DJI has published a new firmware release for the original DJI Avata, the ducted FPV drone it launched on August 25, 2022. The notes are dated October 20, 2026, and move the aircraft to v01.06.0000, the DJI Goggles 2 to v01.14.0000, the Goggles Integra to v01.10.0000, the RC Motion 2 to v01.08.0000 and the FPV Remote Controller 2 to v02.00.1100, with DJI Fly v1.21.16 on iOS and Android.
The previous Avata firmware, v01.05.0000, is dated December 28, 2023. This is the first update in nearly three years for an aircraft DJI succeeded with the Avata 2 in April 2024 and the Avata 360 in March 2026.
Under “What’s New,” DJI lists one item: “Fixed some known issues.”
Five of the Avata’s seven firmware numbers change and two stay put
The October 20 release moves the aircraft, the Goggles 2, the Goggles Integra, the RC Motion 2 and the FPV Remote Controller 2. The DJI FPV Goggles V2 stay on v01.07.0000 and the original Motion Controller on v02.00.0700, both unchanged since the December 2023 notes.
DJI’s release notes for the Avata 360 carry the same October 20 date and the same DJI Fly build, and that drone’s update added Waypoint Flight and RC Pro 2 support. The Goggles 2 and Goggles Integra are not Avata-only hardware either: both headsets have flown the Avata 2 since May 2024.
DJI’s Avata notes repeat the warning attached to every Avata release: the update may reset the RTH altitude and the maximum flight distance, so note both before updating and set them again afterward.
The Avata’s last new feature arrived in March 2023
The Avata received six firmware releases in its first 16 months and none between December 2023 and this one. Launch-day v01.01.0000 added a custom auto ISO limit, v01.02.0000 on December 8, 2022 brought Remote ID and 10-bit D-Cinelike, and v01.03.0000 on March 28, 2023 added RC Motion 2 support.
DroneXL covered the launch-day update and the 10-bit D-Cinelike release at the time. The March 2023 build also added Goggles Integra support, a Clear All Data option under Settings > About, an RTH altitude prompt after a Home Point update, and a 15-second low-battery RTH countdown. December 2023’s v01.05.0000 was the first release whose only line was “Fixed some known issues,” and v01.06.0000 is the second.
DroneXL’s Take
A one-line changelog after a gap of nearly three years is not good enough, and I don’t think DJI would accept it from a supplier. An owner who kept a 2022 Avata flying has no way to tell whether this build touches the thing they live with, and DJI has now used the identical sentence for three of the Avata 360’s six releases this year as well. Shipping anything for a drone two generations old is more than most of this industry does, and the Goggles 2 build reaches a headset Avata 2 pilots fly too. But a company that can write “Added RTH altitude prompt after updating the Home Point” in 2023 can name a fix in 2026. If your Avata flies fine today, I’d write down the RTH altitude and maximum distance before you update, because that reset is the only change DJI has told you to expect.
Sources: DJI Avata Release Notes, DJI Avata 360 Release Notes
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