I took the SD2 out today to test some of the new features, I didn't plan to test a connection loss or a dead battery. RTH works exactly as advertised. As before, select if it returns to the phone or takeoff location, at that point the drone turns and climbs to the selected orientation and alt. and proceeds back. Tested that one multiple times at different speeds and orientations. I enabled narrowband and flew it up to 500', the forecast called for 13mph winds but it was obviously higher than that at ground level and more as it went up. I received some high wind warnings on the way up. I set the ceiling @500' which is higher than I've ever flown the drone. Mainly because I have trouble seeing it up that high plus and we often get strong winds out here. Despite the skydio's narrowband warning about the streamed video quality the phone's video was clear all the way up.
These are from the drone's camera.
No complaints with the update, it seems to do what they advertised. The updated battery indicator is nice, I'm sure others will find it useful, the green/yellow/red sectors give you a nice picture of the battery situation. I'd like to know more about the Narrowband and if it's used with the beacon, occasionally I'll lose a beacon connection, it'd be nice if this improved that.
Obviously SkyDio's consumer efforts are still moving forward.