DJI hasn't confirmed the Osmo 360 II exists, but the paper trail is getting hard to ignore. An FCC filing cleared in December 2025, retail lens-replacement kits have started showing up in store warehouses, and a handful of leakers have posted matching battery and connectivity specs since March 2026. None of that is an announcement. Together, though, it's enough to sketch a fairly specific picture of DJI's second 360° camera.
What's actually confirmed so far
The most concrete data point comes from the FCC filing itself, registered under ID 2ANDR-OQ0022512 with the internal model number OQ002. Filings like this don't leak specs on their own, but they confirm a real device cleared radio and SAR testing in December 2025 — DJI doesn't file those for a camera that isn't close to shipping.
The battery is the clearest hardware change. Multiple leakers, including the FCC paperwork itself, converge on 2,150 mAh at 3.86V (8.3 Wh), up from the original Osmo 360's 1,950 mAh (7.5 Wh). That's roughly a 10% capacity bump, not a dramatic one, and nobody has published real-world runtime numbers yet. A 10% larger cell doesn't automatically mean 10% longer recording, since 8K 360° capture is limited as much by heat as by battery.
A consumer 360° camera from an earlier generation. Photo: Maurizio Pesce, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Connectivity gets a more meaningful upgrade: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) with dual-antenna MIMO, replacing whatever the original shipped with, plus NFC support that would let the camera pair with a phone by tapping the two together instead of hunting through a Bluetooth menu. It's a small convenience feature, but it's the kind of thing that shows up when a company is iterating on real user complaints rather than just refreshing a spec sheet.
The real fix: a lens you don't have to mail back to DJI
The original Osmo 360's dual glass domes scratch easily, and DJI's answer was to send the whole camera in for a paid repair or trust a third-party DIY kit that voided the warranty. It was the single most common complaint in owner reviews, and it's the leak that matters most here: official lens-replacement kits, in retail packaging, have started turning up in store warehouses.
That detail is more informative than it sounds. Retail packaging means DJI redesigned the lens mount to be user-serviceable, and warehouse stock means the camera is close enough to launch that accessories are already shipping ahead of it. Companies don't print retail boxes for parts tied to an unannounced product unless the production line is running.
Shot with the original Osmo 360. Photo: Alorenzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The frame-rate question nobody has settled
Here's where the leaks disagree. One report puts the Osmo 360 II at 8K/60fps, a jump from the original's 8K/50fps ceiling. Another, sourced separately, lists the retained spec as 8K/50p with no frame-rate increase at all. Both can't be right, and neither is confirmed by DJI, so treat the 60fps figure as the more exciting but less certain of the two until a firmware leak or hands-on review settles it. The rest of the leaked spec sheet — sensor size, photo resolution, dynamic range — hasn't shown up anywhere yet, which is unusual this close to a filing.
A launch window that's already come and gone
Early leaks pointed to a Q2 2026 launch, March through May, with a standard combo around $499–579 and an "Adventure" bundle closer to $629–729 — a modest premium over the original's $549 launch price. That window has now passed with no announcement, which either means DJI pushed the release back or the Q2 estimate was always looser than the leakers presented it. FCC clearance six months before shipping isn't unusual for DJI, so a slip to late summer or early autumn wouldn't be surprising.
Another sample from the original Osmo 360. Photo: Joachim Köhler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Should this change what you buy right now
If a 360° camera is on your list today, the honest answer is that the II isn't different enough yet to justify waiting on faith. A 10% larger battery and NFC pairing are nice, not transformative, and the frame-rate upgrade is still a coin flip. The lens-replacement kits are the one leak that would actually change ownership experience, and that alone might be worth a few months' patience if your current camera choice comes down to DJI versus a competitor with a similarly fragile lens.
Whichever generation you end up with, the footage itself needs somewhere to live that doesn't flatten it into a distorted rectangle. Mirame360 hosts and embeds 360° photos and video from any camera, DJI included, with the upload workflow built specifically for equirectangular files rather than treated as an afterthought. A free account is enough to test how a real Osmo 360 panorama looks once it's actually interactive instead of sitting flat in a camera roll — create one and drop in a sample file before deciding whether the II is worth the wait.
