pulled for fixes, just like how Apple has pulled iOS releases that were made public due to bricking issues (and Rivian just did that too).

In a typical phased software release schedule, a new update is pushed to say 1% of all users (typically random) the first 12-24 hours, then if no issues have been reported, they may push it to 10% for the next 12-24 hours, then maybe up to 50% of users, then lastly all users. (Of note, Apple does not do this, iOS/MacOS updates are not phased and go out to all immediately, for better or worse). Anyways, EA allows Ford to identify which 1% of users are willing to get the latest in the first phase instead of randomly picking people that may not want to be a guinea pig.

If EA were betas then EA users would have to reinstall the public release after the beta release went out, as they will be different. Beta builds contain different certificates to talk to the beta environment (servers, etc), they will contain additional logging, and will not have optimized binaries to allow for greater insight into what the software is doing in the event of a crash, etc.

Apple does have a beta program you can sign up for. The last release is the release candidate that gets roll out to the public.

 

[dbsb3233]

It is Early Access. These are updates that have already been beta tested (internally -- to my knowledge, Ford doesn't have a public beta program). The EA releases are intended to be the same builds pushed to everyone, it is really just the initial group that gets an update during the phased roll out release schedule. Yes some things pushed to EA have been pulled for fixes, just like how Apple has pulled iOS releases that were made public due to bricking issues (and Rivian just did that too).

In a typical phased software release schedule, a new update is pushed to say 1% of all users (typically random) the first 12-24 hours, then if no issues have been reported, they may push it to 10% for the next 12-24 hours, then maybe up to 50% of users, then lastly all users. (Of note, Apple does not do this, iOS/MacOS updates are not phased and go out to all immediately, for better or worse). Anyways, EA allows Ford to identify which 1% of users are willing to get the latest in the first phase instead of randomly picking people that may not want to be a guinea pig.

If EA were betas then EA users would have to reinstall the public release after the beta release went out, as they will be different. Beta builds contain different certificates to talk to the beta environment (servers, etc), they will contain additional logging, and will not have optimized binaries to allow for greater insight into what the software is doing in the event of a crash, etc.

So, gamma testing? ?

 

[sean7512]

Apple does have a beta program you can sign up for. The last release is the release candidate that gets roll out to the public.

I never said they didn’t. I said they don’t do phased releases. Sorry for the confusion, I could’ve wrote that better

 

[sean7512]

So, gamma testing? ?

Yes, exactly!!

 

[elmedico27]

More likely a Priority Update (PU series) based on the title and significance. The bottom of the screen doesn't show the part where the number would be found.

The lack of a number is one of the reasons I don’t have it on the GitHub yet, though if the community is pretty certain this is legit, I can put it up. I do have other un-numbered updates.

Where I struggle is what if this isn’t the final release? Should I still put it up? I had to noodle over the same questions when it came to 7.0.1, which was another “don’t look behind the curtain” release (and one I missed, and haven’t been able to track down since). It was out there, as far as I more, so I should have something, I think. But it’s also clear the information didn’t want to be out there.

Perhaps I’m taking everything too seriously. Who knows.

 

[CarGuy11]

The lack of a number is one of the reasons I don’t have it on the GitHub yet, though if the community is pretty certain this is legit, I can put it up. I do have other un-numbered updates.

Where I struggle is what if this isn’t the final release? Should I still put it up? I had to noodle over the same questions when it came to 7.0.1, which was another “don’t look behind the curtain” release (and one I missed, and haven’t been able to track down since). It was out there, as far as I more, so I should have something, I think. But it’s also clear the information didn’t want to be out there.

Perhaps I’m taking everything too seriously. Who knows.

Perhaps add it once non EA cars get it. This way if its pulled like 7.0 we don't keep looking for it.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Meh, I've been a software dev for nearly 20 years now and I have written software that most of you likely use every single day on your phones. This was a feature that was already announced a year ago, confirmed a free adapter was coming. This screenshot literally has no surprises or new information on it. It is good to see the update rolling out (even if it is to beta users). Let's not forget, EA is NOT a beta program. Of course we don't know if this was an employee on a beta schedule or just EA, but does it really matter? Yea, lawyers and agreements say otherwise, but every tech company publicly beta tests new software and it's not a secret and this "leak" tells us nothing new other than Ford looks to hopefully be on schedule for spring, as promised.

Whatever. You do you. I’ll abide by the nda.

 

[sean7512]

Whatever. You do you. I’ll abide by the nda.

Alright then, what rule am I breaking again? I do not work for Ford and I am not in EA. I never signed anything with Ford saying I wouldn't repost someone else's screenshot. If I did sign a NDA, I would comply with it, but I have not broken a single rule since I have not signed or agreed to an NDA.

 

[JCHLi]

Alright then, what rule am I breaking again? I do not work for Ford and I am not in EA. I never signed anything with Ford saying I wouldn't repost someone else's screenshot. If I did sign a NDA, I would comply with it, but I have not broken a single rule since I have not signed or agreed to an NDA.

Hmmmmm suspicious, "I have not signed or agreed to an NDA" sounds like something an NDA signer would say!!

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Hmmmmm suspicious, "I have not signed or agreed to an NDA" sounds like something an NDA signer would say!!

Agreeing to the terms is mandatory for staying in or joining the EAP. They’ve changed at least 3 times that I’m aware of. What people do after agreeing to the terms is up to them.

The update sub question is not in general release.

 

[CarGuy11]

The update sub question is not in general release.

So you are confirming this is an EA release ?

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