Doesn’t 8K sound better than 4K? Dreame, a company mostly known for smart home gadgets like its robot vacuums (even some with tank tread exoskeletons for climbing stairs), is coming at you with a miniaturized action camera with a touted 8K shooting ability. It’s one way to make a statement in a crowded field, but you should be watching Dreame as it attempts to hit DJI where it hurts after the drone maker was mauled by U.S. regulators.

Dreame waited until after CES 2026 to offer the full details for its $440 Leaptic Cube, an action camera that borrows heavily from fellow Chinese brand DJI with its Osmo Nano and—to a lesser extent—the Insta360 Go Ultra. The Cube includes a main body with a screen plus a magnetic attachment point. Yes, that means this can turn into a fridge spy cam. That, or you can buy or craft your own custom mount for slapping the camera onto a bike helmet or your cat’s collar to turn either you or your feline friend into an 8K action star.

DJI’s and Insta360’s mobile cameras both only support 4K at 60 fps recording. The Leaptic Cube can hit 8K at the same frame rate. However, the true highlight is how the camera claims to do 4K at 60 fps with HDR and even also record in 4K at 120 fps for slow-motion footage. Whether the resulting video will still look good will depend less on pixel counts and more on the camera specs. Dreame went with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, the same size as the Osmo Nano. It uses a 155-degree, f/2.8 wide-angle lens to capture more of your surroundings.

Having the ability to shoot in 8K will let you crop more of your surroundings when you take your footage into a video editor. The camera also supports 10-bit P-Log capture, which will help with color accuracy. The Leaptic Cube also has a handy 64GB of built-in storage, though if you spend $460, you can get it with 128GB. Either way, you’ll likely want to get a microSD card, which is housed inside the screen mount portion.

Even though the Leaptic Cube promises to take shots at 50 megapixels, no action camera has proven it can capture the kinds of video a pro-level smartphone can. The benefit of an action camera is portability and a rugged chassis that can take a beating in harsh weather conditions. The standalone camera should be able to get 1.5 hours of runtime with the basic battery, though Dreame promises one of two expansion docks (there’s one with a screen and another without) should improve longevity.

Why is Dreame selling an action camera?

Dreame is yet another company that seems to be going all-out on—well—everything. It spent CES showing off its smart home products, including new refrigerators, washers, and air purifiers, plus a whole new series of Aura mini LED 4K TVs. DJI, on the other hand, is also getting into smart home tech with its own robot vacuum.

Dreame is also trying to promote an “AI Laundry Care Robot.” This device appears to be a large robovac with a massive, crane-like arm sticking out from the middle and a claw-like mandible it uses to pick up clothes. Dreame claims the robovac uses “AI and precision robotic arms” to organize fabrics in your washing machine. We didn’t get to see this in person, though considering the poor state of affairs for home robots at CES, perhaps it’s best the machine stays in the lab until it’s fully cooked.

The China-based company is in a position to fill the hole left by DJI and other Chinese mega-brands like Xiaomi in the U.S. market. DJI has suffered from U.S. government sanctions. Specifically, the Federal Communications Commission has barred DJI and other Chinese drone makers from importing new drones to the U.S. That doesn’t mean all the company’s products are being denied entry. Any of the company’s previous drone products are still available. However, all the consternation around drones has also barred the U.S. from accessing many other DJI products at launch. While the Osmo Nano wasn’t around in the U.S. at launch, you can now find the device on Amazon for $300.