That would be great if that were the case, but I do not believe that to be true. Do you have an authority or source to cite to for that? The proposed reg that I saw says:
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I. REMOTE IDENTIFICATION OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
Under the proposed rule, a person operating a UAS in the airspace of the United States would have to meet the remote identification requirements in one of three ways, depending upon the capabilities of the UAS, on or before the 36th month after the effective date of the final rule.
A. STANDARD REMOTE IDENTIFICATION UAS
For purposes of this proposed rule, a “standard remote identification UAS” is a UAS with remote identification equipment capable of
both: (1) Connecting to the internet and transmitting through that internet connection to a Remote ID USS; and (2)
broadcasting directly from the unmanned aircraft. Standard remote identification UAS are discussed further in section X.A.1 of this preamble. [Emphasis added]
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If your UAS does not meet this standard, your device is considered to have Limited Remote ID capabilities and the unmanned aircraft would be "designed to operate no more than 400 feet from the control station."
Under these definitions, I do not believe that my Spark, Mini, Air or Anafi would be permitted to operate without a firmware update that places an imposed, non-unlockable 400 foot geofence around the RC.
Absent qualifying as a Standard or Limited RID capable UAS, we'll be constrained to flying only within designated "drone parks."
(See
Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems)