I really liked the Rylo camera when I reviewed it a few months ago. The image quality is generally great, the app is slick, and the stabilization is phenomenal.
Unfortunately, it was only available for iOS. Well, if the headline wasn’t enough of a giveaway, that has now changed. The app has all the same functionality as the iOS app, but with some limitations on compatibility.
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Rylo
The Rylo is a small 360 camera, with a beautiful metal chassis, nice lenses, and decent hardware. The thing that really makes it stand out, though, is the software. The stabilization, for instance, is incredible. Probably the best of any 360 cameras. It’s almost like you’ve got the camera mounted to a gimbal it’s so steady.
Plus, there are cool editing features, like being able to create a flat 1080p video using the most interesting parts of your 360 video. This isn’t quite as simple as Insta360’s similar method, but it’s still pretty great.
The two downsides of the Rylo are the price, $500, and the lack of WiFi or Bluetooth. You need a specific cable to connect to your phone. It’s not proprietary, but it’s the kind of cable that perhaps only electronics stores will have. Lose it (as I did for about a month of my time with the Rylo), and you can only get your photos/videos by transferring them to a computer via a standard USB cable, or the SD card. It’s not a dealbreaker, but it is a bit cumbersome.
Another fault has now remedied since it's no longer iOS only...
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