R8 Companion

R8 Companion

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R8 Companion: The Ultimate Intelligence Layer for Your Uniden R8

Transform your driving experience with advanced false-alert filtering, automated SpotLocks, and a high-resolution HUD designed to keep you focused on the road, not the noise.

Publisher

Angela Mcarthur

Category

Utilities

Downloads

15K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

1K+

Locales

1

Precision at a Glance

Discover the interface used by 15K+ users.

The R8 Companion app interface showing a Ka band radar alert with signal frequency and bogey count.

The R8 Companion app interface showing a Ka band radar alert with signal frequency and bogey count.

Interface of the R8 Companion app showing a radar detector heads up display with frequency alerts and volume controls

Interface of the R8 Companion app showing a radar detector heads up display with frequency alerts and volume controls

Detailed settings menu in the R8 Companion app for Uniden radar detectors

Detailed settings menu in the R8 Companion app for Uniden radar detectors

Settings screen of the R8 Companion app featuring delayed silencing and passive mute configurations

Settings screen of the R8 Companion app featuring delayed silencing and passive mute configurations

R8 Companion SpotLocks interface displaying a map with pinned radar signals and muting settings.

R8 Companion SpotLocks interface displaying a map with pinned radar signals and muting settings.

R8 Companion app HUD showing K band radar alert and frequency

R8 Companion app HUD showing K band radar alert and frequency

Audio settings screen in the R8 Companion app showing customization for alerts and voice announcements

Audio settings screen in the R8 Companion app showing customization for alerts and voice announcements

R8 Companion app menu for creating points of interest like speed traps and cameras on a map

R8 Companion app menu for creating points of interest like speed traps and cameras on a map

R8 Companion app trip summary screen showing radar alerts and muting statistics

R8 Companion app trip summary screen showing radar alerts and muting statistics

Detailed radar alert log history screen showing signal frequency direction and speed data

Detailed radar alert log history screen showing signal frequency direction and speed data

Precision Engineering for Your R8

The tools that make this app stand out, trusted by 15K+ users.

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Advanced False Filtering

Eliminate driver fatigue with the Advanced False Assist engine. Intelligently filter out BSM, CAS, and grocery store noise while ensuring real threats remain loud and clear.

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High-Resolution HUD

Upgrade your interface with a customizable Heads-Up Display. Visualize signal frequency, direction, and strength with more precision than the hardware screen allows.

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Intelligent SpotLock Learning

Automatically remember and mute location-based falses. Sync your settings instantly between the app and detector for a perfectly silent commute every time.

About the app

Everything you need to know about R8 Companion.

Description

The R8 Companion™ app leverages 5+ years of historical data in its acclaimed 'Advanced False Assist' filtering engine, detector optimizations and shared features from the Radar Companion™ series of apps. (Available separately for owners of the V1, R4, R9, & DS1 radar detectors). The filtering engine is updated on a regular basis from accumulated real world usage data for better filtering against falses, and protection against real threats. R8 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R8, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R8 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R8. NOTE: R8 Companion™ requires a Uniden R8 or R8w radar detector with US Version 139 (R8) or 136 (R8w) firmware to function correctly. R8 Companion will NOT function correctly without the appropriate firmware for each detector. Enhanced GPS location based 'false muting' via SpotLocks - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R8 Companion. R8 Companion's alerting and muting systems are fully optimized for the R8 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you. R8 Companion full feature list: • SpotLocks - Location based false silencing has never been this good or easy. Turn on the intelligent location-based learning and let R8 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen. • SpotLocks works seamlessly with your R8’s built in 'auto mute memory' locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R8 at the same time. • Option to play detector tones in app. • 'Proximity' meter - leverages the high resolution signal strength and direction information provided by the detector to show you a better representation of the signal's source. • 'K & X falses in area' meter shows you how many possible false alerts exist in the area you are travelling based on the accumulated SpotLock data™. • 'Custom Phrases' for a given threat's audio announcements. • High resolution meter for the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the R8 display). • Customizable heads-up display (HUD). • HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency, & direction. • HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, bogey counts & directions. • Mute rear K & X band signals independently. • Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for the R8 platform). • Ability to set the R8’s internal detector settings from within the app. No need for different apps to modify your detector settings. Do it all from the companion app. • 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are stuck traveling near a false emitting vehicle. • "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the R8 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals. • Bogey count display showing total number of threats. • Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display. Speed is color coded for each alert type. • Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts as you need. • Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals and more. • Automatic muting of Ka, K, and X bands ('Time before mute' set for each band). • 'Reduce Speed' notification for user set speed. • ‘Urgency Alerts™’ - Unmutes growing threats & announces these alerts via voice & notifications. • ‘Alert History’ - View your past alerts with detailed information about each encounter. • Compass heading. • Imperial/metric units. • Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, and more. • iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of direction, band, & frequency of each alert. • Tips/Help system.

Latest Version

1.25.9

Size

10.3 MB

First Released

Aug 18, 2023

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