Rabbit r1 HONEST First Impressions: Is It Actually Useful?
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 04. 2024
- With the rise of ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs), AI-dedicated devices have started coming out. The Humane AI pin was widely lambasted earlier this month when it launched, and now the Rabbit r1 AI assistant is out. With rumors that Apple is delving into AI in a big way, we thought we'd check out the Rabbit r1 to see what it can do and how it measures up to an iPhone.
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Yes I missed the QR code on the packing. My bad. However I stand by my thought that at least a quick tutorial screen would have been a little more helpful.
Useful for those who don't know what they are looking at :)
Still a better review than some other tech bros, who I would say sound like a 12-year-old was handed an 80's computer and no software... except those 12-year-olds actually DID figure it out. At the time.
20-year-old today adn I'm not sure they would consider reading the manual. Or mistake it for the EULA, the kind you'd get with a new Windows computer 15 years ago when I last did get one đ with all the reinstall CDs and junk.
You clearly missed the QR code on the plastic box that says scan and you get the users guide.
With your smart phone đ
It's not a smartphone replacement!â@@stevebauman
I have my box right in front of me: the box and the foam insert (it's not "plastic," by the way). There is no QR code to scan that takes you to a user guide. Was it on the plastic wrap? They really should put it on a glossy single-page insert, not put it on the damn packaging that you're going to tear with a boxcutter and quickly toss into the trash out of habit.
@@stevebauman they said since day 1 this isn't meant to replace your phone.
My comment was based on what I observed in the video footage.
I don't think the company should say, "It does this, and it does that," until it actually CAN do these things.
You guys finally experience what we gamers have experienced for years! đ half ass products that get finished (kinda) after launch.
This entire product could easily be a launcher/app on a smartphone.
The Rabbit doesn't make sense as an app. The intent: allowing immediate requests and fast responses. Not...unlock phone, find (another) app in sea of apps, load app, ask question, get response. If i was going to unlock and search I would have opened Safari, Chrome or ChatGPT and I'd put money on this being faster.
IF Apple allowed for 3rd party alternatives to Siri when holding the power button then I would 100% agree with this being an app. Until then, I support separate hardware hope they become the 3rd player in the smart "device/phone" OS race.
For Android, sure, maybe a launcher.
Yet it wasn't immediate at all. It took 6 seconds to respond. That's enough time to unlock my phone, launch an app, and engage with said app. Also it has no integration with a phone and is another device a person would need to carry.
â@@adriancp9957 I said, "fast responses", not immediate responses. This isn't meant to launch apps.
Example: "Tell me the weather in Seattle, play Dominc Fike, order an uber and text Mom, I'm on my way." Rabbit R1 can do that because it isn't operating on an app by app basis. Your phone does those 4 things separately because they are all developed by different individuals. Though, Android could probably do it but Apple doesn't allow control of apps by 3rd parties.
You're not looking far enough into the future my guy...or gal...dog?
â@@adriancp9957 So is a phone. This guy wasn't able to go to a website on his phone 5:26
"At least make an app!", yeah, if you get premium support for everything so it works, YOU are going to like being held by a hand like toddler, just like the norm is with smartphones.
But App infrastructure aleady makes it dystopic with apps going offline or losing support for OLD PHONES due to security updates, the geeks don't have time to man the engines. The level of argument here is like excpecting schools to have a private tutor for every kid to flip your text book pages. And you have this mass hysteria of "kids are scrolling all day on their social media" because they CAN'T finish any task on a phone.
80's kids could, on a micro.
@@DarriusTaylorit is a launcher, mate
When Siri is proving more useful, you gotta wonder whatâs going on.
R1's true calling is a dream product for people with disabilities. AI assistant that specialize in using my Apps, so that i don't have to use voice-over.
They need to focus on that instead of a gimped iPhone. There's definitely a respectable market for a specialty device.
Agree. Single button and a scroll wheel comapred to the complex mess of any smartphone. I'll be exploring using a r1 with elderly folk in my care.
I ordered it and as a fully blind person, this will help me so much, especially the camera. I hope setup is accessible, if not, my girlfriend will have to do it.
So anybody. Because everybody has their abilities disabled when they're forced to follow Steve Jobs down his eight layers of fawning over Dieter Rams.
