Tesla has begun rolling out Full Self-Driving (Supervised) V14 to vehicles in Australia and New Zealand, marking the biggest step forward for the feature in the region since it first arrived. The update lands as firmware 2026.16.6 and carries FSD build v14.3.3.
What is rolling out, and to whom
According to Not a Tesla App and the official 2026.16.6 release notes, this first wave is exclusive to Hardware 4 (HW4/AI4) cars. In practice that means owners of the current-generation Model 3 and Model Y are first in line.
Drivers on the older Hardware 3 computer — including people who already paid for FSD — are not part of this rollout. They are still waiting on a lighter "V14 Lite" build or a hardware retrofit, the same split that has shaped FSD V14 availability in other markets. Tesla has been explicit that HW3 cannot run the full V14 stack because of memory and compute limits, so the path forward for those owners is either the cut-down build or new hardware rather than the version landing now.
Tesla signalled the move in an email to owners, saying that "FSD (Supervised) V14 for Hardware 4 vehicles is in its final stages of local development and testing" shortly before flipping it on. As The Driven notes, the rollout comes just under a year after Tesla first launched FSD in Australia and New Zealand, which initially put V13 on HW4 cars.
What V14 changes on local roads
The headline for owners is behaviour rather than new buttons. Early reports describe the car handling local roads roughly 20 percent faster than before, with smoother roundabouts, less unnecessary lane drifting, and better deceleration as traffic lights change. The 2026.16.6 release notes also fold in the broader v14.3.3 package — refinements to driver monitoring, naming changes around Autopilot, speed profiles and arrival options — that have been reaching other regions over recent weeks.
This is still a supervised system. Tesla continues to require the driver to stay attentive and ready to take over, and the rollout does nothing to change the regulatory status of hands-off driving in either country.
How it compares to Europe
The Australia and New Zealand launch is a useful contrast with Europe, where the same software is moving far more slowly through regulators. FSD (Supervised) has cleared approval country by country across the EU, but a bloc-wide green light is still contested — as TeslAnt covered in Sweden's push to reject FSD over its speeding feature. For right-hand-drive markets that share much of Australia's road environment, the V14 rollout is a sign that Tesla's self-driving stack is maturing internationally even while its European timeline remains uncertain.
For local owners, the practical advice is the usual: the update arrives in waves over the air, HW4 cars see it first, and there is no need to chase it manually. If your car is eligible, the prompt will come.