Hi Team,
Just wanted to flag with you that I noticed a massive increase of data consumption by the R1.
My suspect is that Teachmode is to blame.
To give some perspective.
In 2024 the R1 used €10 of data on a prepaid some card.
The R1 used €30 of data over a period of 1 month (mid jan - feb) in 2025!
The provider charges €0,01 per MB.
It’s an absurd increase!
Hey Siriap,
When we first launched, traffic from “web agents” went from cloud servers to the destination website without connecting to your r1. In August, that changed - your internet traffic goes through your r1 now.
There were a few reasons to do this, but mainly the fact that websites won’t see you as trying to connect both from a datacenter in the US and your actual location anymore.
So, you’re right - teach mode and LAM playground are using more data than at launch.
Other contributing factors:
I would try turning off photo sync and GenUI first to see how that adjusts things.
It might be worth creating a feature request post about “disable Web Agents on mobile data” as well… you would lose a lot of capability; but if your goal is “just the AI walkie talkie please”… that toggle would save your data.
Unfortunately, as we release new features, you will see data usage increase 
I would not recommend going with a $10/GB provider like you described.
@mattdomko How about also including a “disable OTA updates on mobile data” option?
Hi @mattdomko,
Thanks a lot for the reply!
Really helps to pinpoint the potential bottlenecks, I forgot about GenUI and I can imagine that it would consume quite a bit.
Love the suggested (potential) fix like the conditional usage of GenUI, Magic Voice, and pictures over WiFi / LTE.
Thanks again, really appreciate your input!