DJI Air 3S v01.00.1700 and Mavic 4 Pro v01.00.0800: What the 2026 Firmware Actually Changed
Both aircraft got firmware on 30 July 2026. Here is every version DJI lists, what each one says it changed, which controller and app versions go with it, and the one sentence that wipes your camera settings.
If DJI Fly is prompting you to install Air 3S firmware v01.00.1700 or Mavic 4 Pro firmware v01.00.0800, you are being offered the current version. Both were published on 30 July 2026, both pair with DJI Fly v1.21.8, and both ship with the same DJI RC 2 controller firmware, v10.00.0800. Neither release note says anything more specific than "Fixed some known issues."
That is the whole of what DJI discloses, and this page does not pretend otherwise. What follows is every version in the two release-notes PDFs DJI publishes on its download pages, with the dates, the controller and app versions each one expects, and the exact change list DJI wrote. Where a change touches a setting our guides document, we say which one. Where DJI says nothing, we say nothing.
Sources. DJI Mavic 4 Pro Release Notes (English, PDF dated 2026-07-30) and DJI Air 3S Release Notes (English, PDF dated 2026-07-30), both linked from the Downloads pages at dji.com. The Air 3S PDF lists seven versions back to October 2024; the Mavic 4 Pro PDF lists seven back to launch in May 2025. Version numbers between the ones listed (Air 3S v01.00.1500, for instance, or Mavic 4 Pro v01.00.0400) do not appear in DJI's documents and we have no information about them.
Is v01.00.1700 the latest Air 3S firmware?
Yes, as of this writing. DJI's Air 3S download page lists its most recent release-notes revision as 30 July 2026, and the first entry in that PDF is v01.00.1700. If your aircraft reports a higher number, DJI has published since we checked and the download page is the place to confirm it.
Air 3S firmware history
| Date | Aircraft | Controllers | DJI Fly | DJI's change list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | v01.00.1700 | RC Pro 2 v01.00.0700; RC 2 v10.00.0800; RC-N2 v01.04.0200; RC-N3 v01.00.0600 | v1.21.8 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2026-04-23 | v01.00.1600 | RC 2 v10.00.0300; RC-N2 v01.04.0200; RC-N3 v01.00.0500 | v1.21.0 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2025-06-06 | v01.00.1400 | RC 2 v06.00.0100; RC-N2 v01.04.0100; RC-N3 v01.00.0200 | v1.17.1 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2025-05-08 | v01.00.1000 | RC 2 v05.00.0300; RC-N2 v01.04.0100; RC-N3 v01.00.0100 | v1.16.4 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2025-01-20 | v01.00.0800 | RC 2 v05.00.0300; RC-N2 v01.04.0100; RC-N3 v01.00.0100 | v1.16.0 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2024-12-05 | v01.00.0600 | RC 2 v04.01.0000; RC-N2 v01.04.0100; RC-N3 v01.00.0100 | v1.15.5 iOS / v1.15.4 Android | Optimized flight performance. Fixed some known issues. |
| 2024-10-15 | v01.00.0300 | RC 2 v04.01.0000; RC-N2 v01.04.0100; RC-N3 v01.00.0100 | v1.15.0 | See below. |
Five of the seven Air 3S entries are the single line "Fixed some known issues", and the December 2024 entry adds only "Optimized flight performance". The one substantive release is the first, v01.00.0300 from 15 October 2024, and DJI listed these changes for it, quoted in full:
- Added Free Panorama.
- Added support for 10-bit video transmission.
- Added photo capture at 50MP resolution for wide-angle camera and 48MP resolution for medium tele camera.
- Redesigned the FocusTrack to optimize the user experience, and improved flight stability when using in complex environments.
- Optimized the effective time of the Allow QuickTransfer in Sleep feature, extending it from within 6 hours after power off to within 12 hours.
- Optimized photo and video quality.
- Increased the photo capture speed at 12MP resolution.
- Increased the maximum obstacle avoidance and maximum following speed to 15 m/s.
- Improved the obstacle avoidance performance and return-to-home safety of urban night scenes.
- Fixed some known issues.
