Insta360's Ace Pro 3 cleared the FCC with a 2250 mAh battery. The 1-inch sensor and 8K are still leaks. Each claim graded, plus who should buy now.
Insta360 hasn't announced the Ace Pro 3, so most of what you've read about it is a rumor. One part is on paper: an FCC filing granted to Insta360's parent company Arashi Vision on 29 September 2026 names the camera and, according to the label data reported by The New Camera, lists a 2250 mAh, 8.71 Wh battery. The 1-inch 50MP sensor, 8K and the $549-599 price come from leaks and estimates, and Insta360 has confirmed none of them.
Black Friday deals on the Ace Pro 2 and the DJI Osmo Action 6 are already live, so you've got a real decision this month. We checked each claim against the filing and against Insta360's own Ace Pro 2 spec sheet, and one thing stood out: the rumored video modes are the ones the Ace Pro 2 already has.
A radio filing exists to show the transmitters are legal. It names the device and lists frequencies, and that's most of it. Insta360 asked the FCC to keep the manual, internal and external photos and the package label private until 29 March 2027, which is a confidentiality deadline and says nothing about the launch.
| Item | What the filing shows | How sure |
|---|---|---|
| Device name | Insta360 Ace Pro 3 | On the public FCC record |
| Applicant and date | Arashi Vision Inc., final action 29 September 2026 | On the public FCC record |
| Radios | Wi-Fi 2412-2462 MHz and 5745-5825 MHz, Bluetooth 2402-2480 MHz | On the public FCC record |
| Battery | 3.87 V, 2250 mAh, 8.71 Wh; charging input 5 V 3 A or 5-11 V 5 A max | From the ID label, as transcribed by The New Camera |
| Sensor, lens, video modes | Nothing | Radio filings don't cover imaging |
| Photos and manual | Held back until 29 March 2027 | On the public FCC record |
Compare watt-hours rather than mAh, because the mAh number depends on the cell voltage. Insta360 publishes 1800 mAh for the Ace Pro 2 but no Wh figure. If it uses the same 3.87 V nominal voltage, it holds about 6.97 Wh.
| Camera | mAh | Wh | Official runtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Pro 3 (FCC label) | 2250 | 8.71 | Not published |
| Ace Pro 2 (Insta360) | 1800 | about 6.97 (our estimate at 3.87 V) | 180 min, 1080p24, Active HDR off, endurance mode |
| Osmo Action 6 (DJI) | 1950 | 7.5 | 240 min, 1080p24, lab test |
That's about 25% more energy than the Ace Pro 2 and 16% more than the Action 6's battery. Don't turn that into 25% more recording time yet. A bigger sensor and faster processing usually draw more power, and the two runtime figures doing the rounds ("up to 200 minutes" of 4K, and a leaked screen showing 2 h 59 min left) don't say which mode or resolution they refer to. Keep the 8.71 Wh in mind if you fly a lot: it's far below the 100 Wh airline threshold we covered in our V-mount battery guide, so spares go in your cabin bag with no airline approval needed.
Our grades: confirmed means a document, likely means more than one independent report, weak means one origin with no named source.
| Claim | Where it started | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Name, radios, 29 September grant | FCC database | Confirmed |
| 2250 mAh / 8.71 Wh battery | FCC ID label, via The New Camera (15 Oct) | Confirmed on the label, not seen by us |
| 1-inch 50MP Leica-tuned sensor | IT Home in August, relayed by TechNode; no named source | Weak |
| 8K30, 10-bit 4K120, 1080p240 | Same August report | Weak, and the Ace Pro 2 already does these frame rates |
| Octagonal lens ring, black and white versions, full-colour front screen | Images posted by Quadro_News (Igor Bogdanov), 31 Oct to 3 Nov | Weak: RedShark and Skeg suspect a render |
| 16 m waterproof without a case | RedShark's rumor round-up, no source given | Weak |
| f/2.8 lens, dual-lens "Ultra" version, global shutter | RedShark's round-up, listed as rumors | Weak |
| About 185 g | RedShark's round-up | Weak |
| $549-599 | Daily Camera News and The New Camera, labelled as estimates | No data |
| November launch | FCC-to-launch gaps on earlier Insta360 cameras | Educated guess |
Skeg spotted "SUPER-ELPRO-A 14 ASPH" printed on the lens ring in the leaked images. The Ace Pro 2's lens is sold as a Leica Summarit, so if the photos are real, Insta360 has changed the lens too. That's a detail a renderer could also invent, which is why we haven't graded it higher.
