After lately rolling out the brand new Phantom 4 Professional and the large Encourage 2, DJI has launched a brand new cellular app as nicely, that is DJI Go 4. This isn’t an replace to the present DJI Go app, you’ll nonetheless want that to your older Phantom drones, however Mavic Professional, Phantom 4 Professional and Encourage 2 house owners, that is the app for you.
Additionally supported within the new app is the Phantom 4, however now we have not heard from DJI themselves but for an reason why there may be now two variations of their cellular app floating round.
Diving in, DJI Go 4 is a close to reproduction of the present DJI Go app for Android and iOS. Up to date art work is a nice begin, however the options, largely, stay the identical at first look. Past the homepage and fundamental settings is the place the magic occurs, with a stream of latest and improved options to get probably the most out of your drone.
The important thing options that DJI highlights as updates to the brand new DJI Go 4 app are “close to real-time picture transmission” and a few improved digicam controls.
As any skilled drone pilot will inform you, if a craft gives a FPV (first individual view,) the sooner that picture is transmitted from the air to the display screen in your hand, the much less doubtless you’re to crash. DJI selling close to real-time is, imagine it or not, solely a small velocity improve in video transmission, at the very least so far as the Mavic Professional and newer Phantom 4 Professional and Encourage 2 are involved. To not discredit the achievement, however now we have been having fun with close to real-time FPV already.
Keep tuned, it’s evening now with this information breaking, we’ll fly within the sunshine tomorrow and replace if we discover any main variations in video streaming.
Enhancements to video playback and modifying options are a pleasant contact, DJI makes it straightforward to create movies out of your aerial footage, together with music and built-in templates, each of that are up to date in DJI Go 4 as nicely.
Again to DJI’s most important promotion, digicam settings changes. Granted, you possibly can modify digicam settings previous to this, the trick right here is expanded means to regulate stated digicam settings whereas in mid-flight. With the vast majority of the drones presently supported by DJI Go 4 being extra like cameras with wings, the extra digicam management the higher, I’d say.
Accessible for Android gadgets working at the very least Android 4.4. DJI Go is a free app within the Google Play Retailer, obtainable now for obtain.
Are you one of many many that hate the unique DJI Go app, searching for an enchancment? We hope that is it.