DJI to sell an ultra-compact Mavic Air drone for $799. We take it for a spin

Jefferson Graham has an exclusive first look at the new DJI Mavic Air, a smaller, lighter and less expensive version of the DJI Mavic Pro drone. Chinese drone powerhouse DJI offered us a first look at the latest, just announced Mavic Air, a sequel to 2016's Mavic Pro. The Mavic went on to become the best-selling consumer drone, with a $999 price tag. On Tuesday, DJI introduced the Air, which is about 40% smaller than the Pro, has a similar high quality camera that can shoot video in 4K resolution, a lower $799 price tag, and can do all sorts of cool flying tricks. Best of all, we've crashed drones many times, (it's part of the price of admission, and there are growing pains with flying these things) so we love this new Air obstacle avoidance feature.