French drone maker Parrot just released a new updated FreeFlight 7.3 app that includes no less than 595 bug fixes. The company calls it the biggest step forward since the release of the ANAFI AI drone.

Parrot abandoned the consumer drone market in favor of the more lucrative and less competitive market for government and enterprise customers.

The FreeFlight app is the main software application used to control drones such as the ANAFI AI and ANAFI USA.

The Parrot ANAFI Ai quadcopter, the only drone supported by FreeFlight 7.

The newly released software update for FreeFlight 7 is still targeted just at ANAFI Ai owners. All other existing Parrot drones will continue to use FreeFlight 6.

In version 7.3 of FreeFlight, there is now a “Touch & Fly” option, in addition to other flying improvements. The latest update, which may be found here, is now version 7.3, and it supersedes version 7.2, which was released in April 2022.

Unfortunately for Android users the new FreeFlight 7.3 app is only available for iOS devices.

Here are the details of the updated FreeFlight 7.3 app

  • Touch&Fly Ability to manually adjust the position of the Point of Interest and the Waypoint position on the video feedback of the Touch&Fly interface.
  • HUD: New button to resume interrupted Flight Plan/Photogrammetry
  • HUD: New vibrating and ringing alerts added
  • HUD: New progress bar to disable Obstacle Avoidance when the drone is stuck
  • Drone Information: Battery health management interface
  • Gallery: Added photo preview for quicker media browsing
  • Regulation: DRI format conformity for C1 regulation

Flight behavior

  • Flight Plan: RTH launched if a Flight Plan is interrupted
  • Flight: Downward flight enhancements
  • Vehicle Mission: Improvements to landing behavior

Media management

  • Flight Plan: Videos and photos are now only recorded between first and last waypoint during a Flight Plan
  • Recording: New auto record strategy
  • Recording: Media naming format change
  • Settings: Digital signature disabled as default setting

Connectivity

  • 4G: P2P 4G connection enabled
The FreeFlight 7.3 flight interface with the new Touch and Fly controls on the video feed.

Anyone with an Apple smartphone can download the updated version of the Parrot FreeFlight 7.3 from the Apple App Store. The file size is over 530 MB.

The Parrot ANAFI Ai folded down alongside its Skycontroller remote.