DJI Neo Review - Self Flying Drone and Immersive FPV 

It’s the drone I dreamed of when I first started hearing about drones

As someone who is developing mobility issues, I really want this drone so I can experience hiking and short range excursions I wouldn't normally be able to.

Finally a drone that meet my simple needs 👏👏👏

I honestly didn’t expect it to be priced at 209$ without the remote control. This is something I would consider buying for my home made videos.

Have been looking at drones for sometime, this has just come at the right time, its my birthday next month and my wife and daughter have asked me what I would like, now I know

The best, and most naturally informative review I've seen today. Thanks Shawn 👍

I didnt care when DJI introduced their drones back then not until this Neo is launched ❤ just ordered mine, it really took my interest for me its a cool little drone ❤❤

The first simultaneous charger was for the Dji Spark! I had one😉

Great overview Shawn! DJI is going to sell a zillion of these things. Pulling out a larger drone for a quick shot is a total PITA. With NEO, it's a no-brainer. I've wanted this ability since the Spark days and it's finally here! Prediction: There will be a NEO Pro. Maybe it's already on DJI's roadmap or maybe it will happen because the experienced drone crowd will want higher quality video with more control (D-Log M, H.265, higher video bit rate, etc). Regardless, I can't wait to get my hands on this first version.

ive ordered one, ideal for me after a stroke i can only use one hand mini avata 2 🙂

The DJI SPARK charged it's batteries all at once too. The NEO is SPARK 2.0. 😊

Hey Shawn, wow, that's awesome! Prior to seeing this revue I didn't really have much interest in the neo but having watched your review I now realise how capable this would be. I like to do follow me bike rides and not having to carry a controller would be a game changer. It coped really well through the trees too so forest rides should be ok. It's almost a throwback to the original Mavic air that could be flown by hand gestures. Looking really trim now by the way!

That follow me is very impressive, great testing! Thanks

This looks so cool! 💙 It's great how easy they're making it for everyone to fly drones, even those with mobility issues. Makes it super accessible, ya know? Can't wait to see what creative stuff people come up with using the Neo! 🚀

Spark 2.0. I love this impressive little fella so much. Definitely buying it

Mine arrives tomorrow! (3 battery kit - i have Goggles 3, Motion Controller 3, and FPV Controller 3 - I could get RC-N3 but it's redundant with Controller 3. I was busy with work this morning, but eventually I ordered from DJI direct, no tax even. Talk about budget, Care Refresh is cheaper than lunch for 2 at Fast Food (something one of us has steered clear of at least, LOL) Think I will use THIS to learn manual FPV instead of the Avata. Less risk when total replacement is $200 vs. $550 for Avata 2 A good little fella, he wants to be just like his Big Bro, Avata 2! Damn - DJI DID take the sound filter for voice from Hover X1 - I wondered if they would, knowing what the primary market target/niche DJi is after with this release. They absolutely HATE it when competitors try... you know, competing, lol!

Now this looks like it’s going to be perfect for what I want from a drone and the price is a game changer for us poor folks 😂👍

Great review as always. Thanks for your hard work. We plan on getting one for our travel channel videos.

The audio capture feature is boss!!! I hope that comes to DJI’s future drones. Great review as always!!!

Best explanation, regular viewers from Nepal

I bought HoverAir ProMax weeks ago MUCH better in feathers & Specs an this, basically ProMax swallow & spit this out, cant wait to get it next month👍🙌

As a professional filmmaker and drone op, this is going to be an excellent quad

Ordered as soon as I got the email. Much easier to travel with for the average person.

Excellent, very professional overview - thanks

Sweet! I just ordered! Can't wait to try it out in my MTB adventures

I'm in, as a stills photographer I haven't wanted to carry any more gear but this looks great.

Waited to watch your video first! Next is Jason then DM Productions!

amazing stuff appreciate seeing your review and insights - ive had a few drones and still got a cluky big one plus the dobby - each has its own issues but this dji drone really addresses everything i was looking for especially being compact and high quality footage - ive got to treat myself to one of these

This is an amazing drone for solo content creators like me. I have always detained from drones because of all the "take out from backpack, set the remote, fly, land, out everything back" hussle. But this is definitely the one I might want to use. Yet, I think there will be a new version next year with a couple more sensors and at least 60fps features. I amnot sure whether wait for a possible new version or buy and use this one. Great introduction by yhe way. Thanks.

I've been waiting for your review on this. I had my doubts, not sure why as it is a DJI product, but this is really a viable product. Great review!

Amazing good reviews definitely if I can afford I can buy too. But now just only a dream.

