[Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/hoverair-aqua.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The HoverAir X1 is one of the best drones for people who don’t like drones, we found last year: an affordable, portable, and durable self-flying selfie camera. Now, the company’s teasing a new model that floats on water (can it land and take off, though?) with a new compact controller. Hopefully it’ll be simpler and cheaper than the company’s too-ambitious X1 Pro and ProMax drones, whose modular controllers have never worked right for me. [Link: HoverAir: New DJI Neo drone rival teased with special waterproofing capabilities and built-in display | https://www.notebookcheck.net/HoverAir-New-DJI-Neo-drone-rival-teased-with-special-waterproofing-capabilities-and-built-in-display.1077903.0.html | notebookcheck.net]
The HoverAir X1 is one of the best drones for people who don’t like drones, we found last year: an affordable, portable, and durable self-flying selfie camera. Now, the company’s teasing a new model that floats on water (can it land and take off, though?) with a new compact controller.
Hopefully it’ll be simpler and cheaper than the company’s too-ambitious X1 Pro and ProMax drones, whose modular controllers have never worked right for me.
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