DJI released aircraft firmware v01.07.0300 for the original DJI Mini 2 on October 20, 2026, the drone’s first firmware update since March 2023. It ships with remote controller firmware v04.11.0500 and DJI Fly 1.21.16 for iOS and Android, and the release notes describe the whole package in one line: “Fixed some known issues.”

The Mini 2 went on sale in November 2020, and I flew one in New York for my first impressions of the 249-gram drone the week it launched. On December 22, 2025, the FCC added foreign-made drones, DJI’s included, to its Covered List. FCC rules prohibit permissive changes, firmware updates among them, to equipment on that list.

DJI’s Notes Show Eight Mini 2 Updates in 29 Months, Then Nothing Until October

DJI’s Mini 2 release notes list eight releases between November 5, 2020 and March 2023, roughly one every four months. The last of them added Reset All Settings and Clear All Data options. Then the page sat untouched for three and a half years.

The new edition disagrees with DJI’s earlier record of that release. It dates that last release March 28, 2023, as aircraft firmware v01.07.0100. DJI’s own forum announcement and the 2023 edition of the same notes list it as v01.07.0200, released March 31. The Mini 2 download center carries the new notes alongside DJI Assistant 2 (Consumer Drones Series) 2.1.42, the desktop route for owners who would rather not update through the app.

The Mini 2 does not appear on DJI’s end-of-service list. The drone it replaced, the Mavic Mini, left production in October 2021 and lost DJI service on April 1, 2026.

An FCC Waiver Lets DJI Patch US Mini 2s Until at Least January 2029

DJI can send this update to American owners under an FCC waiver for drones that were authorized before joining the Covered List. The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology extended it on May 8, 2026, in Public Notice DA 26-454, and it now runs until at least January 1, 2029.

The Mini 2 has held its authorization since 2020. DroneXL spotted its FCC filing, SS3-MT2PD2007, on October 6 of that year, a month before launch. The first waiver, DA 26-69 of January 21, covered Class I changes and ran to January 1, 2027. The May extension added Class II changes that mitigate harm to consumers. The notice describes the covered updates as ones “that patch vulnerabilities and facilitate compatibility with different operating systems.”

A later FCC order on logic-bearing drone components tightened the rules for Covered List companies and left those waivers in place.

DroneXL’s Take

DJI should tell Mini 2 owners what this update fixes. The FCC waiver names two kinds of update, security patches and compatibility fixes for newer phone operating systems, and DJI’s note doesn’t say which one this is. That matters to someone deciding whether to put new firmware on a drone that hasn’t had any in three and a half years. It’s also a DJI habit: the Mini 2’s entire March 2022 note was a three-word line about optimized flight safety. I’m glad DJI still patches a drone it launched in 2020. But the FCC has put DJI’s drones on a national security list, and an empty firmware note asks owners for trust at exactly that moment. A real changelog is the cheapest answer DJI has.

Sources: DJI Mini 2 Release Notes (October 20, 2026); DJI Download Center, DJI Mini 2; DJI Forum, New DJI Mini 2 Firmware Released; DJI Support, Notice of Suspension of Service and Support for Old Product Series; FCC Public Notice DA 26-454.

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