Bad Design
You need to submit a request to get licensed for CarPlay Integration. It’s stupid you don’t support this and require the phone display to show the app instead of the head units in car. That’s just silly in this day and time! Make this happen please!
Tech Display should have been a Bluetooth connectivity based device with USBC power. Nobody wants cables running around everywhere and certainly NOT to a cigarette adapter to get the ACC power and communication necessary for this to work! The two other community developed remote displays for the G2 are Bluetooth connectivity driven. This is useless in my opinion for users who want a cleaner connectivity option. It’s 2025, NOT 1994!!!!!!!!!!!
Tech Display should have been a Bluetooth connectivity based device with USBC power. Nobody wants cables running around everywhere and certainly NOT to a cigarette adapter to get the ACC power and communication necessary for this to work! The two other community developed remote displays for the G2 are Bluetooth connectivity driven. This is useless in my opinion for users who want a cleaner connectivity option. It’s 2025, NOT 1994!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bricked my unit during an update conveniently while they are going out of business
Do not get scammed zero help with my issue found out owner died and and everything went to shambles
The Potential
It’s not a bad app if you take the time to get to learn it and also have a really good mount for your phone.
Won’t pick up V1 Bluetooth
Very Disappointing I apparently have to send my Bluetooth module away to be updated.
Best part missing
This app seems intuitive and a real live reflection of what is happening on the main panel of the V1. I suspect other users have had a better experience with this app than people that have the older models. I have the very first version that was released and although it connects to the Bluetooth dongle without too much hassle, and the visual alerts appear clearly on iPhone screen, you will not however have any audio capabilities through any phone connected to the Bluetooth dongle, which in my view, makes this app and the Bluetooth dongle a complete waste of time and money. I had mine mounted on the front windscreen, and when driving, I relied totally on the audio alerts to warn me of the potential police radar in the vicinity. Since laws having been changed making any detection device illegal, it now has to be concealed somewhere on the outside of the vehicle in the front grill or bumper. I now have the visual alerts but no audio through the app, which, unfortunately makes this app and Bluetooth dongle completely useless and a waste of time and money with the best part of the detection missing.
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Bad Design
Tech Display should have been a Bluetooth connectivity based device with USBC power. Nobody wants cables running around everywhere and certainly NOT to a cigarette adapter to get the ACC power and communication necessary for this to work! The two other community developed remote displays for the G2 are Bluetooth connectivity driven. This is useless in my opinion for users who want a cleaner connectivity option. It’s 2025, NOT 1994!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewer from Australia 🇦🇺
V1 works fantastic here, Awesome on KA band, bluetooth connectivity with this app is great makes it easy to update the detector. Paired up with Highway Radar soon available on the app store, makes this thing well advanced than most detectors.
Awesome but change resting display please!!!!
Thanks for continued improvements to software capabilities. Latest September update is a massive step forward. Except Resting display (for me).
Can you consider changing resting display to a non blinking dot? Or just the Bluetooth icon solidly illuminated? The blinking is a bit distracting, even just knowing something is blinking if it’s not visible at the moment. Passengers don’t prefer a constant blink either.
Anyway, for now I’ll turn it off but love the concept of resting display off until an alert. Thanks for the amazing updates especially the BSM portion. At times when I’m not running a 3rd party app, it’s great to help keep the detector quiet.
Thanks.
Can you consider changing resting display to a non blinking dot? Or just the Bluetooth icon solidly illuminated? The blinking is a bit distracting, even just knowing something is blinking if it’s not visible at the moment. Passengers don’t prefer a constant blink either.
Anyway, for now I’ll turn it off but love the concept of resting display off until an alert. Thanks for the amazing updates especially the BSM portion. At times when I’m not running a 3rd party app, it’s great to help keep the detector quiet.
Thanks.
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Suggestion
The app is fine and allows the user to not have to interact with the actual V1 device, but obviously Car Play compatibility would be ideal. I don’t believe that is a possibility as of now with Apple’s strict requirements, but hopefully soon. That being said, I would appreciate a setting in the app that allows the user to mute the V1 device by tapping on main part of the screen (rather than the speaker icon). It is way too distracting to keep clicking on such a small area of the screen. Quickly tapping a large portion of the phone screen would be more logical to me.
