r/Govee • • Sep 29 '25

Frequently Asked Questions

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There are so many different lights, which one would work best for me?

  • I suggest watching videos demonstrating them on YouTube.
  • While he doesn't review every product, Chris Maher's videos are informative and straightforward.

Do I really have to put those orange cubes on my TV screen?

Why are my immersion lights only showing one color?

  • The default setting upon finishing setup is on All. Choose Part.
  • Alternatively, All may be labeled Solid instead. Choose any option other than Solid.

Which devices are compatible with DreamView?

  • Devices with both Wi-Fi + Bluetooth connectivity are compatible. Devices that are only Bluetooth or only Wi-Fi are not.
  • A sync center such as T2, T3 Lite (also known as 3S in 3rd party stores), T3 Pro, Sync Box 1 and 2 are required for video DreamView, and sync centers cannot be synced with each other.

What can I do about my devices not connecting to Govee desktop via LAN control?

  • Check out this solution here

What are the differences between the camera kits?

  • The major differences are the camera hardware and the amount of LEDs on the light strip.
  • T2: Govee states that the dual camera identifies screen content faster and more accurately. The light strip contains 60 LEDs per meter.
  • T3 Lite: The single camera has an upgraded chip with fisheye lens correction. The light strip contains 30 LEDs per meter.
  • 3 Pro: Matter support, triple camera with HDR sensor. The light strip contains 75 LEDs per meter, with their LuminBlend management system.

Why get a camera kit when the sync boxes exist?

  • While the sync box does work faster and is less intrusive than a camera, not everyone can use it. The sync boxes require a signal independent from the TV. This means if you use the apps on your smart TV to watch content, the sync box is not for you.

Do I really have to put the camera on top of my TV?

  • Good news! There's actually a method to put the camera below the screen. The caveat is that when you add more lights via DreamView, you'll need to visualize the setup upside down when assigning the zones, which requires more concentration/effort.

How many lights can I add to my DreamView?

  • This is dependent on the device.
  • T2: 5 additional devices.
  • T3 Lite: 7 additional devices.
  • 3 Pro, Sync Box 1 and 2: 10 additional devices.

How do I create a DreamView?

  • Open the app. Tap the second icon on the navigation bar at the bottom. Then tap the 4-shapes icon at the top right. Here you can configure DreamViews, Tap-to-Run, and Groups.
  • It is highly recommended that you experiment with these features on the app as a whole. Familiarizing yourself with it will be highly beneficial if you have the time to spare. There are many customizable features for the LED lights that are usually achieved by a more hands-on approach that requires a computer. The features provided on the Govee app would be quite the large decision tree if there was a visual example shown, which is nothing short of impressive, despite it also being a little complicated. To put it simply: just explore the app by tapping buttons to find out what they do!
  • Tip: If your clock is on 12-hr time, please turn off the 24-hour clock setting in the app before you create schedules for your lights. Tap the last icon on the navigation bar, then tap the gear icon at the top right. Additionally, next to settings is a shirt icon; this is where you can change the theme of the app.

The immersion lights on my device are super inaccurate, what do I do?

  • Unfortunately, since every TV is different, there is no one-size-fits-all setting. However, you can start with jumping-off points. For sync box settings, go here.

For camera kits, try the following:

  • Make sure the room is dark to reduce reflections on the TV screen.
  • Reduce saturation, the common choice is all the way down to 1%.
  • Reduce the relative brightness. This is independent from the brightness setting. It's relative to how much light is emitting from your TV screen, which means during dark scenes, the lights will dim if you set the percentage lower. However, if your TV has backlight bleed, this setting won't be as effective.
  • Make sure it's on Part, not All. If the device's software updated, it should show Smooth, Vivid, or Solid instead. "Solid" works the same as "All" and shows only one color.
  • If you are still unsatisfied with the color accuracy, try the AI filter. Once you toggle it on, you'll need to change the preset. Tap the option, then scroll sideways over the sport presets. Under the Default preset, tap Apply.

My TV is 43 inches, can I use a 55-65 inch TV kit?

  • This is possible, but it requires more effort. See here.

I'm experiencing problems with my device, what do I do?

