Motorola’s new LAM is far more thrilling than the Rabbit R1 ever was

My irritating experiences with the pocket-sized, hype-fueled Rabbit R1 are well-known at this level. From letting it wrestle to information me by way of a protracted day to making an attempt to show it new methods, it’s let me down every time I’ve given it an opportunity. And but, I’m nonetheless intrigued by the concept of an AI-powered mannequin that may be taught my intentions and do easy duties for me. I’d love to offer a voice command and have a Massive Motion Mannequin name me a journey to the practice station or order my morning espresso.

So, when Motorola introduced a LAM of its personal at Lenovo Tech World, I used to be wanting to see it in motion. I wished to know if it felt extra upfront and reliable than the Leuchtorange-colored R1 gathering mud on my shelf. It solely took just a few months for me to get my probability, and right here’s how Motorola gained me over proper off the bat.

Right here’s the deal — I obtained to take a look at Motorola’s LAM in motion on the tail finish of CES 2025, so that you’ll must put up with a playing reference or two. And now that we’re on the identical web page, let me stroll you thru the demo I obtained to expertise.

Motorola’s LAM expertise began as merely as the rest on the Razr Plus (2024): I watched a Motorola worker open her flip telephone and faucet on an app. This time, she wasn’t tapping on one thing like Uber or the Starbucks app; she was opening Moto AI. For now, that’s the place Motorola’s LAM lives — in its personal devoted app the place builders can slowly however steadily fine-tune its coaching.

As soon as there, she requested her Razr Plus to order her a “espresso Americano.” She didn’t ask for a selected measurement or specify the place she wished it from — only a drink to be prepared for pickup. And as quickly as she completed her command, the LAM sprang into motion. It jumped from the Moto AI interface to the Starbucks app and set about inserting her order for pickup on the nearest location (The Venetian foyer just some hundred ft away). She, after all, canceled the order earlier than it may undergo, as no person wants a venti Americano each time they do a LAM demo, not even at CES.

Her level was made: Motorola’s LAM works rapidly and retains its playing cards on the desk. Reasonably than logging into providers like Doordash and Spotify by way of a sketchy backdoor digital machine within the Rabbithole, you merely obtain apps to your telephone and perform a little educating alongside the best way. In case you’re continually choosing Uber XLs or selecting Consolation Electrical rides, Motorola’s mannequin will be taught that after just a few tries and emulate your preferences.

Extra importantly, Motorola’s mannequin didn’t really feel prefer it was playing. I watched the Motorola worker frantically attempt to cancel an Uber journey to the Bellagio just because it picked out her journey and located her a driver quicker than I’ve ever seen a journey secured in Las Vegas. It didn’t brush her off with an excuse about digital rabbits being too drained or power her to make use of a bit scroll wheel to make her selections; the LAM simply paid out its winnings as a result of it knew what she wished.

As you possibly can most likely inform, Motorola’s LAM proved extra spectacular to me at each flip. Do I like that it nonetheless takes over all the show of the Razr Plus (2024) to “carry out actions,” as Motorola places it? No, probably not — I’d like to see it graduate to run within the background so I can proceed to make use of my telephone within the meantime, nevertheless it’s a begin. Moreover, by watching the mannequin open Uber and hail a journey, I at the very least know that it’s doing what I would like and the way I would like it executed.

Maybe what offers me confidence within the usefulness of Motorola’s LAM is that, effectively, it’s form of an app. Rabbit made a giant fuss about how its Rabbit OS is decidedly not an app and might, subsequently, be extra helpful than an app — at the very least till it was confirmed to be an app. And with Rabbit’s not-an-app-app, the restrictions have been instantly obvious. It may solely work with a brief listing of digital machine-based integrations (Doordash, Spotify, and others). In any other case, it will run by way of a variation on an OpenAI mannequin when requested to seek for a solution.

With Motorola’s mannequin, nonetheless, it nonetheless feels just like the door is large open. Sure, the examples of Uber and Starbucks I used to be proven have been quite simple and particular, nevertheless it felt just like the LAM was in management from begin to end. I didn’t must verify in and information it alongside the best way; it merely realized the process over time and replicated it — no difficult Educate Mode or accident-prone LAM Playground required. And, as a result of it makes use of the apps already in your telephone, it feels more likely that Motorola’s mannequin will develop and broaden to incorporate ordering from Amazon, mapping out eating places in Google Maps, and different issues that I could be too lazy to do.

After all, there are nonetheless just a few issues that I’ll have to attend on in terms of Motorola’s AI-powered LAM. For starters, I’m but to learn how the coaching course of truly works. Though I noticed the mannequin run by way of some primary duties, the Motorola staff was a bit tighter-lipped on how the LAM (which is presently nonetheless in beta testing) would go about increasing its skillset. And but, I’m keen to take that threat if it signifies that my major machine — not a secondary companion — can truly function the AI companion that Rabbit thought it was promoting me.