![]() ![]() I would be most concerned about continued app support. The relatively low voltage and minimal physical interaction bode well for these lights physically lasting the long haul. The adhesive is likely to be the first thing to deteriorate, but replacements are easy, especially considering the smart mounting system these tiles use. The Govee Glide Hexa Light Panels come with a one-year limited warranty. Simon Sage / Digital Trends How long will it last? ![]() The Nanoleaf Hexagon Smarter Kit gives you severn tiles rather than 10, but it is also $200. That said, I had a much easier time installing the Govee panels than my Nanoleaf Canvas tiles. Their app is much better-designed, and their tie-in with the Matter home networking protocol makes them rather future-proof. Nanoleaf gets the credit for popularizing these kinds of wall-mounted light tiles. Apple HomeKit support is a major omission. While the app covers all the bases, it still tries way too hard to get users invested with its baked-in social network. The Govee Glide Hexa Light Panels are beautiful, easy to install, and offer a wealth of customizable animations. It’s a cumbersome solution that I wouldn’t bother to try. Unfortunately, Govee only enables that function by having a separately-sold camera mounted on top of your display which constantly scans what’s on screen. Having my whole living room’s Hue bulbs light up with whatever game or movie is on has been life-changing. I also would have liked to see an app for desktop PC sync like Hue and Nanoleaf offer. Apple’s iOS users deserve to have unified home lighting control across multiple brands just like Google Home and Alexa users enjoy with the Glide Hexa Light Panels. The biggest functional gap in my book is the lack of HomeKit support. In between those episodes, they’ll have to decide if it’s worth having something listening to them around the house, assuming they don’t have a smart speaker already. Most folks are only occasionally going to use the real-time audio sync. I’ve had privacy reservations with internet-connected microphones bundled with my lights in the past, and those reservations stand here too. The app lets you use your phone’s microphone too, but it’s not quite as effective. ![]() Everything beyond that is overkill.Īn in-line microphone allows for real-time syncing with music that looks great. The color wheel is perfectly adequate to handle the task of picking light colors, and the app lets you load your own photos in to scan for dominant schemes. How often do you wish your kitchen inspired the mood of Shrimp Meat? This sort of thing goes on for two dozen tabs, with over 10 images in each. For example, there’s an Ingredients tab that includes an image of Shrimp Meat, and a set of three colors that matches the image, which can then be activated on the Glide Hexa Light Panels. Here color sets are organized based on preloaded static images. As handy as that is, the selection process goes overboard in the Effects Lab. How often do you wish your kitchen inspired the mood of Shrimp Meat?Ī color wheel helps pick hues that are complementary in a handful of different ways. A range of automation options is available that let different Govee lights communicate with one another. Widgets are available on both iOS and Android, though it’s tricky getting them to do much more than a toggle off and on. Animation styles are varied and customizable. Digital Trends’ own Patrick Hearn had similar reservations with Govee’s app. Combined with a full in-app storefront, the experience becomes overwhelming for simple tasks. The app’s home screen is polluted with a rotation of banners promoting community events. You earn points for commenting on discussion threads and posting on their knock-off version of Instagram baked into the app. Govee pushes users to sign up for their “Savvy User” program, which gamifies engagement through an entire social channel built into the app. “Then some” defines the app in a lot of ways, to the point of bloatedness. Govee’s app is robust and offers the features you’d come to expect and then some. You don’t always want to go digging around the app. A physical on/off switch is built into the cable, which is definitely helpful. The brightness floor is still a little high for my liking, and transitions tend to get a little more jagged when on the lowest brightness setting. The RGBIC LED layout allows for fine individual control of colors along every edge, so you’re not just getting a single solid color in each panel. The Glide Hexa Light Panels provide a full range of color at an impressive level of brightness. Govee’s connectors weren’t only flexible, but also had enough slack to get creative if needed. ![]()
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