I don't hate complication but smartphone doesn't even have decent options for portable typing. I'll be using this first as a replacement for command line, and guess what I already do with my best keyboards? Connect them to several computers. Can't do that with "just install it as software on your proprietary device, bro".
My aspiration (if it can come to that, R1 could still suck) is connect it to a portable local network and do commands through that. It's a pretty naive WAtch_Dogs kind of fantasy.
But I was also trying to create Vtubers in 2012 and the vision just wasn't there and I failed. Japanese competition stuck through it with gdgd Fairies and Naria girls, and now it's the second biggest streaming industry in existence, pushing awards to names like Ironmouse and IDF.
I dunno. It may be a decent upgrade from my Palm Pilot.
You know what might make a decent upgrade from your Palm Pilot?
Almost anything else. đ
Still better than the humane AI pin though
Do you have the lid (ceramic or wood) for the Hasami mug? I have a couple of the medium cup and love em!!
I pre-ordered one because I work with LLMs as a solution architect and want to develop for a device like this. Then I saw all the CZcams comments about how this would be a cool gift for kids and the elderly, and I ordered another for my dad - he recently retired and gets so excited about trying all kinds of AI stuff, because his son works with AI. Iâm hoping for some kind of father-son bonding moment TBH.
Also ordered one to explore uses with elderly. The single button and scroll wheel interface will be a joy to the folks that can't handle a smartphone.
âLet us make your life easier by putting a computer in your pocket so you donât have to deal with the other computer youâll also need in your other pocket.â
Groundbreaking stuff no-doubt.
Not thinking far enough into the future. By releasing this, they're basically seeing if the market adopts.
If the market does show interest, then Apple, Meta and Google will build. If they build we all win.
Everyone's a techie now that Steam Deck is praised for having Wii U form factor and 1/4 of its 12 million sales, "I can do that with a computer, why would I ever get another one?"
Did... did he try ASKING the Rabbit R1 how to change the settings? It's a voice-driven device
Thanks. I was really interested in this device, when I first heard about it. Kind of happy that I did not order one yet. Hopefully this gets to be more usefull longterm.
I find many similarities between the gadgets in the movie âHERâ. I suppose it is just the first gen, and further, we will see a new device that will replace the cell phone
3:59 unboxing QR code is users guide
The voice over says âthere were no other instructionsâ while showing a QR code saying âuser instructionsâ đ
Yeah noticed that after the fact lol still an onscreen tutorial would have been nice đ
The new google glasses
Thank you so much for the honest review!
Much prefer something like the RayBan Meta AI smart glasses over this and Humane AI
this is a joke right?
@@stevewilson6193 No, why would you think that? the glasses use Meta AI (Llama 3) and can do the 'look and tell me what you see' as well as all the other usual AI stuff. But besides that they are unassuming glasses, which take photos, record video, play music/podcasts, and answer calls. Oh and they are cheaper. Where is the joke?
Donât ever trust Mark Zuckerberg.
Ray Ban is really good but there are things that aren't practical without a screen.
I think this is a very good use case as a pocketable device.
I agree. My RayBan metas can always be with me because they are my prescription glasses. I donât want to carry another devices with me that provides extremely little additional value.
The QR code on the case says to scan for user guide.
2:20 Same here Dan! đ
Can you tether it to your phone for connection?
Like a hotspot, from the looks of it yes.
This is the Model A of these types of devices. Right now us purchasers are the crash test dummies for testing it and Iâm confident itâll be better relatively soon. I think..
If it works better as an accessibility device (like for blind people trying to read instructions, make sure they're holding the right kind of money, etc) than a phone, I can get behind it. It's slow, but the price is right.
It won't work better than a phone. The functionality the Rabbit R1 provides, and plenty more, has existed for the blind (for free) for ages already (Be My Eyes / Be My AI, and plenty of other apps).
Google Lens does that. As do many other accessibility focused apps that already exist.
@@EoRdE6 Yeah but none of the solutions are really fantastic yet... and the phone apps take your phone, which means you can use them to look at your phone.
And a LOT of websites are not set up for voice navigation. Being able to point another small, relatively cheap, device at your phone opens up a new universe for blind people who can suddenly use apps and website they never could before
Every time I see one of those new AI devices, it constantly reminds of the movie âHerâ. In the movie, he used some futuristic looking phone and a little AI device (AirPods looking headphone in that case). Maybe in a few years those devices come in handy.
