Here comes Tesla with the present you by no means knew you needed (or don’t really need however hey, you already know what they are saying about wanting a present horse within the mouth). Last Christmas, it gave its automobiles the power to fart and bleat like goats. Apparently feeling extra beneficiant this 12 months, Tesla determined that everybody wanted a characteristic to show their automobiles into mild present machines.

As a part of its newest holiday update launched on Christmas Eve, Tesla debuted “Tesla Light Show,” which permits customers to create their very own mild exhibits to any music of their selection. To create a light-weight present, which might last as long as 5 minutes, customers should obtain xLights, a free open-source software program. After ending their mild present in xLights, customers can put it on a USB and add it to their automobile.

They may even obtain lightshows from different creators, the automaker stated in a blog saying the characteristic.

Light Show works with 2021 Tesla Model S and Model X automobiles in addition to any Model 3 or Model Y. However, you don’t need to personal a Tesla automobile to make use of the sunshine present characteristic or xLights, the corporate defined, though it didn’t specify what different autos would have the ability to reap the benefits of the characteristic.

As I haven’t been to a live performance, which is usually the one place the place I see mild exhibits, shortly due to the pandemic, it was somewhat troublesome to think about this characteristic in motion. Luckily, Tesla teamed up with Santa—or presumably CEO Elon Musk in a Santa swimsuit—to make an instance on Instagram.

It’s not solely clear if the Santa within the video is Musk, although fairly just a few customers on Instagram appeared to assume it was. Although it will be in character for Musk to do that, I’ve my doubts as as to whether he dances that properly. In addition, this looks as if one thing he would gleefully share on Twitter, his favourite social media platform, however there was no publish to be seen on the time of publication of this text.

Besides Light Show, Tesla’s vacation software program replace additionally included new video games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Sudoku, and the multiplayer model of The Battle of Polytopia. The firm additionally added TikTook to the automobile’s middle touchscreen and debuted Boombox Megaphone, a characteristic that enables Tesla homeowners to undertaking their voice utilizing the automobile’s exterior speaker, among many others.

Honestly, although the characteristic is accessible to all, it doesn’t actually look like simply anybody would have the ability to create a light-weight present. The software program’s getting began information on GitHub is pages and pages lengthy. Sure, the characteristic is sweet and all, however I don’t know if I wish to spend hours of my life making an attempt to make a five-minute mild present.

Nonetheless, I’m certain there are others who may actually get a kick out of this and gained’t thoughts placing within the effort and time. To these folks: Merry Christmas.