After not too long ago rolling out the brand new Phantom 4 Professional and the huge Encourage 2, DJI has launched a brand new cell app as nicely, that is DJI Go 4. This isn’t an replace to the present DJI Go app, you’ll nonetheless want that in your older Phantom drones, however Mavic Professional, Phantom 4 Professional and Encourage 2 homeowners, that is the app for you.
Additionally supported within the new app is the Phantom 4, however we now have not heard from DJI themselves but for an reason why there may be now two variations of their cell app floating round.
Diving in, DJI Go 4 is a close to duplicate of the present DJI Go app for Android and iOS. Up to date paintings is a pleasing begin, however the options, largely, stay the identical at first look. Past the homepage and primary settings is the place the magic occurs, with a stream of recent 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 let you know, if a craft presents a FPV (first particular person view,) the sooner that picture is transmitted from the air to the display in your hand, the much less seemingly you might be to crash. DJI selling close to real-time is, consider it or not, solely a small velocity improve in video transmission, a minimum of so far as the Mavic Professional and newer Phantom 4 Professional and Encourage 2 are involved. To not discredit the achievement, however we now have been having fun with close to real-time FPV already.
Keep tuned, it’s night time 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 simple 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 primary promotion, digicam settings changes. Granted, you possibly can alter digicam settings previous to this, the trick right here is expanded potential to manage mentioned 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 a minimum of Android 4.4. DJI Go is a free app within the Google Play Retailer, out there 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.
