How to Open the Gallery on the DJI Neo 2
Peter Leslie
21 May 2026
Opening the gallery on the DJI Neo 2 is a single tap inside the camera view of DJI Fly — the small thumbnail icon sat directly below the shutter button drops the live feed and loads the Album. The Album is where every photo and video on the DJI Neo 2 on-board storage lives, with Photos, Videos and Favorites tabs along the top to filter the view.
Most drone pilots open the gallery to preview a take before packing the kit down, mark the keepers as Favorite so they survive a later batch wipe, or kick off a QuickTransfer to the phone before the battery dies. The click path is identical every time: camera view, thumbnail below the shutter, Album.
Quick guide
To open the gallery on the DJI Neo 2, go to DJI Fly → Go Fly → camera view → thumbnail icon below the shutter button → Album. Use the Photos, Videos and Favorites tabs at the top to filter the view, then tap any thumbnail for full-screen playback.
Step-by-step: How to Open the Gallery on the DJI Neo 2
Run through these the first time, and the next take-off has the Album one tap away from the live feed.
Power the DJI Neo 2 on and pair the remote with the phone
Press and release the power button on the DJI Neo 2, then long-press it once to bring the drone up. Switch the remote controller on and wait for DJI Fly on the phone to show the connection banner. The thumbnail icon that opens the Album only renders once the live feed is up, so the connection has to land first.
Launch DJI Fly and tap Go Fly to enter the camera view
Open DJI Fly on the phone. The home screen lists the connected drone and a large Go Fly button near the bottom. Tap Go Fly to drop into the camera view — the live feed from the DJI Neo 2 fills the screen and the shooting controls stack down the right-hand edge.
Find the small thumbnail icon directly below the shutter button
Look at the right-hand control column. The round shutter button sits roughly in the middle, with a small square thumbnail icon directly beneath it. The thumbnail usually previews the most recent capture on the DJI Neo 2, so the image inside the square changes from flight to flight.
Tap the thumbnail icon to open the Album
Tap the thumbnail icon once. The live feed slides away and the Album opens with a grid of every photo and video on the DJI Neo 2 on-board storage. Newer files sit at the top of the grid, and the file count in the top bar reflects whatever tab is currently active.
Use the tabs along the top to filter Photos, Videos or Favorites
Along the top of the Album sit the Photos, Videos and Favorites tabs, with an All view alongside them. Photos hides every video, Videos hides every still, and Favorites surfaces only the files that were tagged with the heart icon during preview. Use All when scrubbing a take and the file type is not certain.
Tap any thumbnail to preview the file full screen
Tap a thumbnail in the grid to open the file full screen. Videos start on the timeline scrubber, stills open as a single frame. The action row at the bottom carries the heart icon for marking Favorites, the download icon for pushing the file across to the phone via QuickTransfer, and the share sheet for handing the file straight to another app.
Back out to the camera view when you are done
Tap the back arrow in the top-left corner of the Album to return to the camera view. The live feed picks up where it left off and the thumbnail icon below the shutter refreshes to whichever file is now newest on the DJI Neo 2 on-board storage.
Peter's tip
I open the Album twice on every job — once between takes to mark Favorites on the keepers, and once back at the van to QuickTransfer them to the phone before the drone goes in the bag. Tagging Favorites in the field means a later Album wipe with Batch Select only ever nukes the throwaways, because the Favorites tab is the safety net for anything I have already promoted.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the thumbnail icon below the shutter button missing on my DJI Neo 2?
The thumbnail icon only renders inside the DJI Fly camera view once the DJI Neo 2 is powered on and the remote controller is paired with the phone. If the home screen or a disconnected camera view is up, the icon is not drawn at all. Power the drone on, confirm DJI Fly shows the connection banner, tap Go Fly to enter the live feed, then look directly below the round shutter button on the right-hand control column.
Does the gallery on the DJI Neo 2 show files from the phone as well as the drone?
The Album shows the on-board storage of the DJI Neo 2 by default, which is the gallery most drone pilots are after. Files already downloaded to the phone via QuickTransfer sit in the phone Album under the DJI Fly folder rather than inside the in-app gallery — the two libraries are independent. If a clip is missing from the in-app Album, check that the drone is connected and that the file has not already been pulled across and deleted from the drone.
What tabs sit along the top of the DJI Neo 2 gallery?
The Album opens with Photos, Videos and Favorites along the top, plus an All view that surfaces both file types together. Tapping Photos hides every video, tapping Videos hides every still, and Favorites only lists files that were tagged with the heart icon during preview. The All view is the one to use when looking for a clip and the file type is not certain.
Can I open the DJI Neo 2 gallery without flying the drone first?
Yes. The Album opens straight from the camera view in DJI Fly without ever taking off. Power the drone on indoors, pair the remote with the phone, tap Go Fly to enter the camera view, then tap the thumbnail icon below the shutter. The Album view is read-only on the drone side; opening it does not consume battery any faster than the standard camera view.
How do I get into the DJI Neo 2 gallery if the drone is not connected to the phone?
With no connection, tap the QuickTransfer or Wi-Fi Devices card on the DJI Fly home screen and follow the prompt to pair the phone directly with the DJI Neo 2 over Wi-Fi. Once the QuickTransfer session is live, the home screen reveals an Album entry pointing at the drone storage. The first pairing on a new phone needs a long-press of the DJI Neo 2 power button to confirm — after that the connection is one tap.
Why does the thumbnail icon on the DJI Neo 2 sometimes show a generic placeholder?
The thumbnail icon below the shutter mirrors the most recent file on the drone. A generic placeholder usually means the on-board storage has just been wiped, the drone has not captured anything yet on this firmware, or DJI Fly is still loading the frame. Tap the icon anyway — the Album opens regardless of what the thumbnail is showing, and the empty state inside the Album confirms whether the storage is genuinely empty or simply still indexing.
Is the gallery on the DJI Neo 2 the same place I download files to the phone from?
Yes. Once the Album is open, tap any thumbnail to preview it full screen and use the download icon to pull the file across to the phone Album. The DJI Neo 2 supports QuickTransfer for high-rate downloads, and the same Album view drives both the in-app preview and the transfer queue. There is no separate downloads screen — the gallery is the launch pad for every file action on the drone.
The gallery on the DJI Neo 2 is one tap away from the live feed — thumbnail below the shutter, Album open, Photos and Videos and Favorites all sat under the top tab strip. Once the path is muscle memory, previewing a take between flights stops being a chore and becomes part of the rhythm of the job.
If you are wrestling with a missing thumbnail icon or a stubborn QuickTransfer pairing, drop the 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 grid.
- DJI Fly — App download and release notes · The app that hosts the Album view, the Photos / Videos / Favorites tabs and the QuickTransfer download flow. 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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