The Media Player displays on the touchscreen and is used to play various types of media. You can drag Media Player upward to expand it (allowing you to browse), and downward to minimize it so that just the Miniplayer displays. The convenient Miniplayer, which occupies the least amount of space on the touchscreen, displays what's currently playing and provides only the basic functions associated with what's playing.

When you play audio through the web browser and then minimize the browser, Model 3 continues the browser audio in the background. You can pause or play the browser audio through the media Miniplayer. If there was media playing before the browser audio began, the media resumes after you pause or end browser audio.

Streaming services are available only when a data connection is available (for example, Wi-Fi or Premium Connectivity). For some media services, you can use a default Tesla account. For others, you may need to enter account credentials the first time you use it. If you pair a phone key with your vehicle, you can instead authenticate from the paired phone.

Radio: Choose from a list of available radio stations or touch the numeric keypad to directly tune the radio to a specific frequency. Touch the next or previous arrows to move from one frequency to the next (or previous).

Bluetooth: Play audio from a bluetooth-connected phone or USB device (see Playing Media from Devices).

Caraoke (if equipped): Sing along with various songs (see Caraoke).

When listening to internet radio or a music streaming service, the options available on the Media Player screen vary depending on what you are listening to. Touch the next (or previous) arrows to play the next (and in some cases previous) available station, episode, or track. You can also play next/previous using the left scroll button on the steering wheel. Apple Music and Spotify users can swipe right on a song in an album or playlist to quickly add it to the queue. When using Apple Music, you can also tap the three-dot menu (or long-press) on a song in search results, artist pages, or album and playlist track lists to add it to the queue, play it next, add it to your library, or favorite it. When using Spotify, swipe left to add or remove from Liked Songs.

To access audio settings, touch Controls > Audio or touch the settings icon above the volume controls at the bottom of the touchscreen.

You can adjust these settings:

• Tone: Drag the sliders to adjust the subwoofer and any of the five frequency bands (Bass, Bass/Mid, Mid, Mid/Treble, and Treble). Or, touch the dropdown list to select a preset. To create a preset, adjust the tone settings as desired and then touch Add To New Preset. To delete a custom preset, select it from the dropdown and then touch Delete Preset.
• Immersive Sound: If equipped with premium audio, you can adjust the level of sound immersion to make your music experience more engaging by dragging the slider according to your preferences. Or, select Auto for immersion to adapt automatically based on the media that is currently playing.
• Balance: Drag the center circle to the location in Model 3 where you want to focus the sound.
• Options: Set preferences for optional features. For example, you can turn DJ Commentary, Explicit Content and Allow Mobile Control on or off.
• Sources: Displays all available media sources and allows you to choose whether you want to show or hide each source. You may want to hide media sources that you never use. Once hidden, the media source does not appear on the drop down list in Media Player, nor will it appear in the app tray when you touch the App Launcher. You can re-display a hidden media source at any time by returning to this settings screen.

Navigate to Media Player and select the drop down menu to change the media source to Caraoke. Or add Caraoke as an app in the app launcher. You can browse through various songs and select the song you want to sing. Touch the microphone icon to enable or disable the song's main vocals. Disabling the microphone leaves only the song's instrumentals and background vocals. Touch the lyrics icon (located next to the microphone icon) to enable or disable the song's lyrics.

You can talk to Grok, an intelligent assistant built by xAI. You can choose Grok's voice and personality, from Storyteller to Unhinged. From the App Launcher, touch Grok or long press the right scroll button on your Steering Wheel after logging in to Grok.

You can also launch Grok by saying "Hey Grok". After a software update, a pop-up may appear allowing you to enable or disable "Hey Grok" and precise location sharing. These settings are enabled by default in select regions.

When the Assistant personality is selected, Grok supports the following in addition to navigation:

• Phone calls: Ask Grok to call a contact or dial a phone number (for example, "Call John Doe" or "Dial 650-555-1234").
• Text messaging: Ask Grok to send a text message to a contact or phone number (for example, "Text Mom saying on my way").
• Media search and play: Ask Grok to search for and play media content.
• Controls panel search: Ask Grok about your Tesla to search and navigate to vehicle settings in the Controls panel.
• Vehicle commands: Ask Grok to adjust common vehicle controls such as climate temperature, seat heating and cooling, steering wheel heating, and the glove box.
• Vehicle questions: Ask Grok questions about your vehicle. Grok can answer using information from the Owner's Manual.

On vehicles equipped with accent lighting (RGB), Grok animates on the accent light strips when active. The lights change color and brightness to reflect Grok's current state, such as listening, thinking, or responding.

If you are logged in with your own Grok account, your token usage is tied to your account. The vehicle may prompt you to go to the Grok app if you reach your usage limit. If you are not logged in, token usage is limited. The vehicle will notify you when you need to sign in to continue using Grok. Usage limits are dynamic and may change over time.

For most source content, recents and favorites display at the top for easy access.

To add a currently playing station, podcast, or audio file to your Favorites list, touch the Favorites icon on Media Player.

To remove an item as a favorite, touch the highlighted Favorites icon. You can also remove multiple favorites by expanding Media Player to show all favorites for the applicable type of source content. Then press and hold any favorite. An X appears on all favorites and you can then touch the X to remove them from your Favorites list.

Your recently played selections are updated continuously so you don't need to remove them.