Have a look at the below to see the gradient functionality in action with my own custom scheme. ![]() You can also choose to have the segments appear as hard blocks or gradients. If, for example, you want blues to look deep and dark, you might turn the relative brightness down on just those segments. Govee recently updated its app to allow relative brightness settings to further dial in brightness and color saturation. If none of those suit your fancy, each of the three segments on each bar can also be independently customized for totally custom lighting schemes. If that’s not enough, you’ll also be able to access and download community presets once more users get their hands on them and begin uploading. There are white options for leisure or using them as a night light. There are themed options for different moods, atmospheric options modeled after the desert and ocean, music reactive modes, animations that allow the lighting to streak across the beam, meet in the middle and bounce back, or streak. ![]() Inside the app, you can choose from a huge array of preset lighting options. The lights are bright and vibrant with nice flowing motion on the animated effects that aren’t deliberately stepped. As you can see in the picture above, when they’re all connected, the Glide wall light really looks like one single unit. That also means you won’t need to spend time with a physical remote. These lights connect over WiFi, which means they’re smart home compatible with Google Home or Amazon Alexa. Once they’re plugged in, they’ll immediately light up but you’ll want to head right to the Govee Home app to add them to your network. ![]() The power adapter plugs in just like a light strip segment and includes a small box close to the lights with a microphone to deliver its reactive effects. Just be sure that you orient them so you have an open port at the bottom or in the direction of your outlet. You can also connect them piece by piece as you go. I went with a straight line configuration to trim my closet door and chose to connect each piece first and press them into place as a whole unit. Once you’ve settled on a place for them, installing them is easy. We’ll get to that soon, but the lights are versatile and highly customizable with an easy-to-use app. The customizability of its lights is really what makes Govee stand out, whether we’re talking these particular lights or even it’s basic RGBIC light strips. You can also customize each zone with your choice of color. The app also lets you customize the warmth of the white tones from cool blue to warm amber, making them a good fit for wall lighting. In fact, I thought they were RGBWW until Govee emailed me to let me know otherwise. Even though they're not technically "warm white" or "WW" LEDs, I was incredibly impressed at the quality of white light produced by these lights. Under the diffuser, the Glide lights feature bright RGB LEDs, customizable in three zones. ![]() They hold firm and don’t damage paint when removed, which is always a concern with mystery adhesives. I’m also happy to see they went with genuine command strips. Around the back you’ll find a set of pre-applied command strips, so there’s no drilling required. Each also has a connection tab on one end and a port on the other. The front is made of a rounded diffuser that does a good job of creating the “light beam” look when fully assembled. I only wish Govee had included another piece or two to add more design options.Įach piece has a few key elements. The L-bracket (which also lights up and is customizable in the app for a seamless appearance) is a nice addition for trimming the edge of a doorway or window frame or even creating a pattern behind your gaming rig. Each straight segment is about a foot long, so you’re getting six feet of length total but it’s also possible to use the kit with fewer pieces if that’s too long. The Glide lighting kit is made up of six straight segments and a corner piece used to create an L-shape.
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