Two things in that list touch numbers a reference card would carry. The 15 m/s figure is the ceiling at which obstacle avoidance and FocusTrack following still work; above that speed the aircraft cannot bypass what it sees. And the 50 MP and 48 MP photo options exist only because of this release, so any guide that lists them assumes you are on v01.00.0300 or later. Nothing in any Air 3S entry since mentions Remote ID, the obstacle avoidance action options, or RTH altitude. The 2026 entries change nothing DJI is willing to name.
One detail worth noticing in the v01.00.1700 row: it is the first Air 3S release note to list a DJI RC Pro 2 firmware. The RC Pro 2 spec sheet names the Air 3S as a supported aircraft, and this is the first firmware pairing DJI has documented for it.
Mavic 4 Pro firmware history
| Date | Aircraft | RC Pro 2 | RC 2 | DJI Fly | DJI's change list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | v01.00.0800 | v01.00.0700 | v10.00.0800 | v1.21.8 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2026-04-30 | v01.00.0700 | v01.00.0700 | v10.00.0400 | v1.21.2 | Improved battery experience. Fixed some known issues. |
| 2026-04-23 | v01.00.0600 | v01.00.0600 | v10.00.0300 | v1.21.0 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2026-01-13 | v01.00.0500 | v01.00.0500 | v08.01.0100 | v1.19.4 | Optimized flight control experience. Optimized the Low battery RTH strategy. Fixed some known issues. |
| 2025-09-25 | v01.00.0300 | v01.00.0400 | v07.00.0100 | v1.18.0 | See below. |
| 2025-06-06 | v01.00.0200 | v01.00.0200 | v06.00.0100 | v1.17.1 | Fixed some known issues. |
| 2025-05-13 | v01.00.0100 | v01.00.0100 | v06.00.0100 | v1.17.0 | See below. |
Three Mavic 4 Pro releases carry real change lists. In date order:
v01.00.0100, 13 May 2025 (launch firmware)
- Added support for the Fold Arm to Power off feature. Make sure the battery firmware is updated to the latest version along with the aircraft firmware, then enable this feature in DJI Fly.
- Added support for audio recording via remote controller when using the DJI RC Pro 2 remote controller.
- Added cloud storage for Waypoint Flight tasks.
- Added tint adjustment in manual white balance for the triple camera.
- Added gimbal roll control for the Spotlight mode in FocusTrack.
- Added the Tilt Angle Expansion in Portrait feature.
- Extended the low-angle perspective for the Hasselblad camera and medium tele camera in Sphere Panorama mode.
- Optimized the image quality of the triple camera.
- Optimized obstacle sensing performance.
- Fixed some known issues.
Fold Arm to Power off is the one that confuses new owners. The manual (v1.2, section 1.1) says Unfold Arm to Power on is enabled by default and Fold Arm to Power off is disabled by default. This release note is where the second half comes from: the feature exists, but you turn it on yourself in DJI Fly, and only after the battery firmware is current. If folding the right rear arm does nothing on your aircraft, that is why.
v01.00.0300, 25 September 2025
- Added support for switching the camera focal length during video recording in Normal or Slow Motion mode.
- Added support for dynamic Home Point feature when used with the DJI RC 2 remote controller.
- Added lossless and cropped vertical shooting options for video recording in Portrait mode. Configure in the portrait mode preference settings under shooting parameters.
- Fixed some known issues.
The Dynamic Home Point line matters if you fly with the RC 2 and set the home point to follow you. The manual documents the path (camera view, then the settings icon, then Safety, Update Home Point, Dynamic Home Point, Update), but that path only does anything on an RC 2 from this version onward. This release landed the same day as manual v1.2, which is why the manual describes the feature for both controllers without a caveat.
v01.00.0500, 13 January 2026
- Optimized flight control experience.
- Optimized the Low battery RTH strategy.
- Fixed some known issues.
"Optimized the Low battery RTH strategy" is the only RTH-related change in any 2026 release note for either aircraft. DJI does not say what changed. The manual's description of low-battery RTH (v1.2, section 5.3) still reads the same way: a prompt appears when the battery can only just reach the Home Point, you confirm or wait for the countdown, and if you cancel and keep flying the aircraft will eventually auto-land where it is. Treat the behaviour as the manual describes it, and treat the release note as a reason not to assume your pre-2026 experience of exactly when the prompt fires still applies. The RTH altitude setting, the Optimal versus Preset choice and the Signal Lost action are not mentioned in any release note.
