DJI Air 2S Intelligent Flight Modes (ActiveTrack, Spotlight, & Point of Interest)

The upgraded flight modes on the DJI Air 2S prove to track subjects really well no matter what you are filming!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 02:20 - Intro
02:20 - 04:41 - ActiveTrack
04:41 - 08:46 - Spotlight
08:46 - 10:31 - POI
10:31 - 11:08 - Subject Scanning
11:08 - 13:34 - Outro / rant lol
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[@jakubbenko5583]

9:30 The reason why the drone starts slow when in POI is that it is measuring the distance between itself and the selected target - that way it can know how big of a circle it has to do.

[@PedroLuisVegadelaRosa]

I was thinking the same when I saw it.

[@jamesruse9708]

Billy, I’ve watched so many videos on “how to” with ActiveTrack, but yours is hands down the best.

[@stojan1469]

Billy, whenever I want to learn something new about drones, I learn from your videos. Your explanations and videos are the best! Thank you very much! 

[@RonaldBrown59]

The beauty of these features are that live on top of the main interface, you don't have to go digging through menu's to find them. Great tutorial, showing how simple these features are to activate and use in real world scenarios.

[@nogrey]

I really enjoyed this tutorial from start to finish. I don't know how you do it keeping all your thoughts straight and the oratory moving so quickly. You are a great speaker and your tutorial rocked! Thank you!

[@JIMMYSBN]

got mine today, I am blown away with the automations it has...perfect for pro work in my opinion, i only wish it had side sensors that would make it an absolute machine and pro 3 killer as well

[@gobysky]

I like your fast talking explanation. No wasted time. Good instructional, thanks.

[@badfinancialdecisions]

Finally, someone showing what the Spotlight mode does if you keep the drone stationary. Exactly the feature I need.

[@SkyPathProductions]

Love your thorough explanations on these topics! Great Job!

[@steverogers427]

Quality info! These “intelligent flight modes” have definitely gotten smarter!!! Makes tracking the subject smooth and easy.

[@BMacksAerialVisuals]

Someone in one of the many FB groups asked, "How do I set up Activ track/follow me with the air 2S?" Of COURSE I shared this video to them. The Master.

[@lc4Music747]

Thanks for simplifying this stuff Billy. Well done! I am 70 years old in all your videos have been so helpful to me. what’s with the ads? lol…I’m happy there are because this means that you are attracting a larger and larger audience and sponsors have noticed…When you had fewer subscribers I told you that if you keep up the great work, they will come. Well, you did and they did! Good job.

[@vladphotos]

Mate, I really appreciate your review on these flight modes. I just upgraded from 1st Gen Mavic Pro and I cant believe what this little thing can do.

[@SeriesofTubes222]

This was a quality video. You got right into the content and made this really easy to understand. Thank you!

[@davehanson6915]

Very informative. I like the chapters made it very easy to replay what I didn’t understand I wish more people did it that way with their information. Keep up the good jobs

[@wtrlvr241]

I've had my air 2s for a few months now and absolutely love it this video will definitely help me get better

[@HoldMyBeerJeeping]

Great way of explaining these modes, and breaking them down. Thank you! I was trying to figure out how to even initiate them. I knew it was just something simple that was totally kicking my ass but could not figure it out. I was missing the first step: Draw the box. i was thinking I had to put the drone in a certain mode first.

[@captraykelly]

Another great Billy Kyle video. Always learn a lot watching them. I am going to try Active track to while kayaking.

[@MattysDroneWorld]

Great job Billy! Loving this drone for sure! Keep em coming buddy!

[@BraulioPallares]

Great job explaining all these new features. Thanks a lot!!

[@MrRaymond1021]

This video is awesome, thanks for sharing as always. Very well put together.

[@FlyZoneFpv]

Outstanding video Billy👍👍 keep rockin . Love your Content as always😉

[@popartmediaPL]

Just bought Air 2S and upgrading from my 6 years old Phantom 3 Pro.... My God, what a change - it's like leaving a Bus and jumping into Ferrari. Until today I had to fly manual only with no sensors and now all this :-) Amazing feeling.