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âThat should have been an app momentâ
The Rabbit doesn't make sense as an app. The intent: allowing immediate requests and fast responses. Not...unlock phone, find (another) app in sea of apps, load app, ask question, get response. I could have Google the answer or opened ChatGPT.
IF Apple allowed for 3rd party alternatives to Siri when holding the power button then I would agree. This has its own lane.
*That whole device should've been just an app moment
Companies like Apple would never make an universal app, because that would destroy the applestore business model for which Apple earns royalties from. Thats why it is so important that companies like Rabbit exist, to break away from the establishment who just want to scam more money from us without adding easy to use functionality for the consumer.
No dev in their right mind is developing new iOS apps at this stage.
@@tonglu3699why is that? not disputing, just not very informed about these types of things and curios
But why not do it all this on your phone?
Should be an app
I kinda want to clip this to a belt loop
the functions that you have to look up on their website.. you know you can just ask the device right... like that is literally the purpose of that device.. processing inquiries for you LOL
So this actually didnât need to be an hardware device. It could have been an app, and do all the things it can now, or even better.
I guess they made it to an hardware, just to sell it for $199, since nobody is gonna buy an app for the price.
It couldn't have been an app on iOS. SDK restrictions.
Example...Google Assistant on iOS is masssssssively nerfed on iOS compared to Android. As a stand alone device, they can build anything and removes Apples limitations and the apple tax.
â@@DarriusTaylor I think the issue is most consumers are unaware about the reality developers face on the mobile front.
Building it on a device would've given it little traction, it's not tiktok, it's not Spotify. Then the store tax, then the OS restrictions that limit what they can do.
I like innovation, I hope they can cook. Underdogs are always good.
â@@spaceman6_6 I mean it sold 100,000 units. That's nothing to sneeze at and shows there is an audience interested in a product category outside of smartphones.
The Rabbit doesn't make sense as an app. The intent: allowing immediate requests and fast responses. Not...unlock phone, find (another) app in sea of apps, load app, ask question, get response.
IF Apple allowed for 3rd party alternatives to Siri when holding the power button then I would 100% agree with everyone. But we'll see.
@@DarriusTaylor I couldn't agree more. I secretly hope we're able to get a third alternative in the smartphone world. Hoping they'd add call and text functions.
Android and IOS have been nonchalant on AI innovation for a while now.
It could be a launcher/skin based app on android and do the exact same stuff.
Surely wondered what youâd be showing "a rabbit " on CZcams for! đđđđđ. But I usually find things on your channel before any other place and you explain them so I can understand them. So I thought Iâd give it a shot, but you didnât have me wondering.
Can it take notes?
"at least make an app for the rabbit hole". LOL
I need dbrand to make a skin that makes this device look like a pokedex
Dbrand has skins for it as MKBHD showed I thought.
I went to school in holt !
What a gimmick! I have a feeling their will be bankrupt in 3 years
200 dollars for a smart toy I can hand to my kids, plus Im looking forward to getting into the guts of this thing if they stick true to opening up access over usb-c. It's going to live in a cradle on my desk most of the time. I work in computer vision and develop with multimodal models, and I'm super intrigued by the large action model, hope they expose access to it at some point.
This is why I want one of these! To put it bluntly, it's kind of crap right now but it looks like it's gonna be so cool in the future. Plus I would like to see if upgrades to the battery within its existing form factor is possible.
Why canât I connect when outside to my phone via personal hotspot? Why say you need to have a whole separate Sim card and a separate Sim card account?
You can do it
You absolutely can, they literally advertise it as being wifi compatible on their site. Don't trust every review and do your own research.
The true point of this device is to NOT rely on your phone at some point so thatâs why thereâs a SIM card slot available. Sure you could hotspot but if this was a perfect world, I wouldnât want to carry both devices
That also isnât accurate. They emphasize that this is not a replacement for your iPhone and isnât trying to be.
@@macrumors they explicitly say that they donât consider this device a substitute for your phone
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its like a pokedex that knows everything lol
First time hearing about this.
As long as you donât pay over retail for it($199) itâs a cool fun new thing. Spending any more than that is kinda a waste of money unless youâre blind or something or just really into tech and collect these things. Itâs not gonna replace anything but itâs cool.. think of it as that
Good I actually cancelled my order đ
Why doesn't anyone make a phone that can do all of this? They could call it "the smartphone." đ€
Why? Why do I need an additional device to do what I already do on my phone better? This is insane!
this device while cute would make more sense if it had any advantage over a smartphone, such as battery life
Can you ASK it what it can do?
