DJI has launched the Osmo 360 II, its new 360-degree 8K digicam, within the international market. With bigger sensors, increased body charges, and replaceable lenses, it appears primed to go head-to-head with Insta360’s not too long ago launched X6. However, individuals within the U.S. can have a more durable time getting their palms on it than the remainder of the world.
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Announced on Thursday at IFA 2026, the DJI Osmo 360 II improves upon final yr’s Osmo 360 with bigger twin 1-inch sq. sensors that supply 14.5 stops of dynamic vary. It additionally boasts increased body charges, able to capturing 8K panoramic video at a most of 60fps, in addition to 4K sluggish movement footage at 240fps. In comparability, the Osmo 360 tops out at 8K at 50fps, or 4K at 100fps in sluggish movement mode.
One of the Osmo 360 II’s extra fascinating upgrades is the introduction of replaceable lenses. Insta360 made the lenses of their X5 digicam swappable final yr, permitting customers to simply change them if they’re broken, and additional upgraded this function within the X6 final month. Now DJI is bringing out its personal swappable 360-degree lens system, lowering Insta360’s benefit and serving to to make any lens-damaging accidents a bit much less disastrous (or costly).
Pairing the Osmo 360 II with the DJI Mimo app and transferring footage has been simplified as properly. Rather than having to seek for the Osmo 360 II within the DJI Mimo app, you’ll be able to simply faucet its new NFC space to your telephone, which ought to make customers’ workflow barely smoother.
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DJI’s Osmo 360 II additionally has just a few modifications on the software program facet. The digicam will debut AI SuperNight 2.0, a brand new noise discount algorithm designed to assist seize clear footage in low gentle conditions. The Osmo 360 II options Spotlight Follow too, bringing this monitoring software to DJI’s 360-degree cameras for the primary time. Previously discovered within the Osmo Pocket handheld gimbal digicam collection, Spotlight Follow makes use of AI to mechanically reframe your footage, following your topic to maintain them within the centre of the body always (although it’s going to solely work with 4K 30fps footage at most).
Aside from these upgrades, the DJI Osmo 360 II has similar measurements to its predecessor, the identical 100-minute battery runtime at 8K 30fps, and the identical 105GB of built-in storage accessible (which can be supplemented with microSD playing cards).
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Unfortunately, the Osmo 360 II will not formally be accessible within the U.S. for the foreseeable future. The U.S. authorities’s hostility towards DJI has considerably hindered the corporate’s operations within the nation, leading to its merchandise now being unavailable for buy by means of its U.S. web site. As such, buying an Osmo 360 II within the U.S. would require going by means of a 3rd get together.
For everybody else, the DJI Osmo 360 II can be accessible in most different markets internationally from Sept. 15. No U.S. pricing has been introduced, nevertheless the Osmo 360 II is already accessible in Hong Kong, the place its Standard Combo will set you again $HK3,899 (roughly $500).