What do the lights on Skydio X2 indicate?

The lights provide information about Skydio X2 status, orientation, and heading while on the ground and in flight. The lights are intended to communicate information and are not meant for illumination.

Quick Steps

To Enable RGB Navigation lights:

Step 1 - Select the Device settings menu
Step 2 - Select Drone settings
Step 3 - Select Lights
Step 4 - Toggle RGB enabled or disabled Enabled Red - two in front (framing camera) Green - two in the rear Blue - all lights during initialization Disabled lights will be blue during the initial boot sequence and will turn off when the drone is ready to fly

In-depth

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Function	Color and Pattern
Initial boot sequence	Blue radial blinking Click to expand
Grounded not connected to a controller	Blue breathing Click to expand
Grounded connected to a controller	Blue solid Click to expand
Launching	Blue blinking Click to expand
Inflight front orientation	Red solid Click to expand
Inflight rear orientation	Green solid Click to expand
Inflight obstacle avoidance reduced or off	Yellow solid Click to expand
Returning not connected to a controller	Yellow blinking Click to expand
Landing obstacle avoidance on	Blue blinking Click to expand
Landing obstacle avoidance off	Yellow blinking Click to expand
Emergency landing obstacle avoidance disabled	Red blinking Click to expand
Error occurred during the software update wait 10-20 minutes, and then restart the drone if the error state persists.	Blue blinking on opposing arms Click to expand

Landing

Obstacle Avoidance is enabled until X2 is ~10 ft (3 m) above the ground. At the 10 ft (3 m) threshold X2 will:

- briefly pause
- turn off obstacle avoidance
- continue to land (lights will flash yellow)

Skydio X2 Battery lights

While the battery is in a charging state, one of the four blue lights will pulse to represent the battery’s current charge level

Media Sync

If you have purchased and set up Media Sync (additional license required), your Skydio X2 will begin syncing media when connected to power.

Function	Color and Pattern
Media Sync triggered	Blue changes to green (this will happen once, then the lights will stay green) Click to expand
Searching for a wireless network and connecting to Skydio Cloud (this should take 2-30 seconds)	Green breathing pattern Click to expand
Connected to a wireless network	Green solid Click to expand
Media is uploading	Green chasing pattern Click to expand
Media sync complete	Green solid Click to expand