Back in January, startup Rabbit announced its first device at CES 2024. R1 is an adorable bright orange AI machine with a camera, a scroll wheel, and an ambitious demo. The device is currently being shipped to early adopters (and technical reviewers) to gain proper hands-on experience until a full review is completed.
It's definitely cute. Designed by Teenage Engineering, who bring their design talents to the latest mobile phones, music gadgets and more from Playdate and Nothing. Like the others, it combines a retro-futuristic aesthetic with robust build quality, glossy surfaces, and glass and metal accents.
Again, the Humane AI Pin was a beautiful piece of technology, but it was also trash. Rabbit R1 is a different device. First, it costs $199, less than a third of the AI Pin's $700 price. Humane also requires a $24 monthly subscription fee to use it. There is no need for an R1 sub-machine at all. Immediately, it got much better.
However, the category of AI assistant-centric devices is quite new. Rabbit's device differs from Humane's in both hardware and functionality, but we know R1 hasn't launched with all its features yet. Some strangely simple tools are missing, such as alarm and calendar support.
Be sure to check out our first impressions here. The review has arrived!
— Matt Smith
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