Govee’s New Table Lamp Spews Coloration All Over Your Wall

Earlier this week, Govee sneakily launched the Wallwasher Smart Table Lamp, a spherical lamp with three LEDs meant to blast shade onto your wall. As of this writing, the brand new lamp is simply obtainable on Amazon for a cool $100.

It’s an fascinating mild, not least as a result of it appears very very similar to a direct competitor to the Philips Hue Play Wall Washer, a really upscale (learn: a lot pricier, at $220, than Govee’s model) lamp meant to create ambient mild exhibits and slick, behind-your-TV synchronized lighting results. I reviewed that mild in October final yr and located it to be largely a beautiful extravagance, like a lot of Philips Hue’s very costly, artsy-fartsy lights.

Design-wise, Govee’s mild differs significantly from its Philips Hue analog. It’s an object clearly meant to be seen by itself, with a half-globe form that encompasses a softly glowing mild on the again, reverse its fundamental triple-light array, which is harking back to the tri-color mild modules included within the Permanent Outdoor Lights Prism I reviewed final yr. The entire factor rests on a transparent, cylindrical stand. By distinction, the Hue lamp is a black steel can with a cutaway on one aspect to let mild beam out—it’s all concerning the mild output, not the system itself.

Both units of the Wallwasher’s lights are RGBICWW, which means they will show each a variety of shade and tunable white mild. It outputs a white mild spectrum throughout a broad temperature swath, from a really heat 1,000K to an especially cool 10,000K. That’s the identical vary discovered within the Sky Ceiling Light that Govee launched earlier this month.

Like each Govee mild, you possibly can anticipate the Wallwasher to be heavy on the results—issues like warping, color-shifting gradients, or vibrant flashes. The mild can be synchronized to music, in keeping with its Amazon itemizing. The itemizing doesn’t say the way it responds to music, however many different Govee merchandise use microphones to take action. That means they actually simply reply to noise generally, not simply songs, however it may be a enjoyable impact, all the identical.

I’m curious whether or not the Wallwasher works with units just like the Govee AI Sync Box 2 the identical means the Hue Play Wall Washer works with the Philips Hue Play Sync Box 8K. That is, are you able to hook the Govee Sync Box 2 as much as your TV through HDMI and beam your TV’s colours to the lamp? I’ve requested the corporate and can replace this story after I get a response.

The Wallwasher Smart Table Lamp is wired and helps Matter, which implies it’ll work with any good dwelling platform you throw at it. In one thing like Apple Home or Google Home, you’ll solely be capable to flip its lights on and off or change their general shade and brightness, although. You’ll want to attach it to the Govee app for all the flamboyant results and zoned lighting management.

Besides the Wallwasher, Govee has additionally launched the Govee Ball Lights, a two-pack of 12-inch, ball-shaped (spooky, scary) RGBIC LED strips. That prices $120 and comes simply in time for Halloween, Christmas, and no matter different holidays you may wish to spend exorbitant quantities of cash lighting the skin of your property throughout. It’s additionally Matter-compatible and replete with gobs of flashing, color-changing results.