Software updates

Door retention

When the car detects an approaching cyclist or vehicle and someone is about to open the door, it temporarily holds the door closed to help prevent it opening into a dangerous situation. This can be manually overridden by pulling the inner door handle twice.

Android 15

Your car now uses Android 15, which supports more apps via Google Play. Audio from video apps can now be played while driving and controlled via the media widget, improving usability without distraction.

Android Auto

If you have an Android phone, you can now use Android Auto to listen to music, make phone calls, get driving directions and use apps customised for your car.

Spatial Audio support in CarPlay

Spatial Audio support in CarPlay is now available, creating a multi-dimensional and immersive sound experience that places music and vocals around the cabin.

Silent charging

During silent charging, the core computer stays asleep to save energy and charge the battery more efficiently. Silent charging will automatically be activated when the charging power is less than 22kW.

Climate

• Climate remains on: The climate now remains on for a short time when you leave the car or lock it a second time. You can always turn the climate off in the Volvo Cars app or when you start your next drive.
• Radar: We’ve calibrated the front radar heating performance to optimise it in cold climates.
• Display: We’ve made some fixes to the rear climate display to increase displayed temperature accuracy.

Interior lights

• Ambient light: The ambient light themes in ES90 have been rebalanced to bring a noticeable shift in how each theme feels, with colours now better aligned with the intended atmosphere.
• Buttons: We’ve made some improvements to button backlighting in the overhead console and boot lighting response time after unlocking the car.

Boot

• Closing: Some improvements have been added to the audible feedback when closing the boot.

General improvements

• Driver understanding: Driver distraction alerts have been updated to provide clearer and more intuitive guidance while driving. We’ve also made improvements to notifications and notification sounds.
• One pedal drive: There is now a fourth One pedal drive setting, Low. The available settings are now Off, Low, High and Auto. We’ve also made it possible to select the automatic creeping feature separately.
• Adjusting suspension feel: A third suspension profile setting, Standard, has been added, and the setting options are now Soft, Standard and Firm.
• Occupant detection: We’ve made improvements to detection sensitivity so that there are fewer false alarms.
• Mirrors: We’ve made some enhancements to tinted mirrors to reduce glare and improve driving comfort at night.
• Sound: Sound settings can now be opened directly from the media player.
• Rear display: To prevent the tunnel console’s rear panel appearing overly bright at startup, it now automatically switches to night mode after a connectivity interruption. The display then returns to the previously set brightness level.
• Parking camera: You can now switch to the top view while reversing.
• Volvo Cars app: Using “Find my car” in the Volvo Cars app now activates both the horn and exterior lights.
• Wipers: The rear wiper now automatically activates while reversing if the front wipers are in use.
• Defrost: We’ve done some tweaks to the rear defroster to make it more reliable during all start conditions.
• Low battery: The climate system now automatically restarts when the car reaches a sufficient battery level after low charge.
• Recirculation: If the previous driving cycle ended with recirculation activated, the next driving cycle now starts with the default climate setting, and recirculation is deactivated.
• Ambience: Dimming the rear seat ambient lights now works as expected.
• Boot: Lighting in the boot now activates reliably for all unlocking methods.
• Preconditioning for fast charging: We’ve made some fixes to optimise starting times.
• Seat heating: Your personalised seat heating settings now activate automatically.
• Wireless charging: We’ve made some fixes to prevent a wallet notification when you place a phone on the wireless phone charger.
• The Auto-Off button in the overhead console now resets automatically when the car is locked.

We've made some improvements to enhance your driving experience:

• The Volvo Cars app now more consistently shows that the car is online.
• The navigation route now appears correctly in the driver display.
• The notification sound when saving seat positions has been removed.
• We’ve improved the detection of dirt on the rear camera to trigger lens cleaning more accurately.

Driver display and head-up display (HUD)

• The estimated time of arrival (ETA) now shows in the driver display when a navigation route is set and the map view is active.
• You can now see the status of Adaptive Cruise Control and Pilot Assist as well as their target speed in the head-up display (see the image below).

Volvo Cars app

• There’s now a QR code in the centre display that you can scan to connect the mobile app to the car. You can still use your Volvo ID and password if you prefer.
• You can change charging settings for specific locations via the mobile app.

Other

• Unlocking the car in wet weather is now more reliable.
• Updates to the parking view camera.
• The welcome and farewell lighting now includes more rear light animations.
• The high beams activate more quickly after passing another vehicle.

Important

After installing this update, you’ll see a message saying, “Very low range, charge car as soon as possible”. You can safely ignore this message as the actual battery status will be displayed afterwards.

We’ve improved the performance of the boot opening triggers. Now the first press of the button or foot movement under the rear bumper will trigger the boot to open.

The alarm sensor no longer flashes while you’re driving.

We’ve fixed an issue causing the charging screen to unintentionally pop-up during parking.

The centre display no longer flickers when switching between day and night mode while driving.

Google security patch level has been increased to Feb 1st, 2025.

• Exterior lights
• Automatic wiper sensitivity
• AC charging

Wireless Apple CarPlay

Apple CarPlay gives you another way of using your iPhone via the car's interface. You can use certain communication, navigation and media apps on your iPhone via the centre display as well as the steering wheel buttons and voice control.

Connect your iPhone to the car via Bluetooth and activate Apple CarPlay. After setting up CarPlay for the first time, it automatically starts when you connect your phone via Bluetooth again.

Digital Key

Digital Key is available for compatible Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices. To set up a new digital key, navigate to the owner profile in the centre display, select Car Keys and Set up digital key. Then scan the QR code using your device and follow the link that appears.

You can also share a key across platforms, such as between compatible Android and Apple devices. Remember to check the compatibility of your device on the manufacturer's website and whether this feature is available in your market.

Car Locator

You can use the Volvo Cars app to find your car, if you left it in a large car park for example, by flashing the lights and sounding the horn remotely. Availability may depend on your region.

Improvements

You can now turn the centre display off for cleaning.

If you have a distance-capable key on you, the car will lock automatically when you walk away from it and there are also improvements to automatic unlocking for when you approach the car.

You can adjust the light intensity in the centre display and the settings are stored for the next driving cycle.

You can turn off Lane keeping aid (LKA) and the settings are stored between driving cycles.

After you’ve turned it on, the wireless charger will stay on until you turn if off manually.

The boot hatch won’t close while unloading things from the boot.

Heat status for the steering wheel and seat heating is now shown correctly in the centre display.

It’s now possible to use the Bowers and Wilkins (B & W) app in the car.

The initial wiper stroke is removed.

The operational range for the forward collision warning system has been expanded to account for cars moving perpendicular to the car and can engage autonomous braking when both cars are moving at speeds between 40 and 60 km/h. This change does not affect compliance with any certification regulations.

• Hands-off detection and lane change graphics for Pilot Assist
• Bluetooth and phone connection stability
• Sounds in the car
• Gear shifting at low speeds
• Messages for the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) system’s Rear Auto Brake when driving in the dark
• AC charging
• General stability and performance of climate and interior lights
• General stability

• Widgets for the map or media apps not appearing in the centre display
• Rear-view mirror auto dimming
• The map remaining visible in the centre display when selected
• Faulty warning notification for rain sensor
• The contextual bar in the centre display
• Third row seat folding

• General stability improvements.

• General stability improvements.

• General stability improvements.

• General stability improvements.

• General stability improvements.