I wasn’t a huge fan of the original Insta360 Go, as I found it very difficult to control.
However, the Go 2’s case will provide an additional 150 minutes of battery life. You get about 30 minutes of juice when recording 1440p stabilized video at 30 frames per second. Owing to its small size, the Insta360 Go 2 will last about half as long as some of the best action cameras, such as the GoPro Hero9. Other settings include stabilized video and horizon lock. There’s also standard settings for exposure, color temperature, contrast, and more. I especially liked that you can adjust the amount you want a filter to be applied. Despite the noisiness and lack of crispness in details, I was pleased with how the camera was able to pick up the reds and oranges of the setting sun, along with the deeper blues of the evening sky.
I shot a few videos with the Go 2, starting with a timelapse of me walking my dog at dusk. The resolution of the Insta360 Go 2 is slightly larger than that of the first-generation model, which had a 2720x2720 sensor that maxed out at 25 fps. It works to great effect in the company’s 360 cameras, and does so here, too. However, they’re exported as 1440p (2560 x 1440) to account for the electronic image stabilization, a feature that Insta360 calls FlowState. Impressively for a camera this small, the Insta360 Go 2 can record video at resolutions up to 2880 x 2880 and 30 fps. The all-white case that came with my review unit had a slightly grippy matte exterior a company rep said that the production version would be glossy, but I actually prefer the preproduction model, as it had a nice tactile feel.