R4 Companion

CarPlay Support!
NOTE: R4 Companion™ requires a Uniden R4 or R4w radar detector with US Version 142 (R4) or 127 (R4w) firmware to function correctly. R4 Companion will NOT function correctly without at least this version of firmware.

R4 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R4, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R4 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R4.

SpotLock 2.0 and Advanced False Assist 3.0. Both data driven systems have been updated using 5 years of historical data. This takes your detector to a whole new level of quietness and safety against real threats.

The R4 Companion™ app leverages years of optimizations and features from the Radar Companion™ series of apps. (Available separately for owners of the V1, R8, R9, & DS1 radar detectors).

Enhanced GPS location based 'false muting' via SpotLocks™ - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R4 Companion™

R4 Companion™ feature list:

• SpotLocks™ - Location based false silencing has never been this good or easy. Turn on the intelligent location-based learning and let R4 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen.
• Full navigation functionality in preparation for future CarPlay integration.
• New alert screen (portrait & landscape views).
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• Quickly switch back from navigation screen to classic alert details screen.
• Works seamlessly with the R4's auto mute memory, manual mute memory, k-block, and quiet-ride built in muting.
• Option to play detector tones in app.
• Ability to set R4’s internal detector settings from the app. *Requires US Version 142 (R4) 127 (R4w) firmware.
• SpotLocks™ works seamlessly with your R4’s built in 'auto mute memory' locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R4 at the same time.
• 'Proximity' meter - leverages the high resolution signal strength 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 traveling based on the accumulated SpotLock data™.
• 'Custom Phrases' for a given threat's audio announcements.
• High resolution meters for the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the R4 display).
• Customizable heads-up display (HUD).
• HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency. The HUD is color coded between real threats & muted false signals.
• HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, & bogey counts.
• Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for the R4 platform).
• 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are stuck traveling near a false emitting vehicle.
• "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the R4 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals.
• Bogey count display showing total number of threats.
• Vehicle speed 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 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.
• Compass heading.
• Detailed trip summary including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, and more.
• Automatic and seamless connection via Bluetooth even while the app is in the background.
• iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of Band, & Frequency of each alert.
• Help system.

Now works with CarPlay!
"Feels like a new detector!", -e This is what people are saying after using R4 Companion™ - See what all the fuss is about, try it for yourself!
New for version 1.25:

• Settings screen added under CarPlay nav search button.
• All new audio engine handles navigation, speech & detector tones seamlessly with options for output style, voice, speech rate, etc.
• Option for altitude and car voltage on 'Active' banner.
• Options for 'Nav Mute' Speaker Tap -> “Unmute” On tap, or after 5, 10, 15, 30 mins.
• Option to include Alerts & Tones for nav mute tap.
• Option to include all Detector audio for nav mute tap (kill switch).
• CarPlay fixes for light & dark map display modes.
• SpotLock engine version 2.0.09012026 - latest historical data.
• Advanced false assist engine version 3.0.09012026 - latest 6+ years of historical data.

Other recent big updates:

• Added a 3D Perspective map view for navigation.
• Added CarPlay background-alert controls:
• Reduced-frequency alerts
• Passive Muted alerts
• My Radar IQ alerts
• Stay Alert reminders
• Added an option to end active navigation 15 seconds after the detector disconnects.
• Improved the Navigation Audio voice-selection screen.
• CarPlay background alerts
• Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch.
• Full navigation functionality.
• Alert banner "SignalScope" shows signal strength over time of the current priority alert.
• Alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button.
• Alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings and other detailed detector status information.
• Alternate Route selection with highway, & toll avoidance.
• Navigation screen shows arrival time, distance & trip time remaining.
• 'Show traffic' option while navigating.
• 'Recent trip' quick selection.
• Nearby points of interest selection.
• Quickly switch back from navigation screen to classic alert details screen.
• “Free Drive” (map / no map) alert screen when not in navigation mode.
• Free Drive without map display option (battery saver).
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• Instantly see your changes when modifying detector settings.
• Flashes screen when an alert occurs.

If you liked R4 Companion before this release, you are going to LOVE it after! Spread the word, it is only going to get better. If you have an idea / suggestion you would like included in a future update, please visit https://crackedpixel.com/contact-us to let us know. Thanks!

• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will go from yellow (low threat), to orange (medium threat), to red (high threat) and flash on and off and a voice announcement will occur. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day.

• Pair it and forget about it! It just works. *New* - Robust Bluetooth connection engine works seamlessly in the background to manage all your R4 devices.

***TIP: Setting the main volume for the detector to 0 on the main alert screen and enabling the detector alert tones, will eliminate the brief audio "blips" you would normally hear when a mute command is first sent to the detector. Only potential threats will then trigger audio through your speaker or audio system providing an extremely quiet ride.