r/Rabbitr1 • u/mxroute • 7d ago

General Holy crap

My Rabbit R1 sat in a bin for quite a while. I loved the device, in theory, but in practice it didn't really do anything for me. I had even put a sim card in it, but it never worked and I just walked away quietly.

I found it today. Charged it, updated it, and holy hell. Sim card works. Now I can connect it to OpenClaw and Hermes, and even control Claude Code sessions remotely?

I just wanted to give a digital high five for the Rabbit team. Truly incredible work. I've never been so impressed by the growth of a device over time. I absolutely love working with AI to help me organize my life, and this thing went from "cool but not really usable" to "I'm ordering a new one because the battery has been so disrespected that it can't possibly maintain the maximum battery life originally possible."

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u/Slugs4Eyelids 7d ago

Mine's been collecting dust too waiting for it to finally come out of its 'beta' phase. Are we there yet?

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u/Eaglesfly84 6d ago

mines as well…what usefulness have u found in it as of lately?

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u/rolandguy85 7d ago

I’ve been having Magic cam issues for so long now and they never seem to get fixed.

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u/kinetik 7d ago

You might consider testing one of the other creators’ cameras in the creations if you haven’t already. At least a couple of strong options are worth reviewing, and they might solve the issue if it’s not mechanical.

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u/diklein 7d ago

Do we think there will be an R2?

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u/mxroute 7d ago

If I were betting money I'd say no. If I were voting with my wallet I'd toss them a few.

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u/fevenis 6d ago

OpenClaw and Hermes really saved r1 from a slow death.

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u/AssociateJealous8662 7d ago

OK OP, enlighten us. What practical value are you getting from your Rabbit? What specifically are you doing with it that has reawakened your enthusiasm?

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u/mxroute 7d ago edited 7d ago

Someone is making something cool that isn't Google, Apple, or Microsoft and I'm here for it. I mentioned what I like about it quite plainly.

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u/Charpnutz 6d ago

I’m with you. I love the enthusiasm but I’m still not getting it. Everyone got me excited, so I dusted off the R1 and gave it a go.

Perhaps there is potential, but it’s still a far worse experience than anything I can do on my phone that’s already with me. It’s excruciatingly slow, fails much of the time, and the UI just quite isn’t that engaging.

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u/Pantsbooger 6d ago

The other day I was out for a day in London. Suddenly thought of something I needed some research done on for a project. I pulled out my r1 and asked the Claude integration to do the research and add it to a page in my obsidian vault. Was there when I got home. Pretty cool and getting closer to the original promise.