After nearly a year of hard work, dedication, and countless hours of development, Maven EVO is finally here! This marks the beginning of an exciting journey, and I can’t wait to see where it takes us.
But this is just the start! Below, I’m sharing the road map for the next few months to give you a glimpse of what’s to come.
Maven Roadmap: January – April
Here’s what’s coming next for Maven EVO and our existing apps:
January – February
Legacy Maven App (iOS) Update:
After being on hold for a while during the development of Maven EVO, the original Maven app will finally receive a much-needed update. We’ll address some existing bugs and implement the new virtual stick algorithm introduced in EVO, which significantly outperforms the original in terms of smoother movement.
Maven Lite Farewell:
It’s time to say goodbye to “Maven Lite” as it will be rebranded as simply “Maven.” Along with the name change, we’ll add the powerful mission planner from Maven EVO to this app, bringing new features and capabilities to the experience.
Refining Maven EVO
Continuing to perfect the current set of features in Maven EVO, ensuring stability, performance, and polish.
March – April
Mission Planner Expansion
Enhance Maven EVO’s mission planner with the ability to add waypoints “by flight,” allowing you to fly the drone to desired points and set waypoints directly in real-time.
Grid Mission Tools
Introducing tools for grid missions, ideal for survey and mapping tasks.
KMZ Export
Enable the export of missions in KMZ format for use with DJI Fly.
Stay tuned and follow us as Maven Verse continues to evolve and grow. Thank you all for your support so far—let’s shape the future together!
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Maven EVO! The app that redefines the drone piloting experience for DJI Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro is now available for download on Google Play Store! 🚀
What does Maven EVO offer?
✨ Waypoint Navigation: Plan precise missions and let your drone execute them autonomously.
🕶️ VR Mode: Immerse yourself in a unique flying experience with virtual reality.
🤝 Smart Copilot: Get advanced assistance for complex maneuvers.
Why choose Maven EVO?
✔️ Designed for those who want to unleash the full potential of their drones. ✔️ Offers an intuitive interface and advanced features. ✔️ The result of our passion for technology and innovation.
📲 Download it today! Explore Maven EVO on Google Play Store. Don’t forget to share your feedback – it’s vital for us to keep improving! 🌟
🎯 Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your drone piloting experience!
Requirements 🛠️
To use Maven EVO with your DJI Mini 3 or Mini 3 Pro, you will need:
🎮 DJI RC-N1 Remote Controller
📱 Android 8.0 or higher
📝 Note:
Performance may depend on your device’s processing power and current system load.
For the best experience, ensure your device has adequate resources available and limit background apps during use.
The app, even with some limitations, allows a free trial to evaluate its functionality before purchasing.
⚠️ Important: Make sure to completely close the original DJI app or any third-party apps for DJI drones before launching Maven EVO.
Welcome to the Beta Preview of Maven EVO, our latest and most ambitious app designed for drone enthusiasts. If you’re flying a DJI Mini 3 or Mini 3 Pro, this update is tailored to unlock new possibilities and elevate your piloting experience. 🚁
Why Maven EVO?
When DJI released the SDK 5.x for the Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro, it marked a major technological leap. However, this also came with a significant limitation: the 5.x SDK is not compatible with the older 4.x SDK used in our previous app. This incompatibility meant that simply updating the existing app was not an option.
To support these new drones, we had to start from scratch and build an entirely new app. While this was a challenging process, it also gave us the opportunity to rethink and improve many features, ensuring that Maven EVO is tailored to meet the needs of modern drone pilots.
Maven EVO is the result of months of hard work, learning, and innovation, and we’re excited to finally share a glimpse of what’s to come.
Key Features to Look Out For
Maven EVO introduces a suite of powerful tools, including:
Waypoint Navigation: Plan and execute precise flight paths with customizable waypoints. Perfect for capturing cinematic shots or automating survey missions.
Advanced Mission Planner: Take full control of your flight missions with an intuitive interface to configure complex routes effortlessly.
VR Mode: Immerse yourself in a first-person view experience, bringing a whole new level of excitement to your flights.
Virtual Copilot: Enable collaborative piloting or let the app assist you in controlling your drone for smoother, more efficient flights.
These features are crafted to maximize the potential of your DJI Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro, ensuring seamless integration with your drone’s capabilities.
Release Timeline
We’re excited to bring Maven EVO to life, but we’ve encountered some delays in development. While we’re a few months behind our original schedule, the new ETA for the full release is before 2025. Thank you for your patience and continued support—it means the world to us.
update 26/12/2024
the app is now available on Google Play Store: Maven EVO
Requirements
To use Maven EVO with your DJI Mini 3 or Mini 3 Pro, you will need:
DJI RC-N1 Remote Controller
Android 8.0 or higher
Note: Performance may depend on your device’s processing power and current system load. For the best experience, ensure your device has adequate resources available and limit background apps during use
Beta Preview Disclaimer
This is an early release, and some functionalities are still being fine-tuned. We’re committed to delivering a polished and user-friendly product
Now you can fly aboard your drone in first person immersive mode.
Gimbal Modes supported:
Normal (stabilized)
Head Tracking
FPV (not stabilized on the roll axis)
VR view is configurable in size, position and distance between the pupils, to adapt to practically all VR headsets.
Possibility to change point of view by selecting the drone or phone camera. (Particularly useful during takeoff and landing phases to ensure that the area is clear.)
Head-Tracking with “comfort tilt” mode that allows you to tilt the camera by 90° while only lowering your head by 60°.
Check the new manual for the VR function for all the details.
The update includes several bug fixes and performance improvements.
-Added Radar Tool the tool displays how the remote control and the drone are oriented towards each other automatically appears on the screen when the drone is at least 20m away from the remote controller
-Added tool to display signal strength operation for Ocusync drones and WIFI drones
-Added Grid on screen you can now turn the grid on and off from the camera options
-Added label indicating the distance from the POI on the augmented reality tracker
-Augmented Reality Trackers are now available even with minimized camera view (full screen map)
-The update also includes minor bug fixes
Stay tuned… we are working on the next update.. VR!!
Maven Lite 1.1.1
-fixed an issue where the image was not displayed correctly on Air 2 and Air 2s drones -fixed an issue that could cause the application to crash
In this version of the app we have modified all our source to accept translations, it has been a lot of work to make all the labels on the screen adapt correctly to the possible different lengths of the text.
We believe that the bulk of the work has been done, further translations of the app will come soon.
what is the difference between Maven and Maven Lite?
Maven is our app for iOS based devices, it was developed from 2017 till now and contains all features shown on this site.
Maven Lite is our Android version released in late December 2022 The app contains fewer features than its iOS counterpart but will be constantly updated in the coming months until it reaches full Maven functionality
Update March 2023: added VR mode
Here is the list of differences:
it might seem that Maven Lite is very limited, but still the virtual copilot allows you to perform these functions:
POI spotlight
GPS Follow/Track ME
Cable Cam
Automatic Orbit
as mentioned earlier maven lite will be updated until deserving the name maven! This page will be updated as progress progresses!
Maven for Android is here!! This is the first version of our app for Android devices! Tons of updates are expected in the coming months
Includes a faithful virtual co-pilot who will help you pilot the drone, allowing you to perform maneuvers such as:
POI spotlight
GPS Follow/Track ME
Cable Cam
Automatic Orbit
The app is compatible and optimized for:
Mavic Air
Mavic Air 2
Mavic Air 2S
Mavic Mini
Mavic Mini 2
Mavic Mini SE
Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual
Mavic 2 Enterprise
Mavic 2 Pro
Mavic 2 Zoom
Mavic Pro Alpine
Mavic Pro Platinum
Mavic Pro
Spark
Virtual Copilot
a totally new feature to the app, especially useful for drones without native Point of Interest functionality (e.g. Mavic Mini)
choose a point on the map, then ask the copilot to control the Yaw Rotation and the camera to look at that point while you are free to manually fly the drone
the copilot has also more advanced skills like “orbit” ,”Follow / Track ME”, “cable cam” , check the manual
the copilot will open the door to great shots even to inexperienced pilots!
