Android Tablet Recommendations for Litchi Mission Hub Bridge Compatibility?

Mad_Pup · June 7, 2026, 6:53am

Up until the point at which the video feedback from my iPad during flights with my Air 3 inexplicably degraded from a buttery smooth real-time view of the flight into a jarring slide-show that persists despite my setting the iPad to Airplane Mode, clearing all data caches, and disabling the “cache while recording” option, my Air 3 reigned as my all -time favorite drone.

Hoping to restore the smooth video feedback that I briefly enjoyed when I first flew the Air 3 with my older 32GB iPad, I even purchased a second iPad with storage capacity upgraded from 32GB to 128GB, only for the slide-show video feedback to resume with a vengeance after the first few Air 3 flights.

Perplexed as to why the Air 3’s video feedback started out just fine, but then reverted to that unusable slide-show on both of my iPads, I concluded that the Litchi Mission Hub and Mission Hub Bridge are optimized for Android devices. Before devoting all my efforts to flying the Air 3 with iPads, I had purchased a Galaxy Tab S7 FE specifically for the new Litchi Pilot app, which worked fine. The Galaxy Tab S7 FE came up short with DJI Fly, however, when it came to using the Litchi Mission Hub Bridge to import saved Litchi Hub waypoint missions into DJI Fly.

I posted a thread in this forum a couple of weeks ago, describing the error message that appeared each time I attempted to use the Hub Bridge to import waypoint missions into DJI Fly on this Galaxy Tab S7 FE, and the consensus at the time was that some Android devices are not compatible with the Litchi Mission Hub Bridge for reasons still under investigation.

Having given up on using either of my iPads to fly my Air 3 drone, while still clinging to the hope that the Air 3 will send a smooth video feed to a different Android device, I decided to ask in this forum if anyone would be kind enough to share the make and model of Android tablet that they use for flying DJI Fly drones, and which is compatible with the Litchi Mission Hub Bridge, such that Litchi waypoint missions can be imported into the Android device without the sort of error messages that have prevented me from using my Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE for flying the Air 3 on imported Litchi waypoint missions.

For 5 years before I bought my Air 3, my old 32GB iPad worked beautifully with the legacy Litchi app, with which my older Mavic drones covered well over 3 thousand miles, during which flawless video feedback never faltered once.

When I bought the Air 3, however, and found myself forced to use the clunky and CPU-hogging DJI Fly for the first time, a nightmare of error messages ensued, with the result that my Air 3, which otherwise checks all the boxes, now sits on a shelf gathering dust.

In summary, the question I have is whether any other DJI Fly drone owners could be kind enough to name the make and model of Android device that they have found to be compatible with the Litchi Mission Hub Bridge, such that the import of Litchi waypoint missions works without any snags. I’m an old geezer on a fixed income, yet my determination to use this Air3 drone is such that I am willing to buy a THIRD tablet in my quest to see a smooth video feed when I fly my Air 3 using DJI Fly, an app that I have grown to utterly loathe.

Any advice that can be offered regarding which Android device make and model I ought to buy would be appreciated. I grew to love the Air 3’s sporty performance and superb cameras during the brief time when the video feed was comparable to Litchi’s rock solid video feed, but if I fail to find the ideal Android device that allows Litchi waypoint missions to be imported using the Hub Brige, I will be left with no option but to sell the Air 3 and go back to using my Mavic 1 Pro and Mavic 2 Pro drones with Litchi.

Mad_Pup · June 11, 2026, 9:14am

Looking at used Android tablets on eBay, I noticed that only Samsung markets a tablet that has a larger 14-inch screen, as opposed to the 11-inch screen of virtually all other Android tablets I saw on sale.

The sporty flight characteristics and camera of my Air 3 make it a compelling addition to my fleet of older DJI quadcopters, despite the difficulties I have encountered in finding a tablet capable of displaying a smooth video feedback signal from the Air 3 when it is flown with DJI Fly.

So, in my role as official guinea pig for an ongoing experiment to determine the best Android tablet for use with the overly finicky DJI Fly platform, I will soon take delivery of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, whose specs I have copied above, along with those of my current Galaxy Tab S7 FE that failed to make the cut with DJI Fly.

When the S9 model shows up, I’ll revive this thread with what I hope will be good news for any Litchi Mission Hub Bridge users who intend to use Android devices for their DJI Fly adventures..

