Android on the Rabbit R1 works perfectly, just as it was meant to.

After all, you can run Android on the Rabbit R1 and it’s not a half-assed experience – it works as if Android was the intended OS loaded onto the device from the factory.

The Rabbit R1 is nothing if not a controversial device – it’s one of the few that attempts to embody AI but ends up being a disappointment – and it runs a custom OS built by Rabbit and based on their LAM.

In contrast to LLMs (large language models), LAMs are touted to be more sophisticated and able to incorporate actions into the behavior process. In fact, the purpose of the R1 is to take in speech, recognize it, process it, and turn it into actions. All of this is done in the cloud on Rabbit’s hardware somewhere else. The expected end result is that commands are turned into actions and the device is done.

The result was predictable: The Rabbit R1 ended up being a slow, imperfect device that doesn’t deliver on most of the promises Rabbit made in its teasers and press events. The $200 futuristic device is seen as another foray into AI-based hardware from one of several startups currently trying to release products too soon.

How to Men The company released a video of the Rabbit R1, but it doesn’t run Rabbit’s custom software. Instead, Facundo loaded the R1 with Android to recoup his losses. The result: the Rabbit R1 works like a native Android phone. Because it is.

In fact, the Rabbit R1 is built on the AOSP build of Android and is tweaked to R1 features, a claim the company vigorously denies. After its release, it didn’t take long for creators to flash LineageOS onto the device, essentially loading up a generic version of Android.

How to Mentakes a similar approach, with Android being installed as standard on the Rabbit R1, and the device runs it almost flawlessly. Software changes mean the keyboard is now fully usable rather than severely restricted, it gives you more control over the video and photo cameras, and there’s even a quick settings tile for putting the 360-degree camera in different privacy modes.

Perhaps the most amazing thing about all of this is that this Rabbit R1 on Android is now able to run Gemini flawlessly, with Google’s AI assistant finding a home in the broken shell of what was meant to be the most advanced AI action model.

It’s interesting to see that many features have dedicated hardware shortcuts, as if the developer built them a certain way. For example, a screenshot can be taken by pressing the power button and swiping the scroll wheel, which is itself a volume rocker. Our script created these shortcuts when Android loaded into the orange futuristic rectangle, and it’s great to see these features working like they’re native.

The process of installing Android on the Rabbit R1 is available on GitHub under the project name “R1 Escape”. How to Men Although the channel has been used, it has not been tested – that said, proceed at your own risk – and the end result appears to be a fully functional device.