I was able to connect easy enough through Wi-Fi. Controls take some practice but seem to work pretty well. The only problem is viewing photos through the app. It records video and takes photos but crashes as soon as you go to view them. You have to select them first and download them to your device in order to view them. A little annoying for the two step process. 8 year old was even able to fly it easy enough. Definitely fly outside though as inside it’s not as stable since airflow moves it around a lot.

I’ve owned this drone for 2 years now and didn’t want it. Not that big into drones. Tried to sell it and the guy said it wouldn’t fly. So I looked up these reviews on the app and saw how everyone said the app was basically broken these days. So I refunded the buyer bc I felt bad. I decided to try it myself just for kicks. Honestly I got everything to work. I was really impressed actually. My standards for drones may be different but I was happy with how it worked. I had expected it to not work at all lol. I don’t know if I would recommend it for drone enthusiasts tho but for my novice experience it was fine. Hope this helps. Just wanted to put my 2 cents on here bc I saw so many negative reviews on it. At one point it did tell me to connect the drone through the app but when I tabbed back into the app after connecting it wouldn’t work. After connecting I had to actually close and reboot the app and then it worked fine

Using my Xs on the latest iOS, Tello Firmware and app update. My Tello loses connection and hovers 9/10 when I finish a video. I’ve tested different bitrates and quality as well as short videos, deleting the app, factory resetting the Tello... just about everything I can. Ryze support chat told me it was possibly because the iPhone Xs and Xr aren’t technically supported but the X is. I’m sick of there being a break in communication almost every time I end a recording! Please update the app and resolve this or let folks know what the issue is, I could still return the Tello if this is a hardware compatibility issue. Other than this major issue(the main reason I bought it was for short videos) the drone is really great. Incredibly smooth flight, love the MFi controller support, great battery life for how well it performs, and the app works pretty well in most aspects.

I got it to take off but then it wouldn’t respond to anything I did on the app. It just drifted into the wall and sat there and wouldn’t respond to anything I did on the remote app on my phone. I caught it *without touching the propellers* and it stopped... I set it down and tried to take off again and it said the unit was overheating and it was shutting down... I took out the battery, let it sit and tried again with a fresh battery... It took of but then just drifted around aimlessly, would not respond to anything thing I selected on the app and ended up against a wall... I selected the landing option and it did nothing. I shut the app down a pulled it back up and it did nothing.... I ended up having to catch it with my hand *again without touching the propellers* and shutting it off by the button on the side... Drone is being retuned to Nebraska Furniture Mart for refund.