Tesla’s 2025 Holiday Update (version 2025.44.25.1) adds a small but very practical change to Sentry Mode and Dashcam. Now, owners can sort recorded clips by the type of event that triggered them, instead of scrolling through one long list.
The updated viewer groups clips under clear labels. These include All, Handle Pull, Panic, Manual Save, Honk, Emergency Brake, and in some release material Dashcam events are also listed under Aware.
What each new category does
The new categories match common situations drivers care about. This makes the interface more intuitive and should reduce guesswork when something happens around the vehicle.
- All: This view lists every stored event in one timeline.
- Handle Pull: This records when someone pulls a door handle or tries to open a locked door.
- Panic: This marks clips linked to a full alarm event, such as loud audio and lights, when the car detects a serious threat.
- Manual Save: This label applies when the driver saves a clip on purpose, for example with the touchscreen or a control input.
- Honk: This records clips created when the horn is used as a shortcut to save Dashcam footage.
- Emergency Brake: This covers events triggered by strong or sudden braking, often tied to Automatic Emergency Braking or a hard stop by the driver.
- Aware: In some Dashcam views, this tag is used for events where the vehicle records activity because the car sensed motion or potential risk nearby.
These labels give owners better clarity about context. For instance, if a driver knows the alarm went off overnight, the Panic filter leads straight to the relevant clips. And if there was a sudden stop in traffic, the Emergency Brake filter helps review that moment without scanning through unrelated footage.
Undocumented change
Tesla did not highlight this Sentry Mode viewer change in the official release notes for 2025.44.25.1. The notes focus more on features such as Grok integration in navigation, Tesla Photobooth, Dog Mode Live Activity, and an updated Santa Mode. Still, drivers noticed the new video filters soon after installing the holiday update and began sharing screenshots and short reports online.
Owners praised the update as a long‑requested fix. For years, many drivers complained that Sentry Mode generated a large number of clips, especially in busy parking areas, and that finding a single hit‑and‑run, door ding, or theft attempt could be tedious. With the new categories, one tap can narrow the list to the exact type of event, which should make incident review and evidence collection more straightforward.
In addition, Tesla has rolled out clearer storage views for Dashcam. The system now separates Saved clips, Sentry recordings, Recent drive footage, and other data. This offers a cleaner picture of how much space each type of recording uses. In practice, this pairs well with the new event filters, since drivers can judge both quality and quantity of recordings at a glance.
Hardware scope and rollout
The 2025 Holiday Update is rolling out in stages rather than all at once. Early reports indicate that vehicles with newer AMD‑based infotainment hardware receive the full feature set first. Owners of older Intel‑based units may get some changes later or in slightly different form, as has happened with past software waves. This staggered pattern is common for Tesla, and it reflects testing, regional limits, and hardware differences.
Tesla still has room to add more intelligence later, such as smarter summaries or search within clips. But the 2025.44.25.1 holiday update already takes a clear step toward making the car’s cameras and sensors easier to use after something goes wrong nearby.
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