How to Add Photos and Videos to Favourites on the DJI Neo 2
Peter Leslie
21 May 2026
If you want to ring-fence the keepers from a flight so they do not get lost in a long Album grid, the path on the DJI Neo 2 is one tap on the heart icon inside DJI Fly. Open the Album, tap into the clip you want, hit the heart, and that file now lives in the Favourites tab alongside everything else you have flagged on the DJI Neo 2.
Most drone pilots reach for Favourites after a long job when the Album is full of practice loops and a handful of usable shots, or before a client review when only the picks should sit at the top of the list. Either way the click path is the same — Album, find the clip, heart icon. Doing the same on a whole batch only takes one extra step, and that is Select.
Quick guide
To add photos and videos to Favourites on the DJI Neo 2, go to DJI Fly → Camera View → thumbnail below the shutter → Album → open the clip → heart icon. For a batch, tap Select in the top-right, tick the files, then tap the heart icon in the bottom toolbar.
Step-by-step: How to Add Photos and Videos to Favourites on the DJI Neo 2
Follow these top to bottom the first time, and you will know the path off by heart the second time.
Drop into the DJI Neo 2 camera view inside DJI Fly
With the DJI Neo 2 powered on and the remote controller connected to the phone, launch DJI Fly and tap Go Fly to enter the camera view. The live feed from the drone fills the screen and the shooting controls stack down the right-hand edge.
Tap the thumbnail icon just below the shutter button to open the Album
Look at the right-hand control column for the small thumbnail icon sat directly below the round shutter button. Tap it once to leave the live feed and open the Album. The Album is the in-app gallery that lists every photo and video on the DJI Neo 2 on-board storage.
Scroll the Album grid to find the photo or video you want to favourite
The Album opens on the last tab that was used. Tap All if you are not sure which media type you are after, then scroll the grid until the clip you want to keep is in view. Photos and videos both accept the heart action, so the path from here is identical either way.
Tap the thumbnail to open the file full-screen inside DJI Fly
Tap the thumbnail in the Album grid to open the file full-screen. A photo loads straight away; a video shows the playback overlay with the play button in the centre and a row of action icons along the bottom edge.
Tap the heart icon on the playback overlay to favourite the open file
Find the heart icon along the action row at the bottom of the full-screen view. Tap it once and the outline fills in to confirm the file has been added to Favourites. Tapping it a second time empties the heart and pulls the file back out of the Favourites tab.
Back out to the Album grid to favourite more than one file at a time
Tap the back arrow in the top-left to return to the Album grid. The single-file route is fine for a one-off, but if there are five or ten clips to flag it is faster to drop into selection mode and run a batch in one sweep.
Tap Select in the top-right corner of the Album to enter selection mode
Tap the Select link in the top-right corner of the Album. Empty tick circles appear in the corner of every thumbnail, and a new toolbar slides in along the bottom of the screen with the bulk actions for the selection — including the heart icon used for batch favouriting.
Tick the photos and videos you want to add to Favourites
Tap each thumbnail you want to flag. The tick circle fills in to confirm the file is part of the selection, and a counter along the bottom toolbar updates with the running total. Tap a ticked thumbnail a second time to drop it back out of the selection.
Tap the heart icon in the bottom toolbar to favourite the whole batch
With every file you want ticked, tap the heart icon in the bottom toolbar. The flag is written against the entire selection in one go, and the toolbar drops the count back to zero. There is no confirmation dialog because nothing is being deleted — only tagged.
Switch the Album to the Favourites tab to confirm the flag landed
Tap the Favourites tab along the top of the Album. Every file that now carries a filled heart sits in this view, and the rest of the gallery is filtered out. If a file you expected is missing, reopen it from the All tab and tap the heart again — a stray empty heart is usually the cause.