[@vidmaster7]

Great tutorial and I agree about the need for DJI to add in some more intelligent flight modes. Thanks.

[@dougcooper4917]

Billy, Great Information On The DJI Air 2S. Thank You !!

[@petreskyfilms]

You did a great job on this video Billy, it helped me a lot ~ thanks!

[@prettydangoodadventures]

Fantastic video and great spot on information!!! Thank you. This video has decided for me to pick up the air 2 s thank you

[@eethomasiii]

Nice job with this video. Great information, simple and straight forward. Thanks.

[@waqarcreation55]

You always make best videos 😃 Keep it up!

[@aawendt]

Appreciate your expertise my friend! This was great!!

[@danlahrman5395]

Totally agree with needing Follow Me mode. Seems like a no-brainer and big oversight to ax that one.

[@Mrkck913]

Great video.. Purchasing mine Thursday cause of you Billy!!

[@GettingthruLife]

A good explanation and demo of these features/modes.

[@WilliamCBonner]

POI is more powerful than you give it credit for. You can have it circle a subject that is moving. I've had some really good results going around a sailboat that's going upwind. The speed needs to be high enough that it will make it around the front, and you need to have safe space around since it's going sideways most of the time.

[@AdventureRich]

I had no idea you could track a moving subject in POI 😯

[@bryanmurphy909]

Plus you can still control the drone’s altitude and gimbal while it’s doing it’s thing. Makes for some dynamic moves.

[@TheAzn18]

So in this case what’s the difference between POI and Spotlight? They both sound the same to me.

[@josephclapp1157]

@@TheAzn18 Spotlight stays still, poi goes in circle haha

[@TrueWanderer57]

I used, POI and it crashed with leaves of tree? Luckily wasn't too high and nothing major damage done, just one propeller damaged. So my question is that it's protection system don't work in this POI mode or is it ways off when flying sideways

[@davidmartin3255]

thank you, very nicely put together and informative!

[@kennethjonesphotography]

Great video. I really appreciate the detailed explanation and examples.

[@Kana7782]

Another great video Billy! Thank you!

[@OldGoatintheWoods]

Recently received my Air 2S & practiced some over the weekend with it. Yeah, what they have programmed in it works 'amazingly' well, but having more than 3 Modes would be nice especially if they were in earlier models.

[@mikehrenak1390]

Great info Billy can’t wait to try these features

[@thatbme8736]

2 years later, and I am just beginning with the air 2s. Love it but have had questions regarding the automated controls. You explained it very well and was successful at using them. Crashed once because of user error when using POI because of my altitude and no side obstacle avoidance. Great lesson.

[@billykyle]

Awesome! Have fun. It's a great drone.

[@WORLDTHEWAYISEE]

Thanks for covering the modes lots of details, cheers.

[@macfawlty]

I agree with you about the loss of previously and available flight modes, some of which were quite useful. I’d also like to see spotlight mode (and others) added in a firmware upgrade to the M2P, unsure whether it’s possible or just not a priority until the next Mavic Pro is released. The lack of side sensors has been my biggest gripe and has been the cause of at least a few crashes from the random super tall tree in my path during a POI or spotlight.

[@olchevy7983]

Me too

[@DroneALRM]

Very cool informations! I will use this when I buy my Air 2S. Congratulations from Brasil 🇧🇷

[@michaelpoczynek]

Very helpful, Billy. Thank you.

[@livus360visuals6]

Great video Billy, as usual, tks !

[@jdogfunk100]

Fantastic video, very helpful!

[@markc9237]

Interesting, informative and useful video, Billy. Thanks

[@billykyle]

Thanks for watching!

[@andyseehusen]

Rant is spot on. I just bought the 2s coming from the original Mavic. So far, I’m more disappointed in it than impressed. These things you covered are some of the reasons why. Thanks for your content!

[@topilot]

I still have my original Mavic Pro too and can honestly say it is one of the best drones I have ever owned. It is in my go to drone that still captures some amazing photos and video clips and I don't have to worry so much about losing it or crashing it based on the current value.

