DJI Teases Lito Drone Launch for April 23 After Months of FCC Leaks and Speculation

DJI has officially announced a new drone launching on April 23, 2026 at 12 PM GMT (8 AM ET / 5 AM PT). The company posted a teaser on April 14 via its official @DJIGlobal account on X, using the hashtags #DJILito, #DJILitoX1, and #DJILito1, confirming the product family name that has circulated in FCC documents and leak reports since November 2025. The teaser copy reads simply: “Just Fly.”

The teaser image shows a combination lock device cycling through two phrases: “NEW DRONE” and “LITO FLIP.” The flip/unlock visual ties directly to the “Just Fly” tagline, which appears to be a freedom-of-flight branding angle. DJI has not shared any specs, pricing, or a product image beyond the teaser.

DJI Lito Has Been in the Pipeline Since November 2025

The DJI Lito 1 and DJI Lito X1 first surfaced in FCC filings in late 2025. Lito X1 was approved November 27 with FCC ID SS3 DGP14, and Lito 1 followed on December 11 with FCC ID SS3 DGN12. Both filings documented multi-band connectivity across 2.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz, and 5.8 GHz, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). DroneXL covered those early FCC filings in January, noting that a single photo of a drone landing leg was the only visual evidence at the time.

By April 4, leaker Igor Bogdanov (@Quadro_News on X) had published render-quality images of both models: compact foldable quadcopters with a front-mounted camera gimbal, orange-tipped propellers, and obstacle sensing hardware visible on the body. Our follow-up coverage noted that both models had also appeared inside the DJI RC2 controller’s software as supported aircraft. That places the Lito series directly inside DJI’s existing controller ecosystem.

Two Models, Two Price Tiers, and Still-Unconfirmed Specs

Rumored specs have remained consistent across multiple sources but none have been confirmed by DJI. The Lito 1 is reported to target the entry-level sub-250g segment with around 22GB of internal storage and a price near $330. The Lito X1 is reported to carry roughly 42GB of storage and a price around $759. At those figures, the X1 would sit closer to current Mini Pro territory than the entry tier.

Both drones are rumored to stay under the 250-gram weight threshold on standard batteries, with flight times around 30 minutes. A larger “plus” battery is said to push flight time toward 50 minutes while crossing the 250g limit. The Lito X1’s FCC filing includes “SDR Transmission 2 Transceiver” language, which has fueled speculation about Software Defined Radio and possible O5-class transmission performance, though no cellular or BVLOS capability has been confirmed.

The Lito 1’s positioning would place it squarely against the current DJI Mini 4K, which has been a staple of our 2026 drone buyers guide for beginner pilots.

The Skyrover Connection Has Not Gone Away

The visual overlap between the leaked Lito images and the Skyrover S1 has been a persistent thread in this story. Community members have pointed to nearly identical leg geometry and overall form factor between the two drones, with some reading the Lito 1/Lito X1 two-tier structure as a direct mapping to the Skyrover S1 and X1 product line. Skyrover’s DJI ties are already under scrutiny in the US amid ongoing import restriction discussions.

DJI cleared both Lito models through the FCC before the December 22 import restriction deadline. Whether the Lito hardware shares a supply chain with Skyrover’s products remains unconfirmed, and neither company has addressed the design similarities publicly.

Meanwhile, DJI has been on a rapid product cadence this spring. The DJI Avata 360 opened US orders on April 13 at $719, ten days before the Lito reveal date.

DroneXL’s Take

We’ve been tracking the Lito since a single landing-leg photo was doing all the heavy lifting back in January. The FCC filings were always the honest signal here: two distinct devices, a legitimate radio stack, and hardware cleared through US regulatory channels before the import deadline. The only thing missing was DJI’s own voice. Now we have a date.

The “LITO FLIP” text in the teaser is interesting. It could be purely visual branding tied to the lock/unlock freedom angle. It could also hint at a physical folding mechanism that hasn’t shown up clearly in the leaked renders yet. Given how DJI engineered foldable designs in the DJI Flip, I wouldn’t dismiss that reading.

The bigger question is what the Lito does to DJI’s own lineup. If the rumored prices hold — $330 for the Lito 1 and $759 for the Lito X1 — those figures crowd the Mini 4K from below and the Mini 5 Pro from the side. Those prices are unconfirmed, and the competitive picture shifts considerably if they come in higher. I’ve been flying the Mini 5 Pro almost daily this spring, and I’d want to see what the Lito X1 actually delivers in real-world obstacle avoidance and wind resistance before making any firm positioning calls.

Nine days away. DJI will reveal the Lito on April 23 at 12 PM GMT, and based on what’s in the FCC filings, the leak images, and now this official teaser, this is the most substantiated product launch DJI hasn’t formally talked about yet. Expect the Lito 1 to go on sale within days of the announcement. DJI rarely holds a launch event without a buy-now button close behind it.

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