This isn't an update to the drone firmware or to DJI Fly, so there won't be any new features in those, if that's what you were expecting. It's an update to the DJI Software Development Kit that will allow third-party apps like Litchi to control the Mini, so new features will be available by using those apps instead of DJI Fly (or writing your own app).I’m looking forward to the new update when it finally comes out ?[emoji3][emoji106]
Hoping that it will have some more features
This isn't an update to the drone firmware or to DJI Fly, so there won't be any new features in those, if that's what you were expecting. It's an update to the DJI Software Development Kit that will allow third-party apps like Litchi to control the Mini, so new features will be available by using those apps instead of DJI Fly (or writing your own app).
Yes and no. The app developers need to integrate the SDK into their existing or new apps prior to flight testing which requires some time, too.It's better to be fully tested and corrected than released prematurely.
Oh yes, Litchi should provide some great features including active tracking and a very sophisticated waypoint system.ah thank you so much for clearing this up for me ?.well maybe a third party app for the mini will add some features or so.?
Mavic Mini is my first drone, did anyone here used Litchi before with another drone and what is your experience with that app? Any other app?
Because I see that you want this SDK soon as possible.
What is the best features from Litchi?
Is that 3rd party app stable and reliable?
The fact that DJI released the SDK doesn't mean that Litchi will magically add support immediately, it will take months for Litchi to release support for the Mavic Mini
I haven't had much luck finding details, but I don't think Litchi necessarily has to support DJI Active Track(tm) to provide a "follow me" mode. It's possible to implement that entirely within an app that does its own object detection and course calculation. It just has to send ordinary flight commands to the drone.I hope so but I doubt that using Active Track will be made available for the Mavic Mini in the upcoming SDK.
Apparently Litchi Follow works on drones which don't support Active Track (e.g. Phantom 3) because it uses GPS tracking instead of visual tracking. It can track the device that's attached to the controller or a second device running the Litchi Magic Leash app. I expect that you're correct that it doesn't work as well as Active Track (especially on a slow phone), but judging by the YouTube samples, neither do any of the app-based trackers found on the Mini's competition and cheaper drone. I don't really plan to use it much myself, but I think most users will find it better than no tracking.Theoretically this is ofcourse possible. I guess it depends on what litchi does now for active track. Active track is simply an option in the DJI SDK, if they use this API call for the other DJI drones (I expect they do), they will surely not try to implement active track in their app only for the mini.
It would also not surprise me if the delay in getting the image from the drone, then processing it and then the delay in sending a command to the drone, would be too much to have it work properly.
I haven't had much luck finding details, but I don't think Litchi necessarily has to support DJI Active Track(tm) to provide a "follow me" mode. It's possible to implement that entirely within an app that does its own object detection and course calculation. It just has to send ordinary flight commands to the drone.
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