Since the avata 2 is out of my price range this is perfect

Absolutely fantastic little drone. This going to sell like hotcakes its the ease of use and also great for kids to get into drones. DJI are onto a winner with this and as it evolves and improves for the next NEO which im sure they will add collision avoidance into the next version of the NEO as stated in another video there is lots of room in the actual body of the neo to do exactly this. So yes delighted to see the get released as i think so many more people have access now to those special moments and memories with this little gem.

Been enjoying my hover x1 for now but wow dji on water!!! 🎉

Fantastic review, covered all the questions and concerns I had about it prior to purchase 😀 👍

The price is very tempting and it's going to give the HoverAir X1 hard competition now.

This is perfect for travel.

This thing looks so cool overall! The follow mode is super impressive, as is the extremely wide range of features. But am I the only one who thinks the video quality is quite poor? For a video drone I do feel video quality is an essential thing to talk about and what I'm seeing does not live up to current social media standards. Would love to have seen more about that in the video: how does it come out of the drone and how polishable is it?

Good dronne for people who cant fly well, but wants to have good films for social media.

Thanks for the reviews

amazing, I'm waiting for this drone to arrive in Indonesia....thank you for giving a review about this newest DJI deon

Just saw Potato Jet's video on this, yours is WAY better. The footage looks fluid! Great skills! You'd sell this drone better than him lol.

very interesting like from Pakistan ❤

Additional comment: I am seeing that stop & go motion (or slow & go) when tracking from behind. I hope they can get that smoother, its a challenge for sure to keep the target the same distance away, the drone is frantically calculating based on the size of the tracking target, I assume.

Amazing OMG I just ordered the fly more combo.. I fly the avata 2 so this one will be a nice little indoor/outdoor fpv with the googles 3 and dji rc 3 wohoo..... Great overview 👍

I agree with your assessment. Feel like it's the perfect vlogging drone, and it can capture unique shots. Shouldn't be heavily regulated as it's lighter and has limited range. Also think the price tag is reasonable. Audio could've been better as it sounded like you were underwater. Think that part of technology will continue to improve and get better. Overall, nice self-flying FPV drone that DJI has released, and expect more of them down the road.

To be honest I’d actually use this. I normally take my mavic air to job sites with me but it’s too much faffing around to set up and fly when I’d rather just record myself working

The amazing shrinking Shawn!

Great review. Thank you.

Wow! Ordered! It certainly completely kills the HoverAir line.

The New Mavic-4 ! The New Air-3s ! Yeah Right !!!!😮

Good review Shawn

Hey I just bought the avata 2 drone. This one is what I need.

This is the ideal drone I was hoping for when I first bought the first Mavic MINI back in 2019

Wow cool now I'm gonna finally upgrade from my mavic pro 1 lol.

How well does the tracking work if I’m walking in a crowd? Will it get confused with all the people? Or when I’m using it in a group shot, where I have a bunch of people around me?

Reminds me of the HoverAir

Not seeing obstical avoidance sensors on this, and that is the weakness of my Mini 3 Pro not having sideways obstical detection so if you want it to follow or do a circle around you it is prone to hitting things when banking side to side. For this purpose I was really wanting the Skydio 2+ but now they have been discontinued for sale this might make a cheaper but lesser replacement. This also would be a more ideal indoors drone being so small and fully guarded, just a matter of if all the things stripped away from this still make it as capable as the Mini 3/4.

i make a lot of videos with my DJI Mini 4 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro where i'm using ActiveTrack walking through wooded areas (like shown in this video). however, without obstacle avoidance, i would definitely be having lots of crashes. i do not even try to make these videos with my DJI Mini 3 Pro and it has limited obstacle avoidance. how is the Neo following him through a wooded area without constantly crashing?

Good video brother ❤

Hi…I’m from India…going to buy 1st drone and I’m not pro….my use is just need for capturing the moments during vacation and family trips…which one would you suggest between dji mini 3 and dji neo? And one more…how is the video clarity compared between neo and mini 3???…..or shall I buy dji mini 2 se… and one more question does mobile control of dji neo is better option for capturing those family trip moments?

So if you are flying the neo without any controller and send it off to do a programmed flight; how do you get it to land if it is hovering 40 feet above you??

The Spark's fly more charger did all 3 batteries charging at once. Didn't know they dropped that feature.

I alway appreciate your review On my point of view this is an hover x1 with too many option that are working ok but not as good as what DJI can do, i think people intrested in this kind of drone and with higher budget should have a look at the coming hover x1 pro et pro max I am convinced dji will launch soon a neo pro or 2 much more qualitative (better camera, faster to follow, usable undze water and snow....which now is not possible). To resume to much option flights with too much limitation but definitively the future of "easy drone"

Hi how do you think it would do from a sailboat and able to catch easier without cutting your fingers due to having pro guards. ? Flying with remote. By the way sailboat max 7 knotts speed

Will it connect to the dji goggles v2? And what’s about the fpv remote 2 too did dji say in future they will update it or?