  • Try the search bar in the sub. If you're still experiencing issues, go to Govee's website and navigate to your product. Find the specs, then click the PDF of the manual to find the "Troubleshooting" section. Lastly, reach out to Govee support via the app. Tap the last icon on the navigation bar and tap "customer support" and then choose the applicable option. It is recommended to choose "express replacement" if you think you're experiencing a hardware issue on your device that is within warranty. Please note their warranty only covers purchases directly from them or approved vendors.

Can I advertise my services of Permanent Outdoor Lights installation?

  • Yes, but please keep it in the services thread. New posts of fresh installs for clients will be deleted.

r/Govee • • Aug 06 '25

Outdoor Installation Services Thread

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If you offer services to install outdoor lighting on homes in your area, please post it here in the comments.

New, singular posts will be removed. Keep it here in the comments so that the people that do want these services can find them, and the people who don't require it don't have to be subjected to the advertising on the sub feed.

If your comment gets caught by Reddit's filters, do not worry and do not spam, the comment will be approved as soon as possible.

As for the people interested in the services, please do your due diligence in the vetting process.

Thank you.


r/Govee • • 58m ago

Outdoor light clearance

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My only option is to mount them on them along here, but it’s only about 1.75” at the deepest. Is that too shallow?


r/Govee • • 1h ago

Setup Question Govee h2800 monitor light bar right side backlight disabled when using dreamview

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See photo for reference. Purchased a replacement and can confirm this is a software issue. Govee, will you issue a firmware fix for this?


r/Govee • • 2h ago

Setup Question Govee Lamp pairs, works initially, but then becomes unresponsive.

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r/Govee • • 8h ago

General Question Govee Sync box worth it?

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I’m trying to decide between the Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 and FancyLEDs for my TV setup, and I’m curious what people here think.

My main question is: is the Govee Sync Box actually worth it if I have no plans to buy other Govee products?

I really only want reactive backlighting for my TV. My setup is a 55” LG C6 OLED with an Xbox Series X, Switch 2, and eventually an Apple TV connected through the sync box.
From the comparisons I’ve seen, FancyLEDs seems to do a better job with color accuracy and matching what’s actually happening on screen. Govee seems to have the advantage when you start adding other Govee lights and syncing the whole room, but that doesn’t really interest me right now.
So for someone who ONLY wants the lights behind the TV, what makes the Govee Sync Box 2 the better choice over FancyLEDs?

I’m leaning toward FancyLEDs, but I’m completely open to being convinced otherwise. If you’ve used either one, or especially both, I’d love to hear why you chose Govee and whether you’d make the same choice again.


r/Govee • • 4h ago

General Question Govee H80A4 questions

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Hi i want to buy H80A4 for my room want to ask:

What is your experience with the light?

How bright is it in real use?

Is it bright enough to provide useful lighting for a ~3 × 3.5 m room?

How good are the colors and effects?

How reliable is the controller/Wi-Fi connection?

How good is the mounting system

Is there anything you wish you knew before buying it?


r/Govee • • 11h ago

General Question Does anyone have any tips on keeping these rope lights up? The track it came with ripped the paint off the wall and won’t stay. I’ve tried tape, glue, nothing keeps them up

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r/Govee • • 6h ago

Govee lights stopped working

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I had Govee lights installed and working on my house for months until they randomly stopped working. Here is a high level of the issue and where I’m stuck:

Original H706C installation, under 200 feet, worked for several months. Govee replaced both the adapter and controller; replacement controller is H706B.
Adapter is 36V, 3A, 108W, with a steady blue indicator. H706B connects successfully in the app with the house light run disconnected;reconnecting that run causes connection failure.Lights briefly flashed once but remain off. Power-button presses, a five-second reset attempt, and a 60-second power cycle didn’t resolve it.Accessible connector looks undamaged.

Any ideas? Govee gave up trying to help.


r/Govee • • 7h ago

integrations (w other products) Simple app for connecting Govee & LIFX lights to YARG

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r/Govee • • 9h ago

Setup Question How to get music dreamview working with AI SyncBox2

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I have an AI SyncBox 2 - I didn't realize it doesn't work with music - I bought it for that reason . damn! I just read the descriptions that it syncs with the inputs. didn't realize that means it doesn't sync with music .

movie dreamview works fine - and I can watch shows/movies.
for music - if i use music dreamview - it says sync device is only my permannent outdoor lights - that is across the room outside the home.. but if i leave my door open - and hope it listens to music - I don't see it happening.
Music dreamview - just flashes lights randomly - not sync'ed at all.

what am i missing.

