With the Govee app and your phone’s microphone, it can sync to music, and you have the usual plethora of colors, gradients, and effects. As mentioned, Matter support means this light strip can work in any Matter-compatible platform, including Apple Home — a first for Govee.

You need to take your time with the fiddly installation, plan out your pattern in the app, and follow the linking instructions.Some of my favorite scenes include Disco, Universe, Carnival, Fireworks, and Lightning, which use blinking, flowing, chasing, and streaming rhythms in multiple colors for some serious impact.

These modular bars clip together, and you can use them to form a frame or a big lightning strike on the wall, like we did in our game room.

But Nanoleaf’s strip can only display one color at a time, it doesn’t get as bright, and doesn’t support music sync. Think carefully about where you want to install your smart lighting and remember that you need a power outlet nearby (or the ability to run an extension cord). Calibration: Some Govee smart lighting, such as the TV or gaming syncing products, requires a calibration process to work properly.

Some of the scenes contain really rapid flashing lights, which could be dangerous to people with photosensitive epilepsy. With a tall, skinny design that feels modern without being an eyesore, the Lyra Floor Lamp blends in easily.They are translucent white plastic bars with visible seams between sections, so they look a bit ugly when turned off. Sadly, it still requires a camera pointed at your screen—that's how it can understand what's happening on the screen and tune the lights to corresponding colors. Connect hotspot in your phone to the strip lights and check whether the router works with the strip lights. The company says it will release neon rope lights with Matter support this summer and has more products in the works.