Mike_M · June 13, 2026, 1:54am

Curious what exact iPad model you are using. The storage size doesn’t matter it’s the chips processing power. I’ve only used iPads for over 6 years with all my drones for the DJI Fly app as well as Dronelink which is a resource intense app and I’ve never had any issues. I’m using an iPad 11 Pro 5th gen with the very powerful M4 chip which was released in May 2024. Apple has some of the most powerful mobile devices out there. I have flown Litchi and Dronelink conversions with my Air 3 and no problems at all. I’m guessing yours is an older iPad otherwise you should not be having issues. Just curious. Enjoy.

wesbarris · June 13, 2026, 2:33am

I use an iPad Mini 5th gen with no problems.

Mad_Pup · June 13, 2026, 8:48am

It is so odd that neither of my 7th Generation iPads produces a smooth video feedback signal from my Air 3, even after I deleted the large volume of cache data that DJI Fly generates during each flight. The purpose for that torrent of cached data churned out by DJI Fly with every drone flight, none of which is of any use to me, remains a suspicious mystery whose explanation only DJI would know.

For the past 5 years, my older 32GB iPad worked just fine with my fleet of Litchi-compatible drones, from the Phantom 3S to the Mavic 1 Pro, Mavic 2 Pro, and Air 1. Over more than 3,000 miles of Litchi waypoint missions flown by those older drones under Litchi’s reliable control, I never once saw an error message of any sort appear on the old iPad’s screen during Litchi missions.

All my woes began when I bought the Air 3 and discovered that it would never be compatible with Litchi, and could only be flown with DJI Fly. The stuttering slide-show video feedback signal did not start immediately when I first began using DJI Fly to operate the Air 3. It gradually became worse until footage of the drone’s progress could no longer be seen in real-time.

When I purchased a newer 7th-Generation iPad with 128GB, there was only a brief respite of video feedback normalcy before the DJI Fly slide-show resumed, to my dismay. This became the genesis of my speculation that perhaps both DJI Fly and the new Litchi Mission Hub Bridge were, by design, intended to be more compatible with Android devices than with IOS devices.

My second Samsung tablet purchase was the third tablet purchase I have made, all in a bid to find a device that will enable me to successfully copy Litchi waypoint missions using the Mission Hub Bridge, and then fly those missions with a smooth video feedback signal that does not degrade over time.

If my purchase of this newer Samsung tablet fails to address the file copy failure message that prevented me from flying Litchi waypoint missions using the first Samsung tablet I bought, I will finally throw in the towel and revert to my old but reliable Litchi-compatible drones, after selling off the Air 3, which, for a while at least, became my all-time favorite DJI drone.

Mike_M · June 13, 2026, 5:28pm

You didn’t say what actual model iPad you are using. The live video feed may have worked before but that doesn’t mean it will continue to work over time for many reasons particularly with an older device. Whether you get a newer Android OS device or an iPad it should be a modern hardware device if you want the best flying experience without issues. As I mentioned I have no issues flying my Air 3 with a DJI waypoints conversion on my iPad 11 Pro. Bottom line, if you get a newer more modern hardware device you should not have any issues. It would be unfortunate to get rid of the Air 3 which is a fantastic drone just because the device isn’t capable to run with smooth live feed. Pilots choice. Best of luck.

Mad_Pup · June 13, 2026, 7:08pm

Mike, this reminder that you also own an Air 3 that does work fine with an iPad 11 Pro is a good enough reason for me to shelve my impulse to get rid of my Air 3 due to the baffling smart device issues I have encountered with DJI Fly.

Both my IOS devices are 7th Generation iPad Mini tablets, of which one has a 32GB capacity, while the more recently acquired one has a 128GB capacity. It is perplexing that both of these iPad Minis worked perfectly with DJI Fly for the first few Air 3 flights, only to degenerate into that stuttering slide-show video feedback which never subsequently changed for the better, even after I deleted all the data caches I could find in DJI Fly and in the iPad.

While I await the delivery of another newer Samsung tablet to see if DJI Fly, when installed on that model, will be compatible with the Litchi Mission Hub Bridge, I will content myself flying my older Mavic drones with the ever-reliable Litchi app that has never once let me down nor required any troubleshooting.

If I could have one drone-related wish that could be granted, that wish would be for DJI to release an amended SDK for the Air 3 that would enable it to work with Litchi, rather than the ponderous and unstable DJI Fly app. If such a miracle ever came to pass, I would never have a reason to use DJI Fly in the future and would gladly delete it from all my devices.

Mike_M · June 14, 2026, 2:42pm

So it sounds like it’s an iPad Mini 7, with the A17 chip. If that’s the iPad then you have something else going on. I’d delete the DJI Fly app and reinstall it. Also make sure you don’t have a ton of other apps still running in the background on the iPad. Any Browsers, games, or any app. Buying a different device seems unnecessary but. You should have no issues at all with an iPad Mini 7. Good luck.