We are testing an Osmo Mobile 8 through Apple's DockKit framework. Configuration: iPhone 15 Pro Max iOS 26.5.2 (23F84) DJI Osmo Mobile 8 DockKit model identifier: DS308 Firmware reported through DockKit: 1.0.0 Apple's official DockKit camera sample used as the test application We disabled DockKit system tracking and commanded yaw movement only: Vector3D(x: 0, y: 0.2, z: 0). The pitch component remained zero throughout the test. Short left and right movements worked and kept the reported tilt reasonably stable. We then performed a complete yaw rotation. Pan completed successfully, including the expected angle wrap from approximately +150° to -170°. However, DockKit's reported tilt changed from approximately -8° at the starting heading to approximately -37° around the rear of the rotation. It returned to approximately -7° when the gimbal completed the rotation and returned to its original heading. Selected telemetry (Pan / Reported tilt): -0.86° / -8.08° +94.48° / -21.20° +149.89° / -33.35° -169.88° / -36.96° -89.90° / -25.95° -5.67° / -8.59° +1.95° / -7.05° We also found that Apple's sample application's manual chevrons did not initially produce visible movement, although direct calls to the same setAngularVelocity API worked reliably. Questions: Should the Osmo Mobile 8 maintain its physical horizon during a DockKit yaw-only command? Does this model provide a horizon-lock or leveling mode that third-party DockKit applications need to select? Is firmware 1.0.0 the expected DockKit-reported firmware version for this model? Is the changing tilt related to the Osmo's gimbal geometry, firmware stabilization, or DockKit coordinate reporting? Is there newer firmware or a recommended DJI test application we should use for comparison? The change was also visible in the phone's physical orientation, so it does not appear to be telemetry-only.

I'm developing an iOS app that uses Apple's DockKit framework to control gimbals. I've tested with the Insta360 Flow 2 Pro and the DJI Osmo Mobile 8. The Flow 2 Pro supports all DockKit motor control APIs — setAngularVelocity, setOrientation, setLimits — which lets my app do manual pan/tilt control via a virtual joystick. The Osmo Mobile 8 (model DS308, firmware 1.0.0) connects fine via DockKit and reports as docked, but every motor control API fails with "The device doesn't support the requested operation": setAngularVelocity — fails setOrientation(relative: true) — fails setLimits — fails The only thing that works is Apple's system tracking (setSystemTrackingEnabled(true)) for automatic face/body following. This means there's no way for third-party apps to do manual gimbal control (pan/tilt via joystick) on the Osmo 8 through DockKit — only automatic tracking works. Questions: Is anyone else seeing the same limitation with the Osmo 8 and DockKit? Has DJI confirmed whether manual motor control via DockKit is intentionally unsupported, or is this a firmware issue that might be addressed in an update? Does the DJI Mimo app use DockKit for its tracking, or does it use a proprietary Bluetooth protocol? Running iOS 26.4 on iPhone 15 Pro. Happy to share more technical details if helpful.