RayNeo Air 4 Pro Smart Glasses Review: A Game Changer for DJI Drone Pilots?

If you fly a lot of DJI drones, these might just be a game changer for you. These are the RayNeo Air 4 Pro smart glasses, and essentially what they do is take the video feed from your controller and put it into a massive 200-inch screen that you can see while you’re flying — even in bright conditions.

Just so you know, these weren’t sent to me. I bought them because I genuinely thought it was a great idea and wanted to try them out to see if they were actually useful. There are affiliate links down in the description, and right now they’re $50 off — at least at the time I recorded this video. So they’re around $250 with that discount. Pretty solid deal, and honestly, they’re pretty freaking cool.

Compatible Drones and How They Work

If you fly the Mini series, the Air series, or even the Mavic series — and your drone has a USB-C video out — you can use these glasses. They don’t have their own battery; they’re powered by whatever device you plug them into, which is actually a nice touch.

They come with a USB-C cable that you simply plug into your controller. You do need to be using a controller with a screen. If you’re flying something like the Avata 2 and want to go FPV with these, you’d have to AirPlay to your phone and then plug the glasses into your phone — possible, just not necessarily the ideal setup for FPV given the slight delay.

The feed is full HD — 1080p — and the glasses are much brighter than I expected, especially considering I was out here in bright sunlight over snow-covered terrain.

Testing in the Field — Minus 5 Degrees and Glaciers

I tested these out in some pretty epic conditions: around minus 5 degrees Celsius, out where a glacier runs into the side of a mountain. It’s a spot I can only get to in the winter, which is wild in its own right.

I tried to screen record to give you a sense of what it looks like through the glasses, but it’s genuinely hard to capture. You can’t really video record or screen record the goggles themselves, at least not with the equipment I had. What I can tell you is that from the user’s perspective, it feels like a 100 to 200-inch screen floating out in front of you. You can see everything — the visual assist overlays, proximity warnings, all of it — just like you’d normally see on your controller screen.

Because I’m not looking all the way down at a screen, I’m just moving my eyes rather than my whole head or body. That’s a surprisingly big deal when you’re focused on flying.

Does It Work With the Mavic 4 and RC Pro 2?

One question I had going in: does it work with the Mavic 4 and the RC Pro 2? So I tested it. Turns out, the RC Pro 2 not only outputs USB-C video — it also outputs a clean feed. I didn’t know that going in. That means you can switch between the full live view (clean feed with no UI overlays) or the standard control signal view with all your telemetry. That’s a pretty awesome bonus.

So yes — it works with the Air 3S, Air 3, Mini 4 Pro, and the Mavic 4 with the RC Pro 2. Basically any drone you can link to the DJI RC or RC 2, since those controllers have USB video out.

Visual Line of Sight and Everyday Usefulness

One thing I really appreciate about these over full FPV goggles is that you can wear them slightly low and just look over the top to maintain visual line of sight on your drone. You’re not fully immersed and cut off from the world — which means you can stay compliant with VLOS regulations, unlike when you’re locked into traditional FPV goggles.

The glasses are also shaded, which helps significantly with visibility in bright conditions, but the screen itself is bright enough that even on a blinding sunny day over snow, I could see everything just fine. I wear contacts, and the diopter setup worked perfectly for me.

Beyond drone flying, you can also plug these into your phone and use them to watch a streaming service. They have little speakers built right in — small slats on the frame — along with volume control and brightness control on the side. Audio is a nice added bonus.

Final Thoughts on the RayNeo Air 4 Pro Smart Glasses

I’m really glad I bought these. At $250 to $300, they’re not a bad price at all for what you get. They’ve already earned a permanent spot in my kit. Anytime it’s hard to see your screen in bright conditions — especially on the RC 2 — these make a real difference. They give you more confidence in what you’re filming and where you’re flying, without compromising your situational awareness.

If you’ve been on the fence about smart glasses for drone flying, these are worth a serious look.

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