- GoPro Max 2 now expected in 2025
- GoPro executives announced the news on an earnings call
- We hoped to see it before the end of 2024.
We've been waiting a long time for the GoPro Max 2, and it looks like we're going to have to wait a little longer: On the company's latest quarterly earnings call, CEO Nicholas Woodman announced that the 360-degree camera would arrive in 2025. .
GoPro originally told us the Max 2 device was “in the works” in September 2023, and then in May 2024 we got the estimate for a Q4 2024 release window, which pointed to an October appearance, November or December.
Now the GoPro Max 2 release date has been pushed back again, although we don't have much information about what happened. Last time the “development process” was blamed, so presumably it's taking much longer to finish this camera than GoPro initially estimated.
Let's not forget that the first GoPro Max was launched in October 2019, and our GoPro Max review will tell you that we were impressed with what it had to offer, and that means there's now been a wait of over five years for a successor. .
what to expect
To put this delay into perspective, since the GoPro Max first appeared, Insta360 has released four versions of its own 360-degree camera. The latest is this year's Insta360 X4 and as you can see in our Insta360 X4 review, it's a great camera.
Being able to match Insta360 will be a big challenge for GoPro. We haven't heard much about the GoPro Max 2 so far, other than that its release date has been pushed further and further back, but it will apparently come with an improved cooling solution.
There should also be some improvements in terms of video capture quality: the GoPro Max can record videos at resolutions up to 5.6k. The price should also be interesting, as the first model launched at a cost of $499.99 / £479.99 / AU$799.95.
We stand by Nicholas Woodman's previous comments that the 360-degree camera will be “worth the wait.” Maybe when it finally shows up, it'll be fantastic enough to make us forget about the delays we had along the way.
