Rabbit R1 First Look: Here’s What It Can Actually Do

The Rabbit R1 can be fun and frustrating at times. Here’s what it was like to use it.

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0:00 Intro
0:45 Setup
2:03 Testing In Washington Square Park
3:07 Battery Drain/Finding a Cafe
4:28 Voice Memos
5:50 Testing Visual Translation
6:13 Update From Rabbit's CEO
6:27 Calling an Uber
7:48 Testing Vision AI in Battery Park
10:44 Translating Speech
11:23 Playing Spotify
12:07 Final Thoughts

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[pacolopez]

Wait, so you're telling me this device that has the battery life of a Christmas card, has a camera resolution of 1 megapixel, incorrectly answers questions, has some outrageous UI design flaws, only costs 200 dollars? TAKE MY MONEY

[socialmoravec]

All the features shown are essentially offered on a mobile phone.

[manhhahlu]

The definition of over-engineering for what is essentially a mobile app.

[Eatsleepworkgym]

Questions:
1) Did she mention that you either need wifi/hotspot or a sim card aka a separate data plan from your phone?
2) Did she recharge from the 15% at noon before heading to Battery Park?
3) Are you able to confirm the Uber address on the screen before a driver is assigned? I can only imagine the clusterF if it sends you to the wrong address

[West_Coast]

How many pieces does it shatter into after you smash it on the ground really hard, and can you follow up with a video where you do it.

[raphymartinez]

I’m trying so hard to find a reason to give these people $200 but I just can’t seem to be able to. Am I missing something?

[roderick.t]

So, it’s a voice activated app? Wait, I already have one of these. Aside from the form factor, not sure what innovation this brings to the table, and I’m not convinced this will perform as well in practice as it did in the keynote.

[Kayzef]

Still trying figure out what it can do that my mobile can't do.

[bwadley]

Actually one of the best reviews on the features and shortcomings in every day usage. thanks.

[cirusMEDIA]

This is basically a physical device that was built for a mobile app... im pretty sure a better alternative app would be available by end of year.

[software]

It’s funny you keep using your phone 😂😂😂 it makes the rabbit r1 kinda similar to the humane Ai pin

[Nickie]

A $200 device to run a $2 quality app with features Microsoft and Google will let you use for free.

Apple too if they actually bother to update Siri

[keithframe]

Finally someone covers the website/backend of r1 with the journals and everything.

[ClayMann]

All the R1 really does is show you just how OP your phone is. It was an impossible thing to sell but they went for it. I do love the design but what I'm really saying there is I love what Teenager Engineering do. Also you can tell the quality of a channel by how they feature things like this. There was some honesty but they really had to search for something, anything it could do. They just didn't remind you that all of that can be done better through your phone for no additional cost.

[sendbnes]

Now give it to celebrities and it will be a hit.

[kt]

Appreciate the time showing it, so I don’t waste my time looking at it.
Definition of waste of money….. thx I’ll skip going down the rabbit hole, was tough for Alice back in the day

[CaptainBearPants]

The only use case would be if you wanted to leave your phone at home, but still had basic stuff you needed to get done and didn’t know where to eat and were curious about your surroundings. I don’t get it honestly

[rubens]

I'm going to Wait for Version 2 or 3.

[GeorgKeferboeck]

So it does everything an app does, but without all the benefits of a phone and apps like maps? So it does less and much worse … nice 👍🏻

[ronnyandernie]

Hey Siri, order me a dedicated Siri device.