RayNeo Air 4 Pro Offers Live HUD for Mini 5, Avata 2

Mini 5 Pro pilots who long complained about the lack of an official DJI goggle option now have a cheap, field-ready heads-up display option: the RayNeo Air 4 Pro plugs into the RC2 controller’s USB-C and pulls up a live feed in seconds, a March 1, 2026 report and a YouTube demo by the channel Just a Tech Guy showed. DroneXL documented the demo and reported that the setup “pull[s] up a live feed in seconds,” creating an immediate HUD for $249.

LinkedIn’s summary of the development packaged the headline specs bluntly: “The Development: The RayNeo Air 4 Pro, a pair of 76g AR glasses with a built-in virtual screen equivalent to a 201-inch display at a perceived distance, works as a heads-up display for the DJI Mini 5 Pro via a simple USB-C connection to the RC2 controller, no additional hardware required.” The company positioning is explicit: RayNeo’s $249 proposition sits roughly $250 below DJI Goggles 3, which is quoted at $499, and the glasses are small enough to “fit in a jacket pocket.”

The direct Mini 5 Pro workflow is straightforward and low friction. The RayNeo plugs into the USB-C port on the back of the glasses and the other end goes into the USB-C port at the bottom of the RC2 controller. DroneXL’s write-up quoted the demo: “That’s the entire setup. The screen comes up immediately, reported as super bright, with physical brightness buttons on the glasses frame. No pairing process. No app install.” One operational tradeoff is power: the glasses have no internal battery and “draw power directly from whatever they’re connected to,” a point DroneXL flagged as “worth noting that this pulls from the RC2’s battery, a real-world tradeoff for field flying.”

Pilots flying Avata 2 or any craft using the O4 Air Unit cannot plug the RayNeo directly into goggles output; LinkedIn labeled this the catch: “The Catch: For the DJI Avata 2 or any drone running the O4 Air Unit, you still need the physical goggles — the RayNeo workflow requires a phone as a middleman via the DJI Fly app's Share Live View feature.” DroneXL and the demo showed the steps: enable Share Live View in the goggles menu, open DJI Fly on a phone, connect the phone to the goggles’ live view, then plug the RayNeo into the phone via USB-C so the mirrored feed appears in the glasses.

Community reports fill in some user impressions but apply to older RayNeo models and must be kept distinct from Air 4 Pro claims. A Facebook poster wrote, “Just received my RayNeo Air 3S Pro Glasses. I can confirm that they are plug and play with the RC 2 controller and the mini 5 pro. These glasses have 1200 nits brightness. … Got these on Amazon with black Friday deal, regular $369 on sale $120 off. $249 same as the older versions.” John Elwood posted a first-flight update and a perceptual comparison: “First flight update : 11-22-2025. First flight completed with RayNeo Glasses,” and, comparing to a 55-inch TV, “I would say looking through the glasses flying the drone you’re looking at an equivalent of a 65 inch big screen television.”

Practical questions remain for racing pilots and field testers. A Reddit thread asked directly: “Does the video feed from the Mini 5 Pro controller pass through cleanly to the glasses (no lag or glitches)? Is the field-of-view / brightness / clarity good enough for flying outdoors / daylight use? Does using AR/XR glasses instead of a phone/tablet for the drone view offer good situational awareness (i.e. still able to see the real world around you) or is it more like FPV goggles (tunnel vision)? Any hassles with controls — e.g. tapping the screen on the controller while wearing the glasses? And — would you do it all over again?”

Measured latency from RC2 to the Air 4 Pro, a quantified nits rating for the Air 4 Pro, and RC2 battery draw when powering the glasses remain to be verified. For now, the Air 4 Pro offers Mini 5 Pro pilots an inexpensive, pocketable HUD option and an Avata 2 workaround that uses DJI Fly’s Share Live View to mirror goggles output through a phone. Instagram’s promotional line captured the claim plainly: “RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR Glasses Work With DJI Mini 5 Pro and Avata 2, Offering a $249 Alternative to DJI's $499 Goggles 3 ... WORKS WITH ANY DRONE!” Subsequent lab tests and measured flight trials will determine whether that promise holds for race-day, daylight, and endurance use.