DJI Teases Mic Mini 2S With Internal Recording and Four-Transmitter Support, Skipping the US

DJI Japan officially teased the DJI Mic Mini 2S on April 28, 2026, the same day the DJI Mic Mini 2 went on sale globally. The tease on X describes the 2S as an ultra-compact wireless microphone with internal recording, adding the feature that the Mic Mini 2 launches today without. DJI confirmed the product directly to TechRadar, placing the launch in summer 2026.

Two upgrades separate the 2S from the standard Mic Mini 2. The transmitter units include onboard storage, enabling solo recording without a paired receiver or camera. The system also supports up to four transmitters connected to a single receiver, double the two-transmitter limit on the Mic Mini 2. That brings a four-person setup within reach of the Mini lineup for the first time.

The Same-Day Announcement Is Deliberate

DJI launched the Mic Mini 2 and immediately told buyers what comes next. Internal recording was the most-cited missing feature on the original Mic Mini relative to the DJI Mic 3, and the 2S addresses it directly. The practical message to today’s buyers is clear: if onboard recording matters to your workflow, the 2S is the version to wait for.

Pricing for the 2S is expected to land above 1,000 yuan, which converts to roughly $138 at current exchange rates. That puts it well above the Mic Mini 2’s top-tier bundle and closer to the lower end of the Mic 3’s pricing range. No full spec sheet has been published. DJI has not confirmed audio format, transmission distance, or whether the 2S carries over the Mic Mini 2’s 48 kHz 24-bit spec.

US Buyers Are Not Part of This Announcement

The Mic Mini 2S transmitter appeared in FCC filings on January 31, 2026. That filing has since been pulled from the database. The Mic Mini 2 itself launched globally today without US availability, following the same pattern as the DJI Osmo Pocket 4, which skipped the US at its April 16 launch.

DJI’s own April 15 brief in its Ninth Circuit challenge to the FCC’s Covered List designation states that 25 planned 2026 product launches are currently blocked from the US market. The Mic Mini 2S is almost certainly among them. Whether any of those products clear a US path before their global launches depends on proceedings that have no confirmed timeline.

DroneXL’s Take

I’ve tracked DJI’s FCC filings since the Mic Mini 2S transmitter first appeared in the database on January 31 — and its disappearance from that same database a few weeks later was the first concrete signal that its US path was already in trouble. The product hasn’t been announced and it’s already caught in the same regulatory net that’s holding back the Mic Mini 2, the Osmo Pocket 4, and 23 other products DJI named in its court filing this month.

The same-day announcement strategy makes sense from DJI’s perspective. The Mic Mini 2 is a capable product at an aggressive price. But the 2S answers the only real complaint about the Mini lineup, and announcing it immediately frames the Mic Mini 2 as a deliberate entry point rather than a compromised product. That’s good product ladder management.

The larger question the tease doesn’t answer is whether the 2S reaches markets outside China before the Ninth Circuit case produces any resolution. DJI asked the court in its April 15 brief to hold the case in abeyance for six months, with a November 2026 status report. A summer 2026 global launch for the 2S would arrive before that status report. For US creators, the 2S looks like another product they’ll read about but won’t be able to buy.

Source: DJI Japan, DJI

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