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News from IT House 3 June, Tesla went online with an entirely new web-end tool to facilitate viewing of CarLog videos outside the vehicle. The official online viewing tool has access to the address and is being released with the update of the 2026.20 version of the machine system, which was rolled over last week with the addition of a VCR video encryption feature.

For ordinary car owners, the 2026.20 version, in addition to optimizing privacy protection, adds parental control to limit access to recreational applications such as car-mounted street planes.

For maintenance technicians and hands-on retrofitters, this update has added a new trouble-screening panel to the maintenance model, as well as a new camera clean-up course. As the new version of the CarLog encryption is defaulted to be open, this web-based version of the CarLog viewer is a mandatory tool if it is necessary to view the encrypted video on a computer.

Video files in vehicle storage disks will not be encrypted until the 2026.20 system is upgraded. Upon completion of the upgrade, the vehicle defaults to automatically encrypt the video with the key that binds the owner of the Tesla account; the owner can also manually turn off encryption by setting up Control > Security. Encrypted video cannot be shown on unauthorized devices, and even if the U-disk is stolen, it can effectively protect the privacy of the owner.

When you access the page, the system points to the Tesla account. After validation of the account, the tool automatically retrieves the unique decryption key that binds the account and unlocks and decrypts the video in real time using the key.

In addition to this, the web-based tool can also serve as a GLB player, which is consistent with the vehicle-mounted end player and is able to open and organize unencrypted regular video files.

The whole process strictly guarantees the privacy of the user: all video decoding is done on the user ' s local computer and video data is not uploaded to the cloud or external server.

The web-end interface follows the layout and interactive logic of the CarLog player familiar to the owner. It is not necessary to open individual cameras, but to drag the video files to the browser page.

The platform automatically sorts and sorts by the name of the document in order of time recorded, and consolidates sub-videos taken under different cameras at the same time into a single video file.

After clicking, the system synchronises the front, back, left back-vision mirror and right back-vision four-way images into a four-screen view. Users can both view in a four-screen mode consistent with the in-car player and switch any camera image to the bottom menu bar and return the whole story.

At the bottom of the web viewer, you have a full download button that allows you to wrap all loaded videos into a ZIP compression package and to keep them locally.

This web-based viewing tool is a complement to the recent upgrade of the vehicle-borne video function in Tesla. Early this April, 2026 spring machine upgrades extended the RVC recycle video storage time to a full 24 hours (a combination of 1 TB and above is required for a U-disc). Today, without any third-party software, the owner is able to access large volumes of video directly on laptops and mobile phones, significantly simplifying the management of large-capacity videos.

The web-based tool fits the mobile side, with the USB OCG transducator, and is readily available to view the video; however, as of the time of writing by IT House, the platform could not be accessed in parts of the country.

Tesla is also continuing to maintain an iterative vehicle-borne video capability, adding digital focal points, image smoothing and real-time data overlaying.

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