Xtra Muse 2 targets U.S. creators as DJI Pocket 4 stays blocked

Xtra has found a narrow but valuable opening: U.S. creators who want a pocket gimbal camera and cannot legally buy DJI’s newest one. The company is dangling the Muse 2 and Muse 2 Pro with a giveaway limited to U.S. residents, while framing the line as part of its long-term American push after launching the original Muse in the United States in September 2025.

That pitch landed at the exact moment DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 was effectively locked out of the U.S. market over FCC authorization problems. The camera had been described as the first real casualty of the U.S. FCC ban in drone-industry coverage, even though the reported spec sheet read like a major leap for handheld creators: a 1-inch CMOS sensor, 4K video at 240 frames per second, 14 stops of dynamic range, 10-bit D-Log, ActiveTrack 7.0, Subject Lock Tracking, and gesture control. For creators who have been waiting on that class of device, the gap is real.

Xtra is not stepping into that gap as a clean alternative. The company has already faced serious questions about how original its product platform really is, after earlier reporting said a security consultant found heavy overlap between Xtra’s app and DJI code. That review pointed to 7,552 references to DJI’s LightCut app and even a reference to DJI’s Avinox e-bike system. The brand’s camera design has also drawn comparisons to DJI’s pocket lineup, with the Muse framed as looking strikingly close to the Osmo Pocket 3.

The market context has shifted again in Xtra’s favor. Tariffs were ruled unconstitutional earlier in 2026, which changed the logic for companies trying to price around import costs. At the same time, DJI was placed on a product and security audit list in late 2024, and that audit never happened despite repeated appeals in 2025. Xtra appears to be leaning less on tariff avoidance and more on DJI’s inability to sell certain products in the United States at all.

For now, the practical reality is simple. Only the original Xtra Muse was available, and Xtra had not given a purchase timeline for the Muse 2 or Muse 2 Pro. The company did, however, stage a Neon Carnival pop-up activation at Coachella in California on April 11, 2026, underlining how aggressively it was trying to plant its flag in the U.S. market. If DJI’s pocket camera remains blocked, look-alikes and substitutes will keep moving into the space, but the fight will be about access first and originality second.