Tesla's Robotaxi app appeared in European app stores over the weekend of 3–5 October 2026. It is a free download on both the App Store and Google Play, it is localised, and it shows the Cybercab and Model Y in the vehicle picker. It will not get you a ride anywhere on the continent.
Spanish outlet Somos Eléctricos counted the markets where the app went live: Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Poland. German users reported the app in their store on 4 October.
What it does when you open it in Europe
The app tells you, at the first screen, where the service runs. That list is entirely American: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and the San Francisco Bay Area. Outside a live service area you can set a destination and look at an estimated price, but the only action available is registering to be notified if service ever arrives.
For a European that makes it useful in exactly one situation — booking a car while visiting one of those seven places. Tesla has said the European build-out "will need to clear a much more complex regulatory framework", and that the download should not be read as an approval of anything.
An app in the store is not a licence
This is the distinction worth holding on to, because the two things get conflated constantly.
| FSD (Supervised) | Driverless Robotaxi service | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | SAE Level 2 — a driver supervises and stays responsible | A commercial service with nobody driving |
| European legal route | Dutch Article 39 exemption, recognised country by country | No European framework yet |
| Where it stands | Approved in 8 countries | Approved in none |
FSD Supervised reached its eighth European market when Croatia recognised the Dutch approval on 28 September. That exemption is national, does not travel, and in any case licenses a system with a human responsible for the car. A driverless commercial fleet is a different legal object, and no member state has written the rules for one. The bloc-wide decision Tesla wants has slipped from October to December.
Poland is the case worth watching
Polish outlet Elektrowóz made the sharpest observation about its own market: Poland's amended Road Traffic Law already permits autonomous-vehicle experiments, so Tesla could apply to test on public roads there if it wanted to. It has not.
That sits oddly beside what Tesla has done in Poland — it asked the country to recognise the Dutch FSD approval back in April and is still waiting. The company is pursuing the slower route on the supervised product while leaving the faster, narrower testing route on the driverless one untouched.
The precedent says wait
Tesla ran this play before. In December 2025 the app became downloadable across Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Mexico and Canada. Service followed in none of them, and Canada's Android release in September still came with no car to hail.
App availability is groundwork — an account system, a payment path and a localised interface in place before they are needed. Treat it as Tesla preparing not to start from zero, not as a signal about dates. The service itself is still working through why it stops at 11 PM in Austin.