The line that affects every setting you have saved
Every one of the seven Mavic 4 Pro release notes carries the same sentence under Notes: "Camera settings will be reset after firmware update, check the camera settings in DJI Fly." The Air 3S notes do not carry it.
On a Mavic 4 Pro, that means v01.00.0800 did not change your colour profile, codec, resolution, frame rate, white balance or style settings. It erased them. If you set D-Log M, H.265, 10-bit and your sharpness and noise reduction to taste after the April update, the July update put the camera back to DJI's defaults. The release note tells you to check; it does not tell you what the defaults are. Our Mavic 4 Pro settings guide lists what to restore, and the pre-flight checklist is where a "camera settings confirmed" line earns its place, because after a firmware update it is the step most likely to fail silently.
Note what the sentence does not say. It says camera settings. It does not say safety settings, and in our reading of DJI's notes there is no statement either way about whether RTH altitude, max altitude, obstacle avoidance action or Signal Lost action survive an update. The manual's pre-flight checklist (v1.2, section 2.4, item 10) tells you to confirm the Obstacle Avoidance Action, Max Altitude, Max Distance and Auto RTH Altitude before every flight regardless, which makes the question moot if you follow it.
Controller firmware is shared
The RC 2 firmware version in both tables is the same number on the same date: v10.00.0800 on 30 July 2026, v10.00.0300 on 23 April 2026, v06.00.0100 on 6 June 2025. The RC 2 is one controller with one firmware stream, and DJI releases it alongside whichever aircraft is being updated. If you own both an Air 3S and a Mavic 4 Pro and fly them from one RC 2, updating with either aircraft brings the controller to the same place. The same is true of the RC Pro 2 at v01.00.0700.
The RC-N2 (v01.04.0200) and RC-N3 (v01.00.0600) are Air 3S-only in these documents. The Mavic 4 Pro manual lists only the RC 2 and RC Pro 2.
What DJI does not tell you
Being explicit about the edges:
- "Fixed some known issues" is not expanded anywhere. DJI publishes no bug list, no CVE-style record and no per-issue note for consumer aircraft.
- Neither PDF mentions Remote ID in any version. Remote ID behaviour on both aircraft is documented in the user manuals, not the release notes, and nothing in the 2024 to 2026 firmware history claims to have changed it.
- Neither PDF mentions a change to the Obstacle Avoidance Action options (Bypass, Brake, Off) or the Bypassing Options (Normal, Nifty). Those are documented in the Mavic 4 Pro manual v1.2, sections 4.5 and 5.5, and the manual is the only DJI source for their names.
- Version gaps are unexplained. Air 3S jumps from v01.00.1000 to v01.00.1400 and from v01.00.1400 to v01.00.1600; Mavic 4 Pro jumps from v01.00.0300 to v01.00.0500. We do not know whether intermediate builds were pulled, region-limited or never public.
- The Air 3S PDF footer still reads "Copyright 2024" on every page including the 2026 entries. That is a template, not a date.
How to check and update
DJI Fly shows the installed versions under the settings icon, About: App Version, Aircraft Firmware and RC Firmware are all listed there. The Mavic 4 Pro manual (v1.2, section 7.3) gives two update routes: through DJI Fly with the aircraft linked and the controller online, or through DJI Assistant 2 (Consumer Drones Series) over USB-C, which updates aircraft and controller separately. The manual notes that battery firmware is included in the aircraft firmware, so every battery you own needs to be cycled through the aircraft once to pick it up. DJI's FAQ adds that an update will fail if either device is below 20% charge, and that the aircraft restarts several times and powers off by itself when it finishes. Do not fold the arms to "help".
Both release-notes PDFs are linked from the Downloads tab of each product page on dji.com, and our Mavic 4 Pro manuals page and Air 3S guide page point to the current documents so you are not hunting through DJI's regional site switcher to find them.