Setting up the Spark is a cinch—just download the DJI GO 4 app for iOS and turn the drone on. The Spark generates a Wi-Fi signal. Connect your iOS device to it and you’re done. Séamus Bellamy/IDG ...

DJI has several modes on its Go 4 app to operate the drone more traditionally, but in the limited time I spent with it over the weekend, I didn’t get to fully explore them.

Open DJI Go 4 and ensure the app is set to connect to a DJI Spark. Turn on your DJI Spark (one tap and one long press until fans kick in). In the DJI Go 4 app on your device, tap Enter Device and ...

DJI's Spark is the company's first attempt at a true drone for everyone. ... As a rule, I am not a fan of flying drones with just a phone, but the DJI Go app is what makes Spark a lot more useful.

Ditching the hands and using the DJI Go app on a smartphone, the Spark can fly up to 100 yards away, and with a remote control (which along with a carrying case and extra battery brings the total ...

Open DJI Go 4 and ensure the app is set to connect to a DJI Spark. Turn on your DJI Spark (one tap and one long press until fans kick in). In the DJI Go 4 app on your device, tap Enter Device and ...

At today’s media event in NYC, DJI announced its new Spark drone, destined for the entry-level market as an everyday portable solution for capturing aerial footage.To go with your shiny new ...

DJI’s Phantom 4 came out in March 2016. Six months later it released the Mavic Pro, which was about half the weight and, with its folding design, less than half the size.Eights months after that ...

With the remote, though, the DJI Spark can go as far as 1.24 miles and will know how to fly home, ... and flight-path capabilities into one step-selections. The app will even auto-edit your videos.

When prompted on the DJI GO 4 App, we recommend all customers to connect to the internet and update their aircraft’s firmware to ensure a safe flight when flying their Spark,” the company said ...

The Spark’s camera can shoot 12 megapixel photos and record 1080p high-def videos. That’s roughly equivalent to a typical smartphone, but it’s not as good as DJI’s higher-end drones, which ...