DJI has launched its second-generation robot vacuum series, the ROMO 2, in two models — the ROMO P2 and ROMO A2 — bringing the drone maker's obstacle-detection expertise to floor cleaning alongside a new privacy feature called Local Data Mode. Both models keep the translucent design language of the original 2025 ROMO, and both can be ordered across Europe from September 2026 directly from DJI or select retailers, priced at €1,299 for the P2 (which includes a translucent base station) and €1,199 for the A2 (white base station). The headline addition isn't a cleaning spec at all: Local Data Mode, arriving from Q4 2026, is designed to cut the DJI Home app's connection to the internet so that photos and video captured by the robot's onboard cameras stay on the device rather than reaching DJI's servers — a direct response to the privacy concerns that have followed camera-equipped robot vacuums, and Chinese-made robotics more broadly, into people's homes. It lands only months after Roborock's own IFA 2026 lineup leaned the opposite way, adding more camera- and AI-driven features rather than a hard offline switch.
What does DJI's Local Data Mode actually switch off?
Enabling Local Data Mode severs the DJI Home app's internet connection for that device, which DJI says stops photos or video captured by the vacuum's cameras from reaching external servers. Separately from that mode, users can disable the robot's cameras and microphone outright, and DJI says any personal data already shared with the company can be deleted on request. The trade-off is that cloud-dependent features — remote viewing away from home, and presumably firmware or map updates that rely on DJI's servers — won't work while the mode is active, since the point of the feature is cutting the connection rather than just encrypting what passes over it.
How capable is the ROMO 2 at avoiding obstacles?
DJI says the ROMO 2 has "millimetre-level awareness of floor-level obstacles", letting it recognise and avoid cables or pet training pads as thin as 2mm, along with transparent obstacles like glass and mirrors that trip up many lidar-based robots. It can also generalise from past cleaning runs to avoid new obstacles it hasn't specifically been trained on, and a built-in light helps it spot dirt and obstacles in darker rooms. Beyond obstacle handling, the range uses a LiDAR-guided mopping arm with a 123-degree swing and suction rated up to 36,000Pa, with robot legs capable of stepping over ledges up to 8.5cm tall — specs aimed squarely at multi-room UK homes with thresholds and rugs rather than single-level flats.
Should UK buyers wait for a Home Assistant integration?
There's no confirmed native Home Assistant integration for the ROMO 2 at launch, which isn't unusual for a brand-new robot vacuum line — DJI's ROMO series is still young compared with established players such as Roborock, whose devices have benefited from years of community integration work. Anyone weighing the two brands head to head might find it useful to read our separate breakdown of Dreame vs Roborock integration quality as a proxy for how quickly a newer robot vacuum brand typically catches up. Buyers who specifically want local automation control alongside privacy features should treat Local Data Mode and Home Assistant compatibility as two separate questions: the former is DJI's own on-device toggle, arriving from Q4 2026, while the latter depends on whether community developers reverse-engineer the ROMO 2's local API once units are in the wild.
What does the DJI ROMO 2 cost and when can UK buyers order one?
The ROMO P2 is priced at €1,299 and the ROMO A2 at €1,199, with European ordering opening in September 2026 directly through DJI or selected retailers. DJI hasn't published separate GBP UK pricing at the time of writing, so buyers ordering from a euro-denominated listing should factor in currency conversion and import considerations rather than assuming a like-for-like price in pounds.
