Does Dreame Need to Be the Subsequent DJI? It Positive Appears Like It

Doesn’t 8K sound higher than 4K? Dreame, an organization principally recognized for good residence devices like its robotic vacuums (even some with tank tread exoskeletons for climbing stairs), is coming at you with a miniaturized motion digital camera with a touted 8K capturing capacity. It’s one solution to make a press release in a crowded discipline, however you ought to be watching Dreame because it makes an attempt to hit DJI the place it hurts after the drone maker was mauled by U.S. regulators.

Dreame waited till after CES 2026 to supply the complete particulars for its $440 Leaptic Cube, an motion digital camera that borrows closely from fellow Chinese model DJI with its Osmo Nano and—to a lesser extent—the Insta360 Go Ultra. The Cube features a primary physique with a display screen plus a magnetic attachment level. Yes, meaning this could flip right into a fridge spy cam. That, or you should purchase or craft your individual customized mount for slapping the digital camera onto a motorcycle helmet or your cat’s collar to show both you or your feline buddy into an 8K motion star.

DJI’s and Insta360’s cellular cameras each solely help 4K at 60 fps recording. The Leaptic Cube can hit 8K on the identical body fee. However, the true spotlight is how the digital camera claims to do 4K at 60 fps with HDR and even additionally document in 4K at 120 fps for slow-motion footage. Whether the ensuing video will nonetheless look good will rely much less on pixel counts and extra on the digital camera specs. Dreame went with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, the identical measurement because the Osmo Nano. It makes use of a 155-degree, f/2.8 wide-angle lens to seize extra of your environment.

Having the power to shoot in 8K will allow you to crop extra of your environment while you take your footage right into a video editor. The digital camera additionally helps 10-bit P-Log seize, which can assist with colour accuracy. The Leaptic Cube additionally has a helpful 64GB of built-in storage, although when you spend $460, you will get it with 128GB. Either means, you’ll doubtless need to get a microSD card, which is housed contained in the display screen mount portion.

Even although the Leaptic Cube guarantees to take photographs at 50 megapixels, no motion digital camera has confirmed it could seize the sorts of video a pro-level smartphone can. The advantage of an motion digital camera is portability and a rugged chassis that may take a beating in harsh climate situations. The standalone digital camera ought to have the ability to get 1.5 hours of runtime with the fundamental battery, although Dreame guarantees one in every of two growth docks (there’s one with a display screen and one other with out) ought to enhance longevity.

Why is Dreame promoting an motion digital camera?

Dreame is one more firm that appears to be going all-out on—nicely—every little thing. It spent CES displaying off its good residence merchandise, together with new fridges, washers, and air purifiers, plus an entire new sequence of Aura mini LED 4K TVs. DJI, alternatively, can be entering into good residence tech with its personal robotic vacuum.

Dreame can be making an attempt to advertise an “AI Laundry Care Robot.” This machine seems to be a big robovac with a large, crane-like arm protruding from the center and a claw-like mandible it makes use of to select up garments. Dreame claims the robovac makes use of “AI and precision robotic arms” to prepare materials in your washer. We didn’t get to see this in individual, although contemplating the poor state of affairs for residence robots at CES, maybe it’s greatest the machine stays within the lab till it’s absolutely cooked.

The China-based firm is able to fill the opening left by DJI and different Chinese mega-brands like Xiaomi within the U.S. market. DJI has suffered from U.S. authorities sanctions. Specifically, the Federal Communications Commission has barred DJI and different Chinese drone makers from importing new drones to the U.S. That doesn’t imply all the corporate’s merchandise are being denied entry. Any of the corporate’s earlier drone merchandise are nonetheless accessible. However, all of the consternation round drones has additionally barred the U.S. from accessing many different DJI merchandise at launch. While the Osmo Nano wasn’t round within the U.S. at launch, now you can discover the machine on Amazon for $300.