The rumored frame rates match Insta360's own Ace Pro 2 spec sheet line for line.
| Ace Pro 2 (official) | Ace Pro 3 (rumor) | Osmo Action 6 (official) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor | 1/1.3-inch, 50MP | 1-inch, 50MP | 1/1.1-inch square |
| Aperture | f/2.6, 13 mm equivalent | around f/2.8 | f/2.0 to f/4.0 variable |
| 8K | 7680 × 4320 at 24/25/30p | 8K30 | 7680 × 4320 at 24/25/30p |
| 4K slow motion | 120/100p (16:9) | 120p, 10-bit | 120/100p |
| 1080p | up to 240p | 240p | up to 240p |
| Max bitrate | 180 Mbps, H.264/H.265 | Not reported | 120 Mbps, H.265 |
| Log | I-Log | "a log profile" | D-Log M |
| Waterproof, no case | 12 m | 16 m | 20 m |
| Weight | 182 g | about 185 g | 149 g |
| Battery | 1800 mAh | 2250 mAh (FCC) | 1950 mAh, 7.5 Wh |
On current evidence you'd be waiting for an Ace Pro 2 with a bigger sensor and a bigger battery, which can still be worth it. The Ace Pro 2's 8K uses 7680 of the sensor's 8192 pixels across. Any 50MP sensor lands somewhere between 8,200 and 8,700 pixels wide depending on its shape, so 8K on the Ace Pro 3 would still read most of the chip. Rolling shutter will depend on how fast that larger chip reads out, and nobody has measured it.
Less than the jump from "1/1.3" to "1" suggests. Sensor type names are old tube sizes, rounded by each maker, so the numbers below are nominal.
| Sensor | Approx. size | Area | Against Ace Pro 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1.3-inch, 4:3 (Ace Pro 2) | 9.8 × 7.4 mm | about 72 mm² | baseline |
| 1-inch, 4:3 crop | 11.7 × 8.8 mm | about 103 mm² | 1.4×, about half a stop |
| 1-inch, full 3:2 | 13.2 × 8.8 mm | about 116 mm² | 1.6×, about two thirds of a stop |
Half a stop to two thirds of a stop is noticeable at dusk or indoors. If the f/2.8 rumor is right, the slower lens takes back about a fifth of a stop against the Ace Pro 2's f/2.6. Insta360's noise reduction and its log profile will matter as much as the silicon, and you'll only know once someone posts night footage.
The FCC grant matters most if you're in the US. Insta360 has it, so an Ace Pro 3 can be sold there through normal channels. DJI is in the opposite spot: since the FCC's December 2025 action, new DJI products can't get the authorization they need, and DJI didn't sell the Action 6 through its own US channels, as we explained in our Osmo Action 7 rumor check. For an American buyer, the Ace Pro 3 would be the newest flagship action camera you can buy from the maker.
In Europe both brands sell through their own stores, so it comes down to price and features.
| Camera | Euro | Sterling | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Pro 2, Standard Bundle | 399€ on Insta360's German store, against 469.99€ list (listing not dated) | £389.99 at launch; Digital Camera World has reported deals at £279 | $399.99 at launch |
| Osmo Action 6, Standard Combo | 379€ on DJI's German store, against 436€ | £379 at Argos (29 October) | Not sold by DJI |
| Ace Pro 3 | Unknown | Unknown | $549-599 estimate, no source |
| You... | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shoot mostly in daylight and want a deal now | Ace Pro 2 or Action 6 at Black Friday prices | The rumored frame rates add nothing over what these already record |
| Shoot night rides, indoor sports or dim travel scenes | Wait for samples | The 1-inch sensor is the one upgrade that would change your footage |
| Live in the US and want a new flagship from the maker | Wait | The Ace Pro 3 has its FCC grant; a new DJI camera can't get one today |
| Want the lightest body or the deepest dive without a case | Osmo Action 6 | 149 g and 20 m, against 182 g and 12 m on the Ace Pro 2, and the rumor says 16 m for the Ace Pro 3 |
| Record long takes on one battery | Wait, then check real tests | 8.71 Wh is the most of the three, but power draw is unknown |
If you go with DJI, our D-Log M vs HLG guide covers which profile to pick on the Action 6, and the DJI Mic 3 article explains why the Action 6 still saves 16-bit audio.
No. As of 9 November 2026 there's no announcement or teaser. The camera's name appears in an FCC filing granted to Arashi Vision, Insta360's parent company, on 29 September 2026.
Insta360 hasn't given one. The Ace Pro launched in November 2023 and the Ace Pro 2 in October 2024, a day after its FCC grant according to RedShark. Six weeks have passed since the Ace Pro 3 grant, so November is possible but unconfirmed.
The FCC label data reported by The New Camera lists 3.87 V, 2250 mAh and 8.71 Wh. The Ace Pro 2 has 1800 mAh, so that's about 25% more capacity. Insta360 hasn't published a runtime.
That's the rumor, from a Chinese report in August 2026 with no named source. Insta360 hasn't confirmed it, and the FCC filing doesn't cover imaging hardware.
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