KINO

Fly your Parrot Airborne MiniDrone.

A lightweight Android controller that talks to the drone over Bluetooth LE directly — so it still works on the 64-bit-only phones Parrot’s own app has left behind.

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What it does

Everything you need to get a MiniDrone in the air, and nothing you don’t.

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Full piloting HUD

A full-bleed cockpit laid out after the FreeFlight Mini flight screen, with two analogue sticks, take off / land, flat trim and a battery gauge.

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Direct BLE GATT

No Parrot SDK, no NDK, no bundled .so files. Kino speaks the Airborne protocol itself over Android’s own Bluetooth stack.

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Works on modern phones

Parrot’s legacy SDK ships 32-bit-only binaries that 64-bit devices cannot load. Kino has no such dependency.

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Pre-programmed flips

Arm a looping — front, back, left or right — then double-tap the cockpit to fly it, exactly as the Airborne user guide describes.

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Tunable sticks

Sensitivity, expo and inverted pitch shape stick travel on the phone, before it ever becomes a command.

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Nothing phones home

No ads, no analytics, no accounts, no data collection. The app does not even hold the internet permission.

Compatibility

Kino is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Parrot.

Supported drones
Parrot Airborne Night (Blaze, Swat, Maclane), Airborne Cargo (Mars, Travis) and Rolling Spider
Android version
8.0 (API 26) and above
Hardware needed
Bluetooth Low Energy, plus a physical MiniDrone — the app does nothing on its own
Permissions
Bluetooth scan and connect. On Android 11 and below the platform also demands a location permission before it will run any BLE scan; Kino never derives your location from it.

âš ī¸ Fly responsibly

A MiniDrone is a real aircraft with exposed rotors. Fly it in a clear space, away from people, animals and obstacles, and follow the rules that apply where you are. The Emergency control cuts the motors instantly — the drone will fall where it is. Kino is provided as-is, without warranty; you fly at your own risk.