Peter's tip
I favourite the keepers on the spot the moment I land, not later at the desk. While the drone is still warm I scroll the Album in DJI Fly, hit the heart on the three or four clips I know are usable, and the Favourites tab then becomes my QuickTransfer shortlist for the drive home. The client preview is faster, the wipe later in the week is safer, and nothing usable ever gets buried under fifty practice loops.
Frequently asked questions
Does favouriting a file on the DJI Neo 2 stop it being deleted in a Batch Select wipe?
No. The heart icon is a tag, not a write-lock — a Batch Select inside the All tab still ticks every file including the favourited ones, and Delete will wipe them along with the rest. If the point of favouriting is to ring-fence the keepers, run the wipe from a tab other than Favourites and double-check the file count in the confirmation dialog before tapping Delete.
Where does the Favourites tab sit in the DJI Neo 2 Album?
The Favourites tab sits along the top tab strip of the Album, next to Photos, Videos, and All. Tap it to filter the grid down to just the files with a filled heart. The tab only populates once at least one file has been favourited — until then the grid is empty.
Can I unfavourite a photo or video on the DJI Neo 2 once it is marked?
Yes. Open the file full-screen and tap the heart icon a second time, and the fill clears. The clip drops back out of the Favourites tab the moment the heart empties — there is no confirmation dialog because nothing is being deleted, only re-tagged.
Does favouriting on the DJI Neo 2 also favourite the copy that already transferred to my phone?
No. The favourite flag lives on the file inside the DJI Neo 2 on-board storage and on the matching copy DJI Fly is showing you from the drone side of the Album. The phone Album under DJI Fly's own folder is a separate library, and the iOS or Android Photos app keeps its own favourite system that does not sync with DJI Fly.
Can I favourite a clip while it is still uploading via QuickTransfer on the DJI Neo 2?
Yes. Favouriting only writes a tag against the file, so it works while QuickTransfer is in flight in the background. The transfer keeps running and the heart flag is preserved on the drone-side copy. Just hold the phone close enough to the drone to keep the QuickTransfer link stable while the tag writes.
Why is the heart icon missing inside the Album on my DJI Neo 2?
Update DJI Fly to the latest version and reopen the Album. The Favourites system on the DJI Neo 2 ships with a recent DJI Fly release, and older installs only show the Photos, Videos, and All tabs without the heart action. If the update is in place and the icon is still missing, force-close DJI Fly, reopen it, and confirm the Album is showing the drone storage rather than the phone storage — Favourites only appears on the drone side.
How many photos and videos can I favourite on the DJI Neo 2?
There is no separate cap on Favourites — the heart flag is a tag against an existing file, so the limit is simply the on-board storage capacity of the DJI Neo 2. If you can fit the file on the drone, you can favourite it. The Favourites tab will scroll through as many flagged files as the storage is holding.
Favouriting on the DJI Neo 2 is a flight-day habit that pays back at the desk — flag the keepers in the air, filter the Album to Favourites at home, and the edit pile is already shortlisted before the SD card even comes off the drone.
If you are weighing up whether to favourite on the drone side or to let your phone Photos library do the same job after a QuickTransfer, drop the workflow details to peter@hiredronepilot.uk and I will come back to you directly. The video version of this walkthrough is on YouTube and the comments are open.
References
Primary source material for this article is the official DJI Neo 2 documentation and DJI Fly. External links open in a new tab.
- DJI Neo 2 — Downloads (User Manual, Quick Start Guide, firmware notes) · Album view behaviour, QuickTransfer flow, and on-board storage handling for the DJI Neo 2.
- DJI Neo 2 — Specifications (UK) · On-board storage capacity and supported media formats that populate the Album and Favourites tab.
- DJI Fly — App download and release notes · The app that hosts the Album, the Select toolbar, and the heart icon for Favourites. Release notes record any layout changes between app versions.
Peter Leslie
Founder & GVC Drone Pilot
Peter is the founder of HireDronePilot. With thousands of logged commercial flight hours, he writes about drone technology, commercial surveying tactics, and UK aviation compliance.
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