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Tesla released documentation that cracks open the door to third-party app support.

Elon Musk’s car company doesn’t officially support third-party apps, but developers can still use unofficial API documentation to make them. Tesla just made a small step in the direction of changing that.

Electrek reported last week that the company will deprecate its REST API by 2024, according to newly published documentation for its Tesla Vehicle Command SDK.

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