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——— PROS ———
- Super easy to apply. Just wipe the back of the TV down with the included wipe, peel the tape off the light strips, and stick onto the edges of your TV. It’s hard to mess up, even if you don’t perfectly position the light strips. You can also re-position them if you need to without losing the stickiness.
- The cord is fairly long in case your outlet is far away, but it’s also thin enough that I can bundle it up with a twisty tie and hide it behind my TV.
- Will work with a TV even if the back isn’t completely flat. I just ran the strip over a bump out that was on one side and it worked fine.
- The lights are bright and vibrant. No dead spots.
- The Govee app, which is what you need to customize these, is easy to use and reliable, which can’t be said for other tech gadgets like this that require an app.
- There’s about a billion different pre-set light settings, and you can also make custom settings with any color you want and even set each light independently. You can set favorites in the app so it’s easy to find the ones you like.
- Works well with my Google Home. All I had to do was add the backlight in the Govee app and then select “works with Google” and search for “Govee” when adding a device in the Google Home app. It stays synced/paired and I don’t have to mess around with it.
- Brightness/color can be adjusted both in the app and with voice commands. There’s a button on the cord on the back of the TV to turn it on/off manually too.
- Can be set on a schedule with the Google Home app and I think also with the Govee app
- I’ve had the backlight on my TV for about a month and so far haven’t had any issues with the lights falling off or coming un-stuck.
——— CONS ———
- May be a little small for bigger TVs. I got the 55-65 inch size, and it was a perfect fit for my 55 inch TV, meaning that the lights ran from one edge of my TV to the next on all sides with no gaps. There is enough cord to cover the corners if your TV is bigger, so technically it will fit a 65 inch TV, but the corners might be a bit darker than the rest. If you want it to be seamless, I’d go with a larger size. The light strip is flexible, so you can bend it a bit to make it fit if it’s too long.
- The “sync to music” setting is pretty bad. I can tell that it is actually reacting to the music, but it’s mostly just erratic flashing.
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Here’s a bonus list of commands that I’ve found work with Google:
- Turn on/off the living room TV backlight” (tip: name your backlight something fun in the Govee app if that’s too much of a mouthful)
- Make the TV backlight blue (any color works here, even ones like “indigo” or “light pink”)
- Make the TV backlight candlelight (gently flickers shades of orange/red)
- Set the TV backlight brightness to 20% (or whatever % you want)
- Make it spooky in here (flashes lights purple/green/orange with spooky music)
- Turn up the love (flashes lights pink/red with romantic sax music)
- I believe there’s others as well but those are the ones I’ve found work
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Overall I’m really happy with this light and glad I bought it instead of some of the pricier ones I was looking at. I’ll update this review if anything changes, but for now I’d definitely recommend it!
(BTW: I bought this with my own money, and I wasn’t paid to write this review. I rely heavily on reviews when shopping on here, so I just write these for future need-to-know-everything-before-buying shoppers like me.)
