DJI Will Turn Off Your Spark Drone if You Don’t Update Firmware by September 1st

Chinese manufacturer DJI has announced that owner of its Spark drone have until September 1st to update their firmware to the latest translation or be totally lock out .

PerQuartz , the decision to essentially check users ’ devices surety issue forth after reports of the drone randomly fall out of the sky , which users think was due to an takings with Spark ’s assault and battery microcode . In a press release , the company suggested it took the hardline access due to safety concerns .

“ DJI decide on the option of a mandatory firmware update to maximize flight safety and product reliability which we consider as top priorities,”the fellowship wrote .

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The update will improve stability , connectivity and the battery firmware .

While locking users out of their software is refutable , it ’s indisputable that nobody want a sword - spin around drone to come crash down on their heads . That goes double for a maker which could , in theory , be hold up liable for a major rubber issue .

lock users out is a striking measure . But the jam release does not rein out the possibility of updating the software after the deadline to return their Sparks to flight - ready position . In the unbelievable possibility there is no official power to set up the new update after the deadline , it ’s nearly certain the dawdler biotic community would come up with some kind of means to on the side update it to the right interpretation and restore normal functionality .

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In May , DJI also announced users would be lock out of flight capabilities if theyfailed to registertheir gimmick in its database — ensuring package updates would earmark substance abuser to follow with regional regulations .

The good news program : As Gizmodo noted in its reassessment of the Spark , the drone itself is awing , packing the feature fix of a much gravid drone into a small and capable package . So if the issues have been fixed , there ’s not much to worry about .

[ Quartz ]

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