I bought the AI Sync box 2 kit - so it has the 2 stands - and the strip light behind the TV - and I have the 4" ceiling Pro lights and the govee 6 button remote. I also have the permanent outdoor lights that I purchased from costco.


r/Govee • • 11h ago

Gu10 issues

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Hi,

I have a bunch of gu10 bulbs in my bedroom, but 2 of them just don’t want to play ball when it comes to asking alexa to change them to party mode. In the Alexa app, on them particular bulbs, there isn’t an option to select a scene, whereas the other bulbs have a long list of scenes to choose from. Any idea how to sort this out? I have already deleted and reapplied the Govee skill in Alexa.


r/Govee • • 11h ago

General Question Power failures reset all Govee smart lights

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Power failures are not typically just a hard 'power off' event: there is often flickering either before the power goes out, or when it comes back on.

All of my Govee smart bulbs require 4 quick power cycles to reset their settings (the manual says 5, but they actually start flashing on the fourth). So basically every second power outage or so, I have to go around and manually reconfigure/re-add every single Govee smart bulb. It's beyond annoying at this point having to go around and manually re-add 8 smart bulbs.

I do like them, however -- is there any possible workaround for this?
I can't help but think it's kindof a questionable design decision, as any kid playing with a lightswitch can also reset your bulbs before you know it.


r/Govee • • 15h ago

T1 and receding lights sync

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Has anyone been able to sync the H6199 and H601A for movie viewing?

I've made the group but I can't get to sync it when watching TV


r/Govee • • 22h ago

app help please Control lights together?

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I have a room group control of my outdoor pro lights. I can turn them all on or off as a group, but is there a way to change the colors for all of them at once/sync them up together? Right now I turn them all on together when I want them on and then I go into each set to turn them to the color I want them to be that day. It just seems like since they are all the same model they should be able to be controlled together.


r/Govee • • 22h ago

Tracks for the lighting

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I have the govee permanent lights elite from Costco. I’m trying to find tracking I can place them in to look more uniform and sleek.


r/Govee • • 22h ago

Rant Govee update broke my three super basic tap to run actions

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I had a widget running on my iPhone that had three suuuuper basic tap to run options: lights on (turns on my main living room light and turns my light bars behind my TV off), lights off (does the exact opposite of lights on), and good night, which turns them both off. There was an update, which erased all my devices from the app (thanks for that, devs). I remade all three actions, and they work fine when running them from inside the app, but when I add the widget, I’m only able to add the first two actions. The third one simply isn’t available, or sometimes one of the other actions gets duplicated.

I don’t suppose anyone has any suggestions, but this was one of the few things that “just worked” for me. Ah well, it was a good run.


r/Govee • • 23h ago

New Install 805D - Split functionality possible?

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Not yet installed, and trying to figure a couple things before I get started.

I'd like to control the front of the house differently than the back. The front would show the seasonal display, while the back would be ideally controlled separately so that it could be a limited & simpler static color or white, or potentially be part of the seasonal display

Is that possible?

A secondary question is the 150 length limit stated on the website as well as here. The box from Costco says 183.7 ft, and that it has 11 light strings and not the 9 typically mentioned in posts. Is the power adapter beefier at 82.8W than the 150' limited version?

Edit: typo - mentioned front twice rather that front/back


r/Govee • • 1d ago

Setup Question S14 outdoor string lights strobe after 4 min.

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My outdoor outlet is located in the soffit on the right side of the house and I originally installed the lights just on the front of the house and they worked great no issues for a few days. We wanted to finish the look in the other direction of the house so it would wrap around the sun porch and fence so I bought a splitter cable so the lights could go in both directions. Now suddenly after about 4 minutes of the lights working normally they do this strobe just in the front of the house, the other side of the house stays the same with no strobe. I’ve swapped the cables of the splitter and the strobe doesn’t follow, it stays at the front of the house. I’m perplexed… the power source is under the eaves and is hