DJI Osmo Pocket 4: Everything we know so far

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4's journey from "coming soon" to "coming this week" has been a long one, but it looks like the wait is almost over.

DJI's gimbal camera line has been an unlikely mainstay for professional and semi-professional creators since the original Pocket landed back in 2018. The Pocket 3 set a high bar with its 1-inch sensor, rotating display, and genuinely pocketable form factor. It has sold like hot cakes ever since it was released in 2023, and our long-term review of it remains one of our most popular recent features.

Its successor, the Pocket 4, has been dangling tantalizingly close to launch for several months now, and it looks like the wait is almost over.

As The New Camera reports, the most credible signal yet came when Colombian DJI authorized dealer DroneTechx kicked off a full Instagram marketing campaign on March 27. Warehouse photos have also surfaced showing large-volume pallets of boxes marked with the standard lithium-ion battery shipping classification at a DJI facility, consistent with an imminent global launch.

Add in dummy unit shipping labels from known DJI leaker Igor Bogdanov, and a hands-on prototype that appeared at a DJI-authorized retailer in Kuala Lumpur back in February, and you have what amounts to a fairly airtight case.

The current best guess for availability is April 20, 2026, which, coincidentally or not, lands slap bang in the middle of NAB week.

What to expect

You have to take all of the following with a pinch of salt until the announcement is official, but there are enough different rumors from different sources that you can triangulate the likely features with a fair degree of accuracy.

The core headline is that the Pocket 4 retains the 1-inch sensor from its predecessor, known for strong low-light performance, while adding 4K video at 120 fps and potential 6K recording capabilities. On paper, that's a meaningful step up in slow-motion flexibility without abandoning the sensor size that made the Pocket 3 a credible production tool.

Other highly likely specs include Active Track 7.0, 10-bit D-Log color grading, 2x lossless zoom, over 100 GB of built-in storage, and transfer speeds up to 800 MB/s. The last of these suggests that DJI has learned from the complaints about the lack of onboard storage that have dogged the line from the start. It’s also very good timing given that memory card prices are up at king’s ransom levels given the current, and worsening, shortage.

The biggest physical change looks set to be the weight. Leaks point to a 35% reduction — from 179 g down to around 116 g (6.3 oz to 4.1 oz) — alongside a built-in LED light, physical joystick controls, and a larger 1,545 mAh battery that promises around 200 minutes of recording time. The Pocket 3 was already light; if these figures hold, the Pocket 4 will be remarkably so and more capable to boot.

Pricing leaks suggest $499–$599 for the base model and $649–$749 for the Creator Combo, a potential modest step up from the Pocket 3's current $499 street price. (NB This seems to have returned to normal after peaking at $799 during the worst of the tariff impacts.)

Rumored Pro version

A Pocket 4 Pro is also apparently in the works, and has been delayed until May–June 2026 to avoid cannibalizing sales of the standard model. This is currently rumored to feature a dual-lens setup and Hasselblad color science, though any detail here remains a lot more speculative than for the standard device.

The Pro may not be made available in the US at all. The standard Pocket 4 secured FCC approval before DJI was added to its Covered List in December 2025. The Pro variant however has no FCC registration on record, meaning it is unlikely to reach US stores in any official capacity, even if it launches elsewhere.