Was out flying the drone in Point of interest mode yesterday.
Right around when the battery hit 30% I decided to call it quits and bring it in.
I found that the pause button only paused the autopilot mode but did not give me control of the drone.

At the same time the android app crashed again (complete garbage).

So in order to turn off auto pilot I had to wait for the app to start again so I could press the stop button.

Is there a way to cancel auto pilot from the RC controller?

Hello, if you have enabled "Multiple Flight Modes" on the app, then you can switch the RC to Sport mode to exit the POI.