New this year is also IPX8 water resistance that offers 10 meters of waterproofing without an underwater housing. There are still, however, two wide-angle lenses protruding off of this camera that bring me constant anxiety, but those lenses are to be expected with 360 cameras. These rails provide a much better grip than the smooth unibody design of the One X, and overall they make the camera feel more rugged and more like an action camera. Keeping the same basic rectangular shape, Insta360 refined the hardware with two new latched compartments for a battery, microSD card, and a USB-C port and textured rails that run around the outside of the camera. The Insta360 One X2 is available starting today for $429.99, about $30 more than the prior model. The X2 adds a full-color touchscreen, longer battery life, IPX8 water resistance, and even more AI-powered editing tools to its flagship consumer 360 camera.
So not only can you record immersive 360° video but you get the video stabilized. The ONE X features Insta360's FlowState digital image stabilization that compensates for shake captured in your videos and provides you with smoother footage.
You can also stitch the images in the Insta360 Studio software (downloadable for free for Mac/Windows), where you can exercise greater control over the stitching and other factors.
The full 360 image can be moved around at the swipe of your finger in the app so you can find the angle that you want to see, including behind where you stood when shooting the image. From the app, you can further share the 360 image to social media including YouTube and Facebook, as well as live stream it. With the images captured, you can transfer them over Wi-Fi to the companion 360 ONE app (downloadable for free for iOS/Android), and the app stitches them automatically into a single 360 image.
Two 200° lenses, accompanied by two built-in mics, capture your surrounding from all angles to a microSD card (sold separately). The Insta360 ONE X captures up to 5.7K resolution 360 video at 30 fps and 18MP photos. The Insta360 ONE X, a follow-up to the original Insta360 ONE, is Wi-Fi-enabled and capable of syncing to your iOS or Android device remotely, instead of having to be physically connected to your phone/tablet as is the case with the original.