See, it turns out that the Rabbit R1 seems to run Android under the hood and the entire interface users interact with is powered by a single Android app. A tipster shared the Rabbit R1’s launcher APK with us, and with a bit of tinkering, we managed to install it on an Android phone, specifically a Pixel 6a.

Edit: Someone also got doom and Minecraft running on this thing

  • Quantum Cog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    551·
    7 months ago

    You are missing the point. The point is that there is no need for such a device, a simple android app can do everything that rabbit r1 does.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      352·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, but everyone could see that as soon as they released it.

      It doesn’t matter how it’s implemented, it could have been done as an app from day one.

      But they made it a device instead because it makes it easy to raise funds and to get journalists to talk about it. As simple as that.

    • chrash0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      7 months ago

      i didn’t think people would really be surprised. but maybe i’m jaded by my experience in the industry.

      if we’re arguing whether or not it’s objectively stupid, i think that’s up to the market to decide.

      kinda seems like a toy to me anyway, and it’s kind of priced that way

      • daq@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        I’d still expect a lot more from a toy at $200. That’s cheap drone money or a decent RC car.