All products start somewhere, but sometimes they also end in the same place. In the AI arms race to "AI all the things" it seems products like this and the Humane AI Pin are a product in search of a solution.
I believe the future is more likely to be us wearing super small, long-lasting earbuds and interacting with a smart AI assistant connected to a phone-like device (maybe it's a wrist band?).
But the notion of having a separate device, with its own SIM card and phone number, plus a monthly fee, just isn't compelling unless it delivers HUGE value over what people already get from their existing devices. And I'm not seeing that here or in the near future.
I donât think itâs going to replace a phone, and I donât think people are going to use it like a phone. I think the point is to âget awayâ from the phone.
Apple will Sherlock it with iOS 18.x.
I like the idea of the live camera being connected to the ai in realtime. But I think this product is a gimick due to what our phones can do.
Cool toy to play with
Aight, can it do math?
And hard math?
Why don't you ask it what it can do?
"Is It Actually Useful?"
No. It's an overpriced paperweight that will quickly end up in a landfill. Tech companies are insane.
ummmm, these types of devices will all have a quick death as soon as Apple introduces the new AI powered "Siri" on their iPhone line.
haven't we been waiting for new siri since 2012?
@@stevewilson6193now Apple has a generative AI fire under their ass
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It is the zune before the iPhone
Apple would never make an universal app, because that would destroy the applestore business model for which Apple earns royalties from. Thats why it is so important that companies like Rabbit exist, to break away from the establishment who just want to scam more money from us without adding easy to use functionality for the consumer.
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I never got it when I saw the launch at CES, get it even less now and just don't see the point. I'll stick with my phone that already has AI capabilities which I also don't use. Agree with others if it helps elserly or disabled that is awesome I am all for that.
No subscription? The you are the product..
This is only marginally more useful than the Pin which is unfortunate because we need some real innovation in the personal device space.
Why can a phone do the same thing
I'd not compare this to a smartphone.
It's uses in many industry/markets could be huge. Education, Elderly, Disability, Tourism, Museums etc. It has a single button and a scroll wheel, open to markets and users where the smartphone UI is a every more complex mess. I'd rather give my kids this to do things over a smartphone *because* it doesn't have apps.
Name one thing it can do better than a phone.. wtf bro?
this could just be a app in my phone. why carry another device
Another one of those things that has been created to give tech reviewers something to do.
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This is just e-waste.
Not really, its quite cool.
"Let's make a clean-looking device with a minimum of buttons and control and then work around that self-imposed limitation by having the most convoluted user interface ever designed" is what I'm hearing.
I also don't see the point of these devices. It's not new hardware that is not already in the smartphones we already own and carry everywhere, so I see no reason why these are not apps.
And last, the most useful device is the one you always carry, and since it's always going to be your phone first, there's no point in buying and carrying a second device if it doesn't do anything much better than what your phone can already do, such as high-end cameras for professional users, etc.
The only people this could interest are the owners of non-smart flip-phones but they're exactly the market that won't buy such a device in the first place.
i think the orange looks cheap
Yes this device is a niche thing doubt it will last awhile. But itâs sick.
So basically itâs an Android phone with no phone feature. Got it.
To slow
The humane pin is way slower
This is lightning fast in comparison
@@macrumors who uses voice it's painful so much easier to type
You must be trolling and can't be anywhere close to being serious by the tone of comment đ€ŠđŸââïžđâ@@elmin2323
â@@elmin2323I agree but, to become better it almost NEEDS to be slow at first I think. Or, not fast enough yet. If it was perfect that would mean that this tech had hit a roadblock and would be shit, and I highly doubt this is the end of the road for these. I think these devices need to "walk" so to speak, so others can run with this idea.
The Rabbit doesn't make sense as an app. The intent: allowing immediate requests and fast responses. Not...unlock phone, find (another) app in sea of apps, load app, ask question, get response. If i was going to unlock and search I would have opened Safari, Chrome or ChatGPT and I'd put money on this being faster.
IF Apple allowed for 3rd party alternatives to Siri when holding the power button then I would 100% agree with this being an app. Until then, I support separate hardware hope they become the 3rd player in the smart "device/phone" OS race.
