When the X4 was released, it brought a nicely revamped menu system. The X5 does the same, which means — currently — some of the Insta360 tutorial videos (such as how to pair the GPS Action Remote) are useless since they show menu options that do not exist on the X5.

Here are the top level menus.

Screen 1

There are far, far fewer icons on the X5. Currently, you get six, then some new larger buttons.

Screen 2

Swiping to the next screen shows some more large “buttons.” This reminds me of the control panels found on smartphones.

Screen 3

The third screen also uses the “big button” style. Bluetooth is where you go for Remotes (no dedicated button) as well as pairing microphones, for example.

Audio settings

The audio settings has some new options — including one none of the pre-release YouTubers knew about: Dual-track radio. Insta360 released a small wireless microphone, and apparently the X5 will let you sync two microphones to the camera. Was this possible with earlier X cameras?

There are more small changes, but I’ll let the YouTubers do the 55 minute deep-dive videos on the menu system ;-)

More to come…