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Fix the app name.
Still waiting for that app name fix. 🙄
Why is this titled “, the app”? Like why add that to the app’s name? It doesn’t even fit properly under the app’s icon tile. That’s so stupid!
Why is this titled “, the app”? Like why add that to the app’s name? It doesn’t even fit properly under the app’s icon tile. That’s so stupid!
Still the best radar detector
I didn't buy V1 for the app, but the app works and does everything V1 says it does.
* Many of these reviews are 5+ years old even 10 years in some cases.
* Many of these reviews are 5+ years old even 10 years in some cases.
Pointless without CarPlay
This app has so much potential but is pretty much useless without the ability mirror the screen unto your car’s screen.
There is no necessity to have have your phone in a holder, clustering up your dash and distracting from the task of driving.
It really can’t be that hard to make it CarPlay compatible and have alerts show up on screen.
There is no necessity to have have your phone in a holder, clustering up your dash and distracting from the task of driving.
It really can’t be that hard to make it CarPlay compatible and have alerts show up on screen.
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Somewhat useful but it crashes and burns your battery
It is pretty pathetic when V1/2 can’t write an app that is reliable, does not burn your phone or battery.
Many 3rd party apps for the detector are magnitudes better.
The truth is that Valentine has been sleeping in their laurels for decades now.
This is the last time I spend time and money with their products.
Many 3rd party apps for the detector are magnitudes better.
The truth is that Valentine has been sleeping in their laurels for decades now.
This is the last time I spend time and money with their products.
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Update it works better with Gen 2 but….
It is sad that the makers of the best radar Detector I have ever used, can’t update their app as well. Why can’t the app be CarPlay compatible?
The battery drain is not so significant now that many cars have wireless charge pads but the need to take your eyes of the road to use the app properly makes it dangerous to use.
We only use the app when someone is able to operate it from the passenger seat.
Enable CarPlay Mike! I’m sure it can be done
The battery drain is not so significant now that many cars have wireless charge pads but the need to take your eyes of the road to use the app properly makes it dangerous to use.
We only use the app when someone is able to operate it from the passenger seat.
Enable CarPlay Mike! I’m sure it can be done
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Poor implementation for motorcycles
Audio alert over BT is unreliable at best due to the app having to run at the same time. Volume is not loud enough to matter either, when it does work. Customer service at Valentine doesn’t seem to care and think they walk on air. The detector falses way more than a Redline 360c or a Uniden R3. I don’t get the cult following of Valentine at all.
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Reconnect in a pain
This app is years behind the Escort app. Reconnecting the app is a pain in the butt because it goes into the demo mode which should have an option to disable that.
Useful for firmware but needs app updates
The new over-the-air firmware updates are an excellent feature addition, but why so long without updates? Every new iPhone at least needs a new tweak to ensure the display is not spilling outside the screen, which it is now unfortunately. $500+ for a detector should certainly mean a somewhat frequently updated app. At least fix the common bugs.
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Useless except for upgrading software
It’s an app without purpose… you have a V1, so why do you need to see it on your phone? It works horribly when using CarPlay. If there’s a radar signal it routes the audio back to your phone! But the V1 is already making noise. It’s just pointless. If it had any gps based tracking of common threats or nuisance alarms… or anything useful beyond updating the V1 firmware/software… maybe it would be worth using.
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Disfunctional
I turned off the K and X band in the app. Sent to my unit. Didn’t actually do it.
Useful but imperfect
I love the idea of having this App, mainly for the upgrade function. It is VERY TAXING ON YOUR PHONE BATTERY though if you allow “background” functions to be on, especially when you’re not even in your car. The App appears to just beat itself up trying to connect to the V1 when you don’t even need it to.
I’m going to relocate the V1 on my dash so that I can reach it and see it clearly without needing the App to be on. I’ll use the App occasionally to check for updates but that’s it. If this issue is fixed, I’ll use it again. Great idea though.
I’m going to relocate the V1 on my dash so that I can reach it and see it clearly without needing the App to be on. I’ll use the App occasionally to check for updates but that’s it. If this issue is fixed, I’ll use it again. Great idea though.
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