They say a fool and his money are soon parted. That's how things like this get sold.
5:27 Whereâs the problem with the site? Save the bookmark on your home screen and tap on it. You need the same amount of âsearch energyâ to find it, needs less space than an app and does the same work.
Depends on how optimized/responsive the site is for mobile :) If it's not, that'd be cumbersome af
websites suck compared to native apps, hands down
Great now I got another device I need to carry round, another device I need to charge, another set of subscriptions I need to manage.
Just make an app! :)
No subscription needed for the r1
Soms is het goed dingen zelf uit te zoeken , vooral eerste generatie .
For 200 dollars Iâll tell you what your starring at đ
âWhat if we made a Playdate but instead of playing fun games it ran the same boring AI assistant queries youâve already seen a hundred timesâ
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I think this is another piece of tech that could of been an app, certainly not worth $199 and is yet another fad that will quickly be replaced by an app that can do all of the functionality. With the hope that AI that is coming to Apple at WWDC could enable Siri to do most of the functionality that this device can do. I don't see that this is going to replace a iPhone or Android, why take two devices out with you when your phone pretty much can do what you need it to do.
Donât look at the room, point a computer at it and let it describe to you what your eyes can. Maybe AI is already in control.
so many people dont get it, a phone is to much distraction's, this rabbid thing will make it simplier in the future not to stay allday on social media. i belief truely this thing can stepup the futuregame:)
all people who comment on all those rabbid reviewes dont get the point, its sad. You all can download any apps, fillup your phone and scroll allday, have fun:)
Websites ARE the right choice, not apps. Websites work great everywhere, and they don't force you on a specific device.
websites suck compared to native apps, hands down. there are two platforms, iOS and Android, that cover all smartphones. website is fine as a fallback for the rare customer without either.
So it is true, these AI companies are succeeding where Apple failed
Making Siri look useful
The appeal here is that it is not your phone. Your phone can do 800 things, with enough swipes and taps; this is the just the AI experience with a new fun form factor (thank God). I can spread mayonnaise on a slice of bread with my phone, too - but I'd rather just use a knife.
Yea Iâm not going to pay to be a beta tester.
Blind people are now half blind with this
I can't believe SIRI is that usable now, and everyone has been saying that lately
I just don't get it, most of this stuff you can do better on a smartphone.
This review seems like he had negative perceptions and expectations from the onset.
Appleâs WWDC will provide a mature, well considered and executed, platform approach to AI using the devices everyone already owns. This device is interesting, but not compelling. Poor UI, small screen, janky keyboard, inconsistent UX, minimal support⊠itâs a good concept, but really an MVP at this point. They will have to iterate quickly to remain relevant.
Agreed, your entirely correct here. However, I do think this is a good jumping off point for more little ai devices in the future and for development on this little guy.
Can we make audio calls through rabbit r1..
Your device is defective. My battery lasted all day.
The problem with this is simple. EVERYONE already has a phone with them. All thatâs needed is a software update to include these AI features and these products are no longer relevant. Plus who wants to have yet another device in their pockets?
I STILL have no idea what purpose this servesâŠâŠ
These are dead on arrival. Who wants to charge and carry around TWO devices when Apple and Android will just add this AI functionality into the OS this yearâŠ
Pretty much nobody. However, some wealthy and clueless investor heard âai powered deviceâ so they invested into this Rabbit device in hopes of getting richer even though it makes no business sense.
Yeah, why would I want another device to carry. They should at least make it a smartwatch...
â@@Idler81643iirc they intend to, It's either a working idea for them or on their roadmap already
I would just because I think it's a neat piece of tech that COULD pave the way for something greater in the future. These may suck now, but I think they are really cool pieces of tech for people who are really into the bleeding edge of tech, and could create a path for some AMAZING improvements to accessibility features for the blind and impaired. Also, they plan to have a "learn" feature soon, so you may be able to customize the thing to do what you'd like, which is the main reason why I wanna buy one tbh.
Hey, cool to see you on this comments section. I think this has a lot of potential but just like any first gen device I have very low expectations. At least this one isnât 700 bucks plus 25 bucks a month though.
This and the Humane are really just good reminders of how great our phones are and why we donât need to buy lesser gadgets. âHey, do you like your apartment? Well, Iâm offering something much cooler - itâs a closet you can go stand in.â