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As of the end of Dec 2018, the Cobra iRadar (900) is still available new via A****n for under $35, but, the Cobra app for Android is still lousy as a driving app (compared to Waze). Unlike Waze, the Cobra GUI has details so tiny they can only safely be read while stopped, certainly not for turn by turn navigation directions. And Cobra apparently never imagined the need for a night mode!
I can think of two possible options for integration of iRadar for use with Waze as a replacement navigation app, supplemented with Cobra iRadar signal detection:
1) Reverse engineer the Cobra iRadar app, or, perhaps link into an undocumented developer mode in the Cobra Map software to bridge/pull data going to and from the iRadar community database for use with Waze. This would add much more user data to Waze, but some of the data under the iRadar database may be obsolete (e,g, traffic cameras, etc.).
2) Forget the Cobra iRadar software altogether. Add a module into Waze to link to various Cobra iRadar hardware via bluetooth. This module would then pull any detected radar / laser events for possible local software filtering (include/exclude X, K, Ka, Laser, etc.) and possible upload to the Waze database (fully independent of the original Cobra software). This bluetooth module could later be expanded to incorporate other brands and models of Radar detection hardware, provided they also support bluetooth, and that their detection data can be read/decoded.
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Escort, another radar detector brand, also offers a similar product called Escort Live. Apparently, they poll/post detected radar signals pulled via bluetooth from their radar detector, but offer limited / no map routing in their software.
Ideally, modules could be added to the Waze app which could allow it to pair/pull radar alerts via bluetooth, and popup a similar message to verifying others' reported police at a location: Yes/No for a few seconds, then add it as a new icon, showing X, K, Ka, or Laser on the map (or don't add, if the user indicates it isn't Police before the timeout). In this way, all Waze users could benefit from others' radar reports, without having to always carry a detector.