I'm developing an iOS app that uses Apple's DockKit framework to control gimbals. I've tested with the Insta360 Flow 2 Pro and the DJI Osmo Mobile 8.
The Flow 2 Pro supports all DockKit motor control APIs — setAngularVelocity, setOrientation, setLimits — which lets my app do manual pan/tilt control via a virtual joystick.
The Osmo Mobile 8 (model DS308, firmware 1.0.0) connects fine via DockKit and reports as docked, but every motor control API fails with "The device doesn't support the requested operation":
- setAngularVelocity — fails
- setOrientation(relative: true) — fails
- setLimits — fails
The only thing that works is Apple's system tracking (setSystemTrackingEnabled(true)) for automatic face/body following.
This means there's no way for third-party apps to do manual gimbal control (pan/tilt via joystick) on the Osmo 8 through DockKit — only automatic tracking works.
Questions:
- Is anyone else seeing the same limitation with the Osmo 8 and DockKit?
- Has DJI confirmed whether manual motor control via DockKit is intentionally unsupported, or is this a firmware issue that might be addressed in an update?
- Does the DJI Mimo app use DockKit for its tracking, or does it use a proprietary Bluetooth protocol?
Running iOS 26.4 on iPhone 15 Pro. Happy to share more technical details if helpful.
