A phone holder that follows you around the room and keeps you in frame

Think of a Saturday afternoon at home. Someone wants to film a short cooking video for the family group, or a teacher wants to record a lesson while walking around the room, or a shop owner wants a clip of the new stock on display. The usual fix is to ask a cousin to hold the phone. The Osmo Mobile 8P is built to remove that cousin from the picture.

The idea is simple. You clamp your phone onto the DJI Osmo Mobile 8P, pick a subject in the DJI Mimo app, and the three-axis gimbal turns the phone to keep that subject in frame. According to Fone Arena's launch report, the tracking software, called ActiveTrack 8.0, is designed to cope with obstructions, crowded places and quick changes of direction, which is exactly what a festival or a market looks like. With the optional Multifunctional Module 2 attached, the gimbal can also follow general objects such as vehicles or landmarks, along with people and pets. That module has a built-in fill light with eight levels of brightness and colour temperature, handy for a dim room in the evening.

There is a second trick that matters for people who shoot alone. The kit includes the Osmo FrameTap, a small detachable magnetic remote with its own screen that mirrors what the phone camera sees. A joystick on it lets you pan, tilt and zoom without touching the phone, so you can check your framing from a few steps away. iPhone owners get one more convenience: with Apple DockKit support, the native tracking works inside the normal iOS camera app, without a third-party app.

Day to day, the gimbal weighs about 386 grams and has a built-in 215 mm extension rod and a fold-out tripod, so it can double as a selfie stick and a table stand. The source quotes up to 10 hours of use, and a USB-C port lets it charge your phone while you shoot. Shooting modes include a slow-shutter mode for light trails, a widescreen mode that records in 2.35:1, 360-degree spin while the subject stays locked, and a dynamic zoom effect.

On price, Fone Arena lists three combos in India: the Standard Combo at ₹13,990, the Advanced Tracking Combo with the module at ₹16,990, and the Creator Combo at ₹21,990 with a DJI microphone set added. Our tracked listing is the Standard Combo at ₹13,990 on Amazon India, against an MRP of ₹16,990.

The honest catch: the Standard Combo does not include the module, so following objects or vehicles, and the built-in fill light, need the Advanced Tracking Combo. The source is a launch report, not a long-term test, so how steady the tracking stays in a very crowded wedding hall is something to check in user reviews before buying. If you only shoot occasionally with someone helping, a normal tripod will do. If you often film yourself, a family member or a pet and want the phone to do the following, this is the kind of gadget that makes people say they did not know it existed.