Last year the Antigravity A1 showed up as the world’s first 8K 360 drone, and the only way to fly it was strapped into goggles with a motion controller in your fist. Super fun. Also super useless if you want to ride a bike at the same time. The new Antigravity A1 Follow Me Bundle fixes that by swapping the goggles for a Watch Remote and a Ring Remote, so the drone becomes your own little robot camera crew. Launch it from your hand, start pedaling, and it follows, films and dodges stuff while you just… live. Best part: the price of entry drops from $1,599 to $799.
What is in the box
The $799 bundle is the whole kit: the A1 drone, the Watch Remote, the Ring Remote, new Full-Coverage Propeller Guards, a High-Capacity Flight Battery (4,345 mAh), lens guards, spare props, a USB-C cable and a crossbody bag. Antigravity is incubated by Insta360, so the 360 stitching magic comes from people who have been doing this for a decade. The drone shoots 8K 360 at 30fps (or 5.2K at 60fps), which means you do not have to be perfectly centered while you ride. Reframe it later on your phone, export as a 9:16 reel or a wide 2.35:1 epic, done.
Your wrist is the controller now
The Watch Remote is the brains: a 1.72-inch touchscreen (44.7 g, per The Drone Girl) with a live view from the drone, launch and land, tracking modes and one-tap Sky Genie moves like Orbit, Fly Away and Ascend. It also has built-in GPS, which teams up with the drone’s visual tracking so it can keep a lock on you when a tree briefly gets in the way. Antigravity rates tracking up to about 22 mph, so road rides and trail runs are fair game. Raise a hand over your head with Wave to Track and it locks onto you.
The Ring Remote is basically one button on your finger, and it powers Drag-to-Fly. Hold the button, point at the drone, then move your arm and the A1 slides left, right, up or down to match. Twist your wrist in to pull it closer, out to push it back for the wide shot. Yes, you will look like a wizard. Engadget’s Mat Smith points out the “go higher” gesture feels a lot like a one-handed salute, so maybe practice in the backyard first.
The Verge crashed it three times (and that is kind of the review)
The Verge’s Sean Hollister, who calls the A1 the best beginner drone he has ever tried, took the Follow Me kit around his neighborhood on a kick scooter and came away “cautiously impressed” after three crashes. His warning list is worth reading before you buy: watch out for power lines, thin branches and the guy wires that hold up utility poles. He also hit a sluggish touchscreen, a drone that will not land in your hand unless you switch to manual, a tap-tap-tap routine to start tracking every time, a follow that stalled after he crested a high hill, and a habit of drifting out into the street or over the neighbor’s fence. The good news? None of the crashes crippled the drone, the watch plays back the last seconds before a crash so you can find it, and he watched the new guards let the A1 bounce off an obstacle and keep flying.
The Drone Girl had a calmer day: obstacle avoidance stopped the A1 short of a chain-link backstop and a pine tree. Her tip is to plan your landing early, because on low battery it will just sit down wherever it is.
Claimed specs
- Camera: 8K 360 at 30fps, 5.2K at 60fps, 4K at 100fps; 55 MP photos
- Flight time: up to 23 minutes with the High-Capacity Battery and guards (Antigravity’s windless lab test)
- Tracking: visual tracking plus GPS from the Watch Remote, up to 10 m/s (about 22 mph)
- Safety: omnidirectional obstacle avoidance, wrap-around prop guards, Return to Home that heads to where you are now
- Watch and Ring: IP67, 5+ hours of battery, USB-C charging
- Storage: 20 GB built in plus microSD up to 1 TB
- Weight: 351 g with guards fitted
Read this before you fly
That 351 g number matters. The A1 is famous for its 249 g weigh-in with the standard battery, but with the full guards fitted it is well over that line, so in the US you will need to register it with the FAA before flying it outdoors that way. The Drone Girl also saw shorter flights with the guards, which makes sense given the extra weight and drag. Antigravity says the kit is for outdoor flying and wants at least 2 meters of clearance overhead for takeoff. Engadget found the watch chunky and the ring’s Velcro strap delicate, so treat the jewelry gently.
Already own an A1? Do not buy a second drone
Existing owners can grab the Follow Me Accessory Kit instead: the Watch Remote, Ring Remote and guards for $339.99, and Antigravity knocks 20 percent off (down to $271.99) if you can prove you own the drone. The guards alone are $39.99. Per Engadget, the Follow Me kit also includes a bike mount for the watch and a USB-C charging grip for the ring. Get the Follow Me Accessory Kit from Antigravity.
GadgetKing take
This is the folding self-flying camera a lot of us wanted Skydio to build before it walked away from consumers. Ditching the goggles was the smart move: nobody should ride a bike blindfolded by an FPV headset, and halving the price makes the A1 an actual impulse-ish buy for riders, hikers and anyone tired of selfie sticks. The 360 capture is the secret weapon, because the drone does not have to nail the framing in the air. Is it perfect? Nope. Three crashes in one review says the autopilot is still learning about skinny wires and neighbors’ fences, and the touchscreen needs a firmware pep talk. But the guards seem to do their job, and the crash replay feature is the kind of thoughtful touch that makes us think the software will catch up. If you want your weekend rides filmed like a pro shoot without hiring a buddy with a drone, this is a seriously fun way to do it.
Where to get it
The Antigravity A1 Follow Me Bundle launched October 20, 2026 for $799. Buy the Antigravity A1 Follow Me Bundle on Amazon (listed at $799.99 and sold by authorized dealer EVO Gimbals at last check), or get it direct from Antigravity or at Best Buy.
Sources: The Verge, Engadget, The Drone Girl, Antigravity press release and Antigravity. Video: Josh Cycling.
More flying and follow-me cameras: the Mondo Robotics Beni follow-cam, the Insta360 X6 360 camera and, from the vault, the Skydio R1 autonomous flying camera.
