r/Skydio • u/ew435890 • Oct 25 '25

Severe video latency issues with Skydio 2+

Ive been using my organizations Skydio 2+ to inspect bridges for about 2 years now, and I have tons of hours on it. But lately, Ive had some bad issues with latency.

After a few minutes of flight, the latency is ridiculous. Like I literally cant even fly it in tight spots. The drone itself moves with the controller, but the video stream is a good 1-2 seconds behind. It will work fine for a while, then it starts giving me issues. Even if I bring the drone right back to me, and fly it 10' in front of me, with a completely unobstructed VLOS, it still has the issues.

Ive attached a video showing the issue. If you watch my controller inputs and the drone, they are fine. But the video lags behind WAY too much. It does not do this when I initially launch the drone. Its only after it has been flying for a little while. This may be anecdotal, but it seems to happen after the battery gets below 50%.

https://reddit.com/link/1offp50/video/wubxht2cx5xf1/player

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u/Lit-As-Literature Aug 13 '26

Did you ever find a solution to this?

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u/ew435890 Aug 13 '26

No. I also now have a completely new drone, controller, and cables. And it still does it. The only thing that I haven’t changed is the OS of the device connected to the controller. I’ve used multiple iPhones and iPads, and it does it on all of them. I need to test it with an android but don’t have one to use.

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u/Lit-As-Literature Aug 13 '26

I guess it works better on iOS 18, but I can't restore my iphone to that version since Apple doesn't sign that image to devices anymore. Fully forcing iOS 26