Govee AI Gaming Sync Box Kit review: It's pricey but it's lit
Here at Pocket-lint, we love Ambilight tech, and we love PC gaming, too. While there are some gaming monitors that have brought the two together, they're few and far between, and broadly unavailable in the US.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could add an Ambilight-style effect to a gaming monitor of your choosing? Well, Govee thinks so, and its new AI Gaming Sync Box Kit is designed to do exactly that.
Govee has released similar products in the past, but those required a camera to be mounted to the top of your display, this new solution takes data right from the HDMI — which is a much neater option and should be more accurate, too.
That's not the only new thing here, though, Govee has also implemented some clever AI image recognition tech. This means that the sync box should recognise in-game actions, and display lighting effects to amplify the action.
The question is, how well does it work? And is it worth the (fairly high) cost of entry? We've been testing it out.
4/5
The Govee AI Gaming Sync Box Kit adds immersive and stunning lighting effects to the gaming monitor of your choosing. We love it — but the price tag is undeniably high.
The kit is comprised of three main parts. First, you have the sync box, which is the brains of the operation. It has three HDMI inputs, a single HDMI output and two USB-C ports for connecting your lighting.
On the front, it has two buttons, one is for input selection and the other toggles the lights on and off. The sync box itself has RGB lighting around the front edge, and when active, it'll show you exactly what the other lighting units should be doing. This, as with everything else, can be changed to display different effects in the Govee app.
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