DJI is doing the thing again. Yesterday, on April 30, the company dropped a fresh teaser titled Wonders in Your Palm with a short video and a confirmed date: May 7 at 12:00 UTC for a global launch event. We have a pretty strong hunch about what is being teased, because the Osmo Mobile 8P already launched in China earlier in April, and now it is about to go worldwide.
If you had not noticed, DJI has been on an absolutely relentless run this month. The Pocket 4, the Lito 1 drone, a fresh Power 1000 Mini, the Mic Mini 2, and now an imminent global gimbal launch. One headline put it well: it does feel like DJI is dropping a new product every three minutes, and most of them are good. So let us talk about what is coming.
What Is the Osmo Mobile 8P
The Osmo Mobile 8P is the new flagship in DJI's smartphone gimbal lineup, and it is the most ambitious update we have seen to a phone gimbal in years. The headline feature is a removable display module that magnetically snaps off the gimbal and turns into a wireless remote control. So you can clip your phone in, mount the gimbal on a tripod or extension rod, and walk away to operate it remotely with the same screen you were just framing through. That is huge for solo creators who are tired of running back to the gimbal between takes.
It has a built-in extension rod, a built-in tripod, and a built-in fill light, which combined with up to 10 hours of battery life means it is doing a frankly absurd amount of stuff for a stick that holds your phone. There is a redesigned joystick with smoother gear-free control over pan, tilt, zoom, and the fill light. And the upgraded tracking system supports synchronized following across both wide and telephoto lenses on phones that have multiple rear cameras, which is the kind of thing that sounds simple until you have actually tried to manually track a subject while switching between lenses on a Pixel or an iPhone Pro.
What We Already Know About Pricing
Because the Osmo Mobile 8P has been on sale in China since April 21, we already have a pretty good idea of where global pricing should land. The base Osmo Mobile 8P is around 899 yuan, which converts to roughly $130. The Osmo Mobile 8P AI bundle adds the Tracking Module 2 and lands at about $160 equivalent. And the Vlog combo, which throws in both the Tracking Module 2 and a DJI Mic Mini 2, comes in around $190.
If DJI prices the global Osmo Mobile 8P anywhere near those numbers, this is going to absolutely demolish the competition. A $130 gimbal with a removable display, fill light, extension rod, and synchronized AI tracking is unfair to every other smartphone gimbal on the market. The Osmo Mobile 7P, which is the current global version, sits around $169, so DJI is potentially undercutting itself.
The US Question
There is one big asterisk hanging over this announcement, and it is whether the Osmo Mobile 8P will actually launch in the United States. The Mic Mini 2 that DJI announced just three days ago, on April 28, is officially skipping the US because it has not received FCC certification. Given the broader regulatory environment around DJI in the US, we are not holding our breath that the Osmo Mobile 8P will land stateside immediately, even if the global launch goes ahead on May 7.
That said, gimbals do not have the same regulatory issues as products that include radios that have to be certified, and DJI has continued to launch most of its non-drone products in the US through 2026. So a US launch is plausible, but not guaranteed.
Why This Matters for Mobile Creators
If you are a creator who shoots a meaningful chunk of your work on your phone, whether that is reels, vlogs, social-first product reviews, or full short-form videos, the Osmo Mobile 8P is positioned to be the gimbal of the year. The removable controller alone is a workflow change. You can do walk-and-talks where you frame the shot, then take a few steps back, and your subject suddenly has the controller in their hand to retake the shot. You can do timelapses where you set up the gimbal, walk away, and adjust framing remotely. You can do car-mount style shots where the gimbal is fixed and you control everything from the driver seat without scrambling.
And honestly, at the rumored global price, this is the gimbal we are going to recommend to anyone asking us what they should buy to up their phone video game. The Osmo Mobile 7P was already excellent. The 8P sounds like it is just better in every measurable way.
What We Are Watching For
We will be tuned in on May 7 to see the official global pricing, the launch markets, and whether DJI confirms a US release. We are also curious if DJI will roll out any new accessories alongside the gimbal — a new mic system, a new fill light variant, or an updated tracking module would all make sense for the Vlog combo audience.
Are you team gimbal or team built-in stabilization? At this point we are pretty firmly team gimbal for serious phone work, and the 8P looks like it is about to make that decision easier than ever.