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
Grounded not connected to a controller	Blue breathing
Grounded connected to a controller	Blue solid
Launching	Blue blinking
Inflight front orientation	Red solid
Inflight rear orientation	Green solid
Inflight obstacle avoidance reduced or off	Yellow solid
Returning not connected to a controller	Yellow blinking
Landing obstacle avoidance on	Blue blinking
Landing obstacle avoidance off	Yellow blinking
Emergency landing obstacle avoidance disabled	Red blinking
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

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)
Searching for a wireless network and connecting to Skydio Cloud (this should take 2-30 seconds)	Green breathing pattern
Connected to a wireless network	Green solid
Media is uploading	Green chasing pattern
Media sync complete	Green solid