[@bartkupp6351]

These intelligent flight modes makes filming really easy. Amazing what these top-tier drones like the Air 2S can do.

[@wolfiemedia]

Mid-tier.

[@bobfiore8]

Great walkthrough man!

[@zachsmith3961]

Great tutorial very informative. Thanks

[@GreenWormAdventures]

This was a great video, thank you!!

[@justbraks]

Wonderful review!!! I wish I could like this 100 times over!

[@MrKrakum1967]

Thanks for the data, great flick.

[@colintucker2247]

Great video, so informative 👍

[@davidstephens820]

Don't forget that POI also tracks. So if you select a person or vehicle it will track and move as it rotates around the person. My personal favorite setting.

[@decoman100]

brilliant video .....i learned loads from your video ...many thanks

[@parrotheadstx]

Excellent review. Thank you! 🤙

[@billykyle]

You’re welcome!!

[@TheEarthMaster]

Thanks very useful information

[@elmono3939]

Well explained. Thank you !

[@RichardFredrickson]

just got one. great info to get me started

[@martinstolfa805]

Wow, incredibly useful. Thanks for making the video and a very articulate output! I’m subscribed…

[@billykyle]

Glad to help!

[@phillalonde1509]

Hey DJI I agree with the rant like the Follow Me mode and or just follow the controller are very useful when flying alone.

[@tonyhawkprostaker7507]

Thank you Billy!

[@airbnbphotography]

thank you for that great video !

[@glenntwd8221]

Yes, Imma let my Air 2S do its thing with these intelligent flight modes. I just focus more on the creative side.

[@zornelar749]

Great explanations on everthing. I did try the active track in densely wooded hiking trail to follow me in trace mode. The Air 2S gets confused sometimes, and its not consistent on its response to the detected obstacles. At the moment I can't rely on it to do it all by itself safely. I guess I have to conduct more trials to get more comfortable with it. Thanks

[@noahstoffers]

Although I know the modes, I still look to have fun with you. Have a great rest of the week, here in Germany it rains all the time. I hope you enjoy the America's summer weather. Cheers 👋🏻

[@topilot]

Great explanation of the smart modes of the Mavic Air 2s. It has been awhile since I watched one of your video clips Billy......looks like you have been getting successful with all the clicks. We see you are driving a new Tesla and the production quality gear must have cost you some $$!

[@turdakhov]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@DonDraperVideos]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@droneflyer5065]

Excellent video.

[@jeancarlobetancourt2744]

Just got the air2s and now I feel more confident about using the features lol

[@SKEPhoto]

Great info. I want to get this drone someday.

[@flyNfrank]

Nice video Billy. 👍

[@tanahhuat1757]

Great video Billy. TQ

[@punapirate]

Thanks Billy... whenever I have a question you are my go to... there is so much crap on youtube...

[@chipferguson5129]

Thank you Billy

[@farshidariz9750]

Hi Billy I have been following you for the past few years and like all our advise and recomedstions. You do a really professional quality videos and presentations. Having said that I did buy a Air 2S last week and did paid for the tutorila at the "moments website". I think you wend over things too fast and you forgot to mention the DJI filters and you really did not spend good amount of time on the gimble seting like I did not know that t can go up to 14 degree and to see other guys talk about it. The phonr charging obtion does not exist on mine is that somthing DJI removed?. Do you think adjustable Polar Pro ND filters are needed or DJI filters are good to go? Thanks.

[@fromtheworldwithlove1797]

Somebody did some donuts in that parking lot @6:40 Great video!

[@TrojanChristopher]

Billy, you do such an amazing job! You're not only a drone pro, your presentation skills are exceptional!

[@WAXMAN1913]

Another great Video. Thanks Billy. Question? Can I use my DJI RE Goggles with this drone? Thanks Chuck.

[@rogerb3927]

very informative. When using Active Track to video myself mountain biking, one challenge i have is it will swap me as the subject for another mountain biker if i pass them or they pass me... The examples you show, you're the only one on a board in the parking lot or the only moving car in the parking lot... have you done much playing around with more similar moving subjects? like you and 4 of your friends all on boards riding around each other? is the Air 2s more capable of distinguishing one subject from another? Thanks for the great info... i can see you put good time into this!

