Below stress from US auto security regulators, Tesla has agreed to forestall allowing video games to be performed on heart touch screens while its vehicles are interesting.

The Nationwide Motorway Traffic Security Administration says the firm will send out a application update over the web so the feature known as “Passenger Play” shall be locked and received’t work while vehicles are in motion.

The whisk comes in some unspecified time in the future after the agency launched it might well probably probably maybe launch a formal investigation into distracted utilizing concerns about Tesla’s video games, some of which might be performed while vehicles are being driven.

An agency spokeswoman mentioned in a insist Thursday that the alternate came after regulators discussed concerns relating to the system with Tesla.

The insist says NHTSA on a fashioned foundation talks about infotainment screens with all automakers. A message became left Thursday searching for comment from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relatives department.

The agency says its investigation of Tesla’s feature will continue even with the update.

“The Car Security Act prohibits producers from promoting vehicles with defects posing unreasonable risks to security, in conjunction with technologies that distract drivers from utilizing safely,” NHTSA’s insist mentioned.

The agency mentioned it assesses how producers title and guard in opposition to distraction hazards due to misuse or intended use of screens and other convenience know-how.

The agency launched Wednesday that it might well probably probably maybe formally investigate Tesla’s screens. The probe covers about 580,000 Tesla Devices S, X, Y and 3 from the 2017 via 2022 model years.