Looks good and fun, but unless you already have the goggles it's virtually the same price as the avata 2, which is a shame. A nice small useful drone though and I may well be tempted.

Great initial first impression review. 👍

I think I’ll wait for a 4K 60fps, 30fps is too choppy. Also it needs to be compatible with the goggles 2 and the controller 2 or with the controller that has the built in screen. It definitely needs a micro sd card slot.

Amazing review. Noob Question: in the footage, can you take off the “Captured on DJI Neo” on the bottom left corner for further editing?

Should I get this drone if I'm mainly looking to do FPV videos, or should I look for something else

How’s your poison ivy?? 😂😂😂…nice review…just ordered one. My first drone. New follower.

Looks great!

Hello Sean, great review. I have got two questions: 1) If you start in antonomous mode, can you takeover control with mobile phone/N3 or you have to land it first? 2) when in autonomous mode like circle, is there some gesture to stop the manoeuvre when you notice possible collision? Thanks.

Was hoping for a tiny whoop from dji. That would be dope.

I'm shocked how it handles in the forest when you're on a bike, wow

Did you edit your footage? because Ive seen in another youtuber the video quality is not good

I was getting ready to order one of the new DJI Neo Combos as it appears that it would be the perfect drone to fill the gap between my other drones and action cameras. But I happened to notice prior to ordering that unlike the UK and other countries of the world DJI doesn’t sell the Neo Combos with the controller to those of us who are living in the United States. This would not be a problem since the controller can be acquired separately however that necessitates those of us in the United States paying almost $100 more for DJI Neo Combos than anyone else in the world. So my questions are very simple! Why does DJI not sell the complete combo package to Americans? And why do you expect Americans to spend a hundred dollars more than the rest of the world to get the same product? I have asked DJI these questions and get no answer. Does it have anything to do with DJI being a Chinese company that feels they can just take advantage of Americans? I’m just wondering if it’s time that I along with many other folks in the U.S. look at other drones manufactures products. I know that there are some other companies that produce some decent aerial camera platforms that actually appreciate American customers.

Can you have it follow Then go straight to manual controls from the phone??

4K and !080P video quality is upscaled 720P IMHO.

I didn't know I needed this until I watched your review. Excellent job, Sean. I have just placed my order. To be honest, I am stunned the price is as low as it is. Any news on the Action 5?

Great vid. I want Neo v2.

Looking great Sean!

Great video as always. Hey, can you use the motion controller without the goggles? Or do they require each other? Would love to use mc3 with the rc2 for certain situations where one hand is tied up. Lookin great btw!🦾🦾

wow looks good especialy if he can do full manual FPV mode

Does it support the DJI RCM3 with the screen as well? I couldn't imagine why it wouldn't work, but I don't see anywhere stating that it does work.

With reference to the microphone. Can you use AirPods? Great video by the way. You covered everything 👍🏻

Hi am still using the first Mavic Mini 1 combo and still getting great video is the Dji Neo an upgrade? or am I better off keeping the old Mavic Mini 1? Thanks

Certainly not the most capable drone, but definitely the most versatile! Will we be able to buy the batteries separately? Ideally I’d get just the drone and 1 extra battery (no controller). The only things that concern me is the wind resistance weighing only 135g, and the lack of a micro SD card slot, but we’ll see what DJI adds in future versions of the Neo

Hi ! Real question that I have difficulty understanding since I have the Neo, they indicate 18 minutes of maximum autonomy but why even with a 100% charged battery, the screen never indicates more than 8 minutes of autonomy remaining?

Nice video Sir. The only thing that makes me sad, is the 22gb of storage of this beast and no sd card slot? Anyways pretty good review.

dji tello 2.0 Thanks 👍😊 .. I always said if dji tello had 1080p, dji out did my thoughts & install 4k! & revamped the look of the tello and rebranded the name to "dji neo" ...

If this would be usable with the RC with display & and obstacle detection in all directions I would immediately switch from mini 4 pro

Question..the video quality on neo is not very good (feels like not 4k) or only on my laptop looks not good? thank you

all confusing to someone new to it lol but sure it will all make sence after a while , im looking for one for sending up for Ariel shots off a dingy when coastal exploring not looking to spend a fortune so this may do what i want

Spot on drone

considering my dpi drone flew into a river last month this is great timing! with no sd card does the footage go to your phone app? when launching from your palm how do you get it to land back in palm without a controller once your finished?

Needs to be compatible with more dji goggle versions

Thank you for the content

Great video! Can you also fly the DJI Neo with your old DJI RC-N2 that you use with Mavic Air 2, Mini 2 etc? 😃