The Rabbit R1 is one of the hottest AI gadgets on the market right now — and it looks like it's hiding an Android-scented secret.
“This is supposed to be a simpler companion to my phone, yet the R1 often tells me to use my phone when asking it to do the most basic of tasks,” wrote Digital Trends’ Section Editor Joe Maring after taking the Rabbit R1 out for a spin. The biggest flaw here is not a slow interface or lack of functions, but what it adds to an average user’s life on a day-to-day basis.
Related In the R1’s case, the situation is a bit confusing. As Rahman explains on Android Authority, the Rabbit R1 runs what can essentially be called a launcher based on the Android Open Source Project . Notably, Rabbit’s research overview doesn’t mention AOSP or its Android affiliations. It was only after Rahman’s story broke that Rabbit confirmed R1’s software is built on AOSP, the core framework behind Android. In simpler terms, the R1’s software is essentially just an Android app.
“Rabbit OS and LAM run on the cloud with very bespoke AOSP and lower-level firmware modifications,” the company said in an official statement. In addition to confirming the AOSP foundations, the company has also clarified that it’s aware of “unofficial rabbit OS app/website emulators” being out there, and that such bootlegged APK files won’t allow access to the rabbit OS systems.
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