Govee may be a name that we are familiar with when we talk about the best intelligent light bulbs on the market, but the company has gone something different with the GOVEE GAMING PIXEL Light: it is a customizable bank of LEDs packed with functions.
You can show the pixel light the time, the weather forecast, the doodles that you have drawn yourself, or one of the many preset animations that are delivered with the app -cover everything from retro games to natural scenes. You get full control over the screen.
Sound effects and melodies can be layered on the top of an even more impressive effect. It's a simple idea, but it's really good and I spent a few weeks to test the smaller Govee Gaming Pixel Light: Find out what I thought in the full rating below.
Govee Gaming Pixel Light Review: Price and Availability
The Govee Gaming Pixel Light can now be bought and you have two sizes to choose from: a square panel with 32 x 32 pixels and a wider plate with 52 x 32 pixels. Both models have the same 3W audio driver on board and are otherwise similar in terms of design.
You should lead the widgets embedded on this page directly at the best prices for the gaming pixel light of the Govee Gaming pixel. At the time of the letter, however, they pay around £ 100 /120 US dollars for the small version and around 140 US dollars for the larger ones (which is not started in Great Britain from writing).
If you are in the UK, you can pick up the 32 x 32 pixel pixel light directly or from individual dealers from third-party providers including Amazon.
Govee Gaming Pixel Light Review: Design and Setup
As already mentioned, there are two sizes, from which it is about the selection when it comes to the gaming pixel light of the Govee -Gaming pixel, and I check the smaller model here. Apart from the different number of pixels, the two models are more or less the same, with chunky borders and buttons at the top for adapting the volume, switching between the modes and switching on and off the display.
You can either put the gaming pixel on a stand or mount the wall and you will receive simple plastic fortifications for both in the box (and for screws). You don't necessarily have to use one of the two options if you have a better idea to support the display – the power cable connects the back.
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It is a full power cable: I expected half of the USB current to be carried out. This would be practical to connect it with laptops and desktops, but you need a separate electricity tests. If you have already overcrowded a room with devices, this could be a problem.
The design of the Govee Gaming Pixel Light is not exactly ugly, but it is not slim either. You definitely notice these chunky, jagged boundaries that consist of thick plastic and make the panel look like a dashboard that a general of the army could knock on in an action film from the 1990s – you have the idea.
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It doesn't matter to me, and most of the focus is on the ad itself. Setup could not really be easier and is treated via the usual Govee Home app for Android and iOS: You only have to spend a few seconds in the app, and it will recognize your new smart light device and connect it to Wi-Fi.
The on-screen symbols that the Govee Gaming Pixel Light uses are a nice gesture for the volume cone, Wi-Fi access, etc. They make the device feel a little more independent, although they mainly rely on the app to check it. Communication between the app and the device is also quick and smooth, without being a real delay when changing the views.
Govee Gaming Pixel Light Review: Functions and performance
Credit to Govee to pack many scenes in the Govee Home -app for the Govee Gaming Pixel Light: There are over 260 different scenes that can be selected from here in 15 different categories. These categories include art, games, sports, natural, emoji and sights, so there is a lot of choice.
Some of the scenes that I have returned to my tests were the gaming, the racing cars and flying spaceships and the category of art – in which they have everything from Mona Lisa from Da Vinci to Starry Night from van Gogh and did everything very well. Each work of art has subtle animation, although the games are more moving.
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The preset scenes are just the beginning. Here there is a AI function with which you can describe a picture you want to see and have the app created, and you can also upload your own gifs to apply it to the frame. If you prefer it, you can create your own works of art and animation pixels by pixel, even though it takes some time, effort and practice.
Despite the setups, the compilation of which takes more time, everything is treated intuitively in the app. They can quickly jump between their chosen scenes and even be bored with the same loop animation between a selection.
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I found less worth less in some other modes, including those who react to their music: there is an integrated microphone on the panel. In theory, it should be able to show a dynamic colors and shapes based on what is played in the local environment. When I tried the music modes, audio and visuals didn't seem to link so well.
The AI mode is known when you have ever tried to generate AI art: you give it a prompt (like “a tree in the field”), and the app comes back with something that vaguely resembles what you have described. It is another option for creating visuals, but the results were not particularly good, and the Govee AI bot is not yet quite the chatt levels.
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As always, the Govee Home app is polished and reliable. If you already have some Govee lights at home, you can simply use the same app. The adaptation options are very similar for the Govee Mini Panel Lights, which I recently checked. Only here is everything on a smaller scale.
Here, too, there is Google Home and Amazon Alexa support when you add some basic voice controls or want to bind the light into a wider Smart Home -Ecosystem (practical to ensure that the light does not always go around the clock, for example).
Govee Gaming Pixel Light Review: judgment
Govee is not the first to get out with an 8-bit retro-LED display like this, but it may have done the best so far-and also one of the most expensive. You can get similar types of displays for much less, but after you have tested the device for a few weeks, I would say that the Govee Gaming Pixel Light does enough to justify the higher costs.
At first it is well built and solidly compiled. The chunky environment of the display will not be for the taste of everyone, and I think I would prefer something more minimal, but the aesthetics here has its attraction in a kind of retro game type. And the focus is really on the lights anyway.
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I cannot imagine that someone has complaints about the variety of scenes and modes that they can choose from here – there is something for everyone and for every mood. GOVEE has clearly enabled a lot of work to ensure that there is a lot to choose from, and then of course you can also add your own creations.
While I can see the novelty of the GOVEE GAMING PIXEL Light for some people, I think that it is a fantastic little desktop accessory that for every setup, play or in other ways a good hint of old school coolness-and with the clock and weather functions also offers some useful functions for your desk.
Govee Gaming Pixel Light Review: Alternatives to take into account
If you want to lighten your gaming setup, the Gove Mini Panel -Lights in this category are another appealing option. They cost approximately the same as the Govee Gaming Pixel Light, but instead of small pixels, you get individual panels that you can stick together as required – and build up all possible wonderful intelligent light creations on your walls.
When it comes to funky, colorful lighting that goes beyond its standard -Smart glow bulbs, the Nanoleaf -PC screen mirror -light strip is also worth a look. Set the strip behind your desktop display and automatically change its color and brightness to correspond to what happens in your games. It is also quite cheap – yours for only £ 39.99 / $ 49.99.