Enhance Auto’s S3XY buttons are the talk of the Tesla community: wireless physical controls driving the car’s hidden functions. What are they really worth, how do they work, and what alternatives enrich the cockpit of your Model 3 or Model Y? The full picture, no varnish.
S3XY buttons: the principle
The S3XY system pairs a Commander box plugged into the car’s diagnostic port with wireless physical buttons stuck wherever suits: wheel, console, door card. Each button triggers an app-configured action — open the frunk, set regeneration, enable dog mode, defrost, dozens of functions by version. The idea: make instant what the central screen buries in submenus.
What the community concludes
Feedback converges: the gain is real for repetitive functions (frunk, air recirculation, sentry) and for drivers who refuse to look away from the road. Reservations concern the box dependency — it must track Tesla’s software updates — and the price of the full ecosystem, buttons plus Commander combined. An investment to weigh against your real use of hidden functions.
The cockpit alternative: dedicated instrumentation
For many drivers, the Tesla cockpit’s real gap is not the button but the information: speed, range and charge state demand a glance to the centre. That is the niche of the Teslogic V2 (€229.90), an instrument cluster behind the wheel, and of head-up displays from €52.20 — two solutions putting essentials back in the field of view, with no extra box.
Physical controls: what Green Drive offers
For physical commands, the catalogue bets on original-style integration: carbon interior door buttons (€189.90 for Highland), button and console wraps for crisper existing controls, and the phone mount that turns the Tesla app into an always-at-hand remote. The official app remains the most reliable remote anyway: frunk, climate and sentry answer it with no extra hardware.
Who do S3XY buttons make sense for?
The typical profile: heavy driver, daily user of the frunk and special modes, comfortable maintaining a third-party ecosystem. For more occasional use, the Tesla app plus pinned screen shortcuts covers most needs at zero cost. And if your frustration is display rather than control, dedicated instrumentation like Teslogic answers it better — our Model 3 top 10 ranks it all.
Our verdict in three profiles
The equipped technophile: S3XY buttons plus Commander, to exploit every hidden function through physical touch. The demanding driver: Teslogic V2 or HUD, because information under the eyes beats a button under the finger. The pragmatist: a well-configured Tesla app, pinned shortcuts and a quality phone mount — zero hardware, zero maintenance. The three approaches even combine without conflict: nothing stops you starting pragmatic and growing technophile as needs emerge. Before investing, browse Tesla’s official support pages: some hidden functions are simply little-known, like the double press on the right scroll wheel that triggers voice commands.
Frequently asked questions
Do S3XY buttons void the Tesla warranty? The connection is reversible and non-invasive; it remains third-party kit to unplug before a service visit.
Do they survive Tesla updates? The ecosystem follows through its own updates, sometimes with a delay after major patches.
Is there a box-free alternative? Yes: the Tesla app, screen shortcuts, and dedicated instrumentation like Teslogic or a HUD.
Compatible with every Tesla? Recent Model 3, Y, S and X, depending on Commander versions.
Green Drive’s take
S3XY buttons answer a real all-screen frustration — as do, differently, Teslogic and HUDs. Explore every cockpit solution in the multimedia section.
