Rabbit is shifting its AI strategy from a dedicated handheld to software that runs across devices. Its new OS3 agent can be accessed through a desktop browser, Telegram or iMessage, and will also arrive as an update for the Rabbit R1. Owning the orange gadget is no longer required.
The move follows the R1’s troubled 2024 debut, when reviewers found that many promised actions did not work reliably. Rabbit chief executive Jesse Lyu says the company has since issued roughly 50 updates, opened the hardware to outside agents and delivered more than 100,000 units, though those figures come from Rabbit.
Rabbit is no longer manufacturing the R1 and has no plans for an R2. Existing units can serve as an input and display for OS3. The company’s next planned device is a “Cyberdeck” focused on AI-assisted coding, which Lyu says should arrive within months.
OS3 enters a much more crowded market than the R1 did. Browser and messaging access removes the cost of special hardware, but Rabbit still has to show that its agent can complete cross-service tasks reliably and safely—exactly where the original product struggled.