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r1 vs Spectacles 5 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
Neither r1 nor Spectacles 5 leads across the verified dimensions on DEPLOY's record as of 2026; the comparison table holds every sourced figure side by side.
- Spectacles 5 has the lower recorded price.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Rabbit Inc | Snap Inc |
| Form factor | wearable | wearable |
| Maturity | pilot | pilot |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | $199 (actual sale price) | $99/month subscription (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 1Rabbit Inc | 1Snap Inc |
| Privacy practices | 10location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention | 10training-data-use, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, location-tracking, data-retention, cloud-upload, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, bystander-recording, on-device-processing |
| Sources on file | 12 | 9 |
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Editorial summaries
r1
The Rabbit r1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device, unveiled at CES in January 2024 and still shipping into 2026, with no subscription. Its editorial throughline is the gap between demo and product: the launch demonstration of a Large Action Model (LAM) completing agentic tasks outran what the shipping product has consistently delivered.
Rabbit has shipped software updates since launch, but consistent agentic task completion is not verified. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as pilot.
Spectacles 5
Snap's Spectacles 5 are standalone AR glasses (Snap OS, dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking and voice, four cameras, ~46-degree field of view, ~45-minute runtime) and the AR-first corner of the wearable-AI cohort, distinct from the capture-first recorders (Plaud, Omi) and the assistant-first camera glasses (Meta Ray-Ban, Rokid). The AI is genuine: multimodal Lenses and a 'My AI' assistant powered by OpenAI and Google's Gemini (read signs, translate menus, identify objects).
DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity, because it is not a consumer product: distribution is developer-only, a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment, US-only, not retail. There is therefore no consumer purchase price. A next-generation consumer device, 'Specs', is targeted for 2026 but has not shipped.
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