You can now raise your arm to start and stop recording video on DJI’s Spark drone
DJI’s Spark drone is designed to fit in the palm of a user’s hand, and it can be controlled by gestures. You can maneuver the drone in any direction, call it home by making a big Y above your head, or have it follow you at a distance. Now, the drone is getting additional functionality. DJI is issuing a software update today that’ll let users start and stop recording video by raising their arm out to the side at a 45-degree angle to the ground.
The China-based company is also expanding what users can do with QuickShot, which lets users perform popular drone tricks quickly while recording. Users can now control which direction the drone flies in its Circle and Helix QuickShot modes. DJI also included a new 180-mode in this update, which…