Insta360’s Antigravity A1 Takes Aim at DJI with 8K 360° Drone

It’s official—Insta360, long known for its pocket-sized 360 cameras, just launched its own drone brand: Antigravity. And today, it launched the first drone from that brand, which is called the A1.

This launch is one of the most exciting things to happen in the drone industry in a long time.

The A1 isn’t just another quadcopter with a front-facing camera.

The new drone is all about capturing the entire sky, packing dual-lens hardware for true, all-around 360° video—meaning you see the world from above, every direction, with nothing cropped out or left to chance.

Antigravity Blends Technical Specs with Ease of Use

While the tech behind Antigravity’s new 360 drone is incredibly sophisticated, flying it is simple.

The controls are built for everyone, so you don’t need stick skills or FPV skills to fly it—or knowledge about 360° cameras.

It’s fly, point, shoot. No missing the shot, no fighting complicated menus.

The idea behind Antigravity is to make the joy of flight and storytelling with drones more accessible, so anyone can capture more—from family road trips to adventurous solo flights—with a perspective no single-lens drone can get.

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Behind the scenes, Antigravity is doing a lot of heavy lifting for you. Its onboard software and dual-lens design work together to stabilize footage, stitch 360° video in real time, and remove the drone itself from the shot, so what you see is pure, unobstructed sky.

Here’s what that means in practice:

• Automatic horizon lock. Keeps your footage level, even if the drone tilts or turns mid-flight.
• Obstacle avoidance sensors. Help keep you out of trouble with minimal pilot input.
• Real-time image stitching. Creates seamless 360° video without hours of post-processing.
• Easy share tools. Export clips ready for social media with reframing options to focus on the action.

The goal isn’t to wow you with numbers or specs—it’s to make sure the technology disappears into the background. You’re left with just the experience: setting the drone in the air, catching the view, and telling the story you want without worrying whether you got the shot.

A New Category of Drone

The Antigravity A1 isn’t just Insta360’s first drone—it’s the first drone built from the ground up around a native 360° camera system.

Until now, if you wanted full-sphere aerial video, you had to strap a separate 360 camera onto a drone and accept the extra weight, awkward balance, and complex editing that came with it. The A1 changes that entirely.

Its dual-lens setup is integrated directly into the drone’s body, with top and bottom cameras capturing everything around you in 8K, stitching the footage in real time, and making the drone itself disappear from the shot. This design means there’s no “front” or “back” to manage when flying—every angle is covered by default.

The result is more than a spec sheet upgrade. It’s a shift in how drones can be used: no gimbal direction to manage, no missed action outside a narrow field of view, and no need for post-production stitching. The A1 is less about learning to pilot and more about telling a story from the sky.

In doing so, it’s creating an entirely new category—one where the 360 camera is the drone.

Specs & Features for the Antigravity A1

Here are the specs for the A1:

• Camera. Dual-lens setup with 8K 360° capture at up to 60fps. Think: incredibly sharp, immersive footage from every angle.
• Weight. Sub-249g. No FAA registration required for recreational use in the US—just grab it and go.
• Flight time. Up to 29 minutes per battery. Enough for long, uninterrupted flights.
• Transmission range. Up to 7km (about 4.35 miles). Stay connected whether you’re on open ground or just flying around the yard.
• Obstacle avoidance. Multiple sensors for safer flying, especially for beginners and in tricky environments.
• FPV goggles. Optional accessory for the true first-person flight experience.
• Weather resistance. Built to handle light rain and rough landings—no need to worry about a sudden drizzle.
• Internal storage & microSD support. Record directly to on-board memory or expand with a microSD card for longer flights and more footage.

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A1 Features and Tech That Stand Out

No surprise, if there’s one feature that stands out above the rest on the A1, it’s the dual-lens, 8K 360° camera.

This camera radically changes both what you shoot and how you share it, making immersive storytelling possible directly from a drone the size of your hand.

The Antigravity A1’s focus isn’t just tech—it’s letting anyone capture and relive flights that were previously impossible for everyday creators.

Here are all the major features on the A1:

• Automatic horizon lock. Keeps your footage level, even if the drone tilts or turns mid-flight.
• Real-time video stitching. Seamlessly stitches together 360-degree footage in flight—no complex editing required afterward.
• Easy share/export tools. Clip editing and reframing straight from your app, for ready-to-post video.
• Community-driven updates. Users help shape new features via the Antigravity Hub, so the tech keeps evolving.
• Intuitive controls. Designed for anyone—no piloting experience needed, just point and fly.

The Grip Controller: Point-and-Fly Simplicity

One other thing that stands out about the A1 is how you fly it.

The Antigravity A1 trades the traditional dual-stick controller for something entirely different—the Grip.

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Instead of tilting thumbsticks to steer, you simply point the Grip in the direction you want to fly, using natural arm movements to guide the drone. Buttons and a thumbwheel give you quick access to speed settings, camera adjustments, and other core functions.

Paired with Antigravity’s 360° Vision goggles, the Grip separates where you look from where the drone flies, allowing you to explore the view without veering off course.

• Motion-based navigation. Direct the drone simply by pointing—the Grip handles the flight path.
• Independent look and flight control. Look anywhere in 360° without changing the drone’s heading.
• Beginner-friendly. No need to learn stick controls—most users can fly confidently within minutes.
• Compact controls. Buttons and thumbwheel keep essential flight and camera functions within easy reach.
• Safety-first movement. Always uses forward sensors for obstacle avoidance, even during immersive flights.

This design also supports safety: by default, the drone always moves “forward” through its obstacle-detection sensors, no matter where you’re facing.

It’s a fresh approach to drone piloting that lowers the learning curve while opening up new ways to create—blending intuitive control with the A1’s all-direction 360° camera.

What the Antigravity A1 Means for Drones

With the Antigravity A1, Insta360 has thrown down the gauntlet.

And its timing seems to be just right: DJI drones are almost completely out of stock in the U.S., and it’s unclear when they’ll ever return.

This leaves a gap the A1 could help fill, giving it a lift that could secure it a place in the consumer drone market—a market DJI has had a strange hold on for years.

But the launch of the A1 is about more than competing with DJI.

The A1 points to a shift in what drones can be: not just tools for experienced pilots or filmmakers, but creative companions for anyone to capture aerial footage and stills.

As the lines blur between pro-grade hardware and everyday ease-of-use, the whole drone market stands to benefit, and the Antigravity A1 sits right at the center of that conversation.