Follow ME! *
a complete GPS follow functionality that include
-Track Me (follow from any direction)
-Altitude follow**
-Orbit while follow
-automatic home point update
-live follow parameter update
* requires a GPS-equipped device ** requires a Barometer Sensor-equipped device
Cable Cam
Unique function that allows you to take smooth shots of your points of interest. Also great for creating hyperlapses.
Orbits
Orbits to the max! No other app allows you the flexibility to change orbit radius and speed while it’s running! A real fun
AR Localizer
You have three Augmented Reality Localizer that will help you orient yourself on the Drone video feed.
The green locator will always show the Home position, the red one will show you the Position and Distance of a Point of Interest that you can choose on Map. The blue one show the GPS position of the piloting device
GPS Error, compass error or barometer sensor error could affect the accuracy of the localizer but will always be a great help to find your destination.
Complete access to all camera settings
Sync flight logs to AirData UAV
Maven Lite
The variety of android devices is so high that we can’t be sure it works on every device, and we can’t test them all, so to avoid selling you an application that might not work we decided that you can download and try the application for free.
It will be impossible to record videos from the drone while using the virtual copilot. Video recording will be unlocked via an in app purchase
The app require Android 7 or higher. A device equipped with GPS is required for “follow / track me” functionality. A device equipped with Barometer sensor is required for ” altitude follow” functionality.
improved the transition to a different radius during a high speed orbit
improved automatic yaw during follow me
Improved stability and fixed minor bugs
Maven 3.11.7 – change log
Fixed a “small” incompatibility with iOS 16.1 made the app extremely slow to the point of crashing when editing the Waypoint missions.
Maven 3.11.6 – change log
Fixed incompatibility with the Air 2S and the latest firmware (October 27, 2022)
Now with the mini, mini2 and mini SE the load mode (propeller cage) is automatically disabled when needed (most of the app functions require it to be disabled)
Maven 3.11.5 – change log
This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements:
Fixed an issue that prevented WiFi-only iPads from showing drone distance
Fixed an issue that prevented the map from working correctly when a drone was connected but had not yet locked onto the GPS satellites
Fixed an issue that prevented the exposure lock button from being visible on some devices
Reduced the size of augmented reality trackers
Reduced CPU load when using virtual stick missions and when using virtual geofences, optimizing processes and eliminating unnecessary ones
This update does not contain new features, but we believe it is important that all existing ones should work at their best, and there is always room for improvement.
I leave you with a video of a test done with this latest version of Maven running on an old iPhone 5S
This update is focused on supporting new drones -DJI Mini 2 -DJI Air 2S -DJI Mini SE
All functions of the app are available with the new drones
Added on-screen Exposure Lock Button
Small bug fix and performance improvements
For sure this is the most anticipated update ever, Mini 2 owners are so many! and this puts us in front of a huge amount of new potential customers that we already welcome.
We are really excited about this update but it doesn’t stop us from working on future developments right now.
I invite all new customers to watch this video to get a small preview of the potential of the app, and then visit the tutorial section of the site.
If you are new to Maven, I inform you that there is a group on FB where to discuss, exchange information and useful tricks on how to use Maven or simply share your own videos made with Maven. https://www.facebook.com/groups/938321600163115/
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
This marks the beginning of an exciting journey, and I can’t wait to see where it takes us.
Legacy Maven App (iOS) Update:
Maven Lite Farewell:
Refining Maven EVO
Mission Planner Expansion
Grid Mission Tools
KMZ Export
