40
Devindra Hardawar
Engadget
“I hate the Rabbit R1. It's yet another sign that standalone AI gadgets, like the Humane AI Pin, are fundamentally useless devices meant to attract hype and VC funding without benefitting users at all.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Affordable price
- Cute Design
- Voice Interaction
- Solid Build Quality
- Compact Size
- Rotating Camera
Points of Contention
- Limited app support
- Poor Battery Life
- Unreliable AI
- Price-to-Value Gap
- Terrible Speaker
- Slow Performance
Professional Reviews
9 reviews from 7 critics40 Dua Rashid 3 reviews · avg Gizmodo “It's a half-baked device that needs way more work.”
Dua Rashid 3 reviews · avg
Gizmodo
“It's a half-baked device that needs way more work.”
All 3 Dua Rashid reviews, aggregated above
55
Everything You Should Know Before You Buy the Rabbit R1 AI Companion
“I doubt anyone would pay that amount just to decrease a couple of taps on their phones.”
40
Rabbit R1
“It's a half-baked device that needs way more work.”
30
10 Things We Hate About the Rabbit R1
“I’ve spent a day with the Rabbit R1, and to say that I was underwhelmed would be an understatement.”
40
Eric Zeman
PCMag
“The Rabbit R1 AI companion is a charming device, but it just can't compete with or replace the widely available smart assistants that are already in our pockets.”
35
Kyle Barr
Gizmodo
“We at Gizmodo have had just 24 hours with it, and already we found that the device is so very, very limited in what it can do.”
30
Julian Chokkattu
Wired
“I have found the Rabbit R1 fairly useless over the past week I've been testing it.”
30
David Pierce
The Verge
“All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.”
20
Joe Maring
Digital Trends
“The Rabbit R1 was supposed to be one of the hottest AI gadgets of the year. Instead, it's a buggy, flawed, and unsuccessful mess in every way imaginable.”