Following is our original article on FCC documents. Snap seems to be working on a drone called the Pixy, and the whole thing just leaked with a huge amount of detail, including photos and a seemingly incomplete user manual, published by the FCC. It’s small: the rulers in the photos show that the drone is about 130 millimeters wide and 120 millimeters high, which translates to about 5.1 inches by 4.7 inches. In a user manual, Snap describes the drone as “a small smart drone with camera and camera function”. The drone itself is a rounded rectangle in the characteristic Snap yellow hue with translucent orange propellers. There’s a knob at the top that seems to offer a bunch of different settings – it looks like a camera mode selector, up to the traditional “landscape mode” logo – and there seem to be cameras on the front as well as the bottom of the drone. We have included some of the photos below for you to see for yourself. Translucent orange propellers and USB-C port. Image via FCC There is only one large yellow button above what looks like a camera mode selector. Image via FCC It is not possible to determine the capacity of the battery here, but the archive separately says that it has a Package of 3.3 Wh, which looks quite small. Image via FCC Inside the drone Pixy. Image via FCC circuits inside.Image via FCC It has a USB-C port, possibly for charging, as well as a removable battery at the bottom. It is not clear how the battery is held, but it seems to have a latch with a button on one end. It operates at frequencies above 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, like most other drones (and Wi-Fi, for that matter – most cheap drones use only Wi-Fi), although there is a note that shorter 5 GHz bands intended for indoor use only. It also has Bluetooth, according to the deposit. Snap’s previous hardware products were glasses, but The Information reported in March 2021 that the company was stepping up efforts to build a drone.