[@pauli1968]

Great video, very good. I have just got my DJI Air 2s. I’ve posted a few videos on my KZbin channel. I have a question I hope you can answer. When I use active track, should I always have it on bypass setting? I was filming myself solo yesterday using active track with the controller on my handlebars. A few times the drone braked and stopped. I had to land it in my hand and start again. Kind regards, Paul

[@PhillyDroneLife]

You're killing it buddy.. however I never use them lol. Mmmmmm maybe I need to start playing a little with them.. 👍👍 Mikey

[@MattysDroneWorld]

Mikey they are a ton of fun to use in the right situations brother!

[@ThomasMurdach]

I prefer the old POI functionality because a lot of times there’s not actually a selectable subject that I want to orbit or it’s night time and I just want to orbit something like a firework show - there’s not a single point that I can select

[@NAUTICFILM1]

excellent presentation, Billy. Thank you! One question: instead of following the subject from behind, I would like the drone to fly backwards in front of me (or car, boat) . Is there a mode for that? I tried active track, parallel giving slightly better results than follow, but never was able to sustain that mode for more than 40 metres or so. Any idea? Thanks again.

[@ronhiller3301]

Hi Billy, great videos 👍, I’ve got an air 2s, I would like to follow horses at a barrel race event, the drone would be hovering ( no flying it at all ) is it possible to use a mode like spotlight to follow the horses and still be able to zoom in as they get further away from the drone ? If so, what tracking mode would you suggest for this ? Information appreciated !

[@nikeossler]

thank you!!!

[@hlau-hk]

Hi Billy... I just use drone in the last 2 years and have been watching different types of intelligent system. One particular one that I am very interested at is the course lock (or called fly-tap in older Mavic air app). How would I be able to execute this in DJI Fly app... or this feature gets axed? This is probably one of the most cinematic moves, if not the best you can ever do with drone, and it's impossible to execute manually due to the precision required.

[@PatrickDelorenzi]

Hi! Great video; do you have any idea why when I highlight the box with a person in it, then tap on Activetrack, the DJI go app says “cannot enter active track mode”?

[@meroamingaround]

Nice details

[@pomonabill220]

You didn't mention obstacle avoidance using the different modes. Also, can Litchi be used with the Air 2S? I haven't tried it yet on mine, but I think Litchi had more options for autonomous control.

[@dcclyde575]

Awesome. By the way what electric skateboard is that?

[@jerbear197]

Hi. Very new to Drones. Just bought my first, The Air2S, a couple months ago. I feel like you skirted over the POI section and didn't give enough detail. When selecting POI obviously your drone, I believe, has to be in the air and pointing at the POI in question. The arrow we used to select the speed but do we know what that speed is? Also the distant to POI that the drone maintains seems to be to be extremely far away. Can we set/change the drone to poi distance prior to starting or during flight or is this mode set by default by the app.?

[@felipetvictor]

Top mavic !!! Like video 🇧🇷

[@christiandettmer2561]

Thank you for the info, but I have a smart controller on my 2S. Anyway to get those 3 modes at the bottom of the screen? Tnx

[@EyeLensWeddingVideography]

OMG!!! it took me a while to figure out how to get the active track to work, you have to use 4K 30 or lower. would have been nice if you mention that it on your video or maybe you should make a video on it..

[@bryan8056]

Im getting my Air 2s delivered in a few days and after watching this video I’m already kind of regretting it. I need to enter coordinates of property lines taken from land surveys and have it fly the perimeter from one waypoint to the next. I’m sure I could probably tap the screen to manually add points for it to fly to, but I need it to be as precise as possible so being able to enter exact coords would be nice. I saw some other videos that gave me the impression I’d be able to do that, but it’s not looking like it. Any suggestions on how I could accomplish this, or maybe a recommendation of a similar product in this class?

[@philhechle5175]

I need this drone!