Good news for DJI owners: FCC deadline extension allows software updates for drones through 2029

DJI used two weeks to anoint the Pocket 4P as a cinema product at Cannes rather than a consumer product at its own event, absorb a fourth US-block casualty with Osmo Mobile 8P, watch the FCC fight enter its most adversarial phase, and collect NAB hardware that validates the pivot. Here's what happened — in priority order, with our take on each.

The irony is brutal: DJI drones were banned over security concerns, but the ban blocked security patches. The FCC just extended the update deadline to Jan. 2029 — your existing drone just got a stay of execution.