Litchi are committed to DJI unfortunately so will not develop an app for the
Evo 2.
Two glaring omissions are:
1. There is no ability to take still RAW or RAW + JPG in any of the Missions.
2. There is not the ability to record video in either the Rectangle or Polygon Missions instead of taking still images.
Both of the above are possible with DJI and Litchi and as such DJI has a big advantage.
Observations
When using either the Rectangle or Polygon Missions, at the end of a row there is some delay before the next row is started. The countdown timer stops during this period so it does not accurately reflect the remaining mission time. LitchI on the other hand does not waste any time and as such is more efficient when doing a mission with lots of rows. The time spent from one row ending and the next one starting needs to be shortened.
When doing a Waypoint Mission there needs to be the option in the Flyover to stop whilst a picture is taken. Currently the picture is taken whilst the craft is moving and if you have a slow shutter speed because you want to keep the ISO low then you can end up with an image that is not as sharp as it could be.
When taking still images in a Rectangle or Polygon Mission there needs to be the option to have the craft stop whilst the image is taken, for the same reason as above. This will add time to the mission but sometimes necessary to get the sharpest image.
I agree that 360 panoramas would be nice, but but my understanding is DJI have the patent on this, which clearly they have licensed to VC Technology (Litchi). It is therefore unlikely Autel will want to add this.
Desktop planning would be very nice with the ability to download to various tablets similar to Lichi Hub would be nice however that involves a great deal of work. As a stop gap or alternative the ability to plan on say an iPad Pro and airdrop the mission to say an iPhone. I assume Android has a similar capability.
On the hardware side, the Controller is ok but not great but what I do have an issue with, as I do with the Mavic Pro and Mavic 2 Controller, is the Mickey Mouse micro USB connector that was obviously designed with input from the Service Department to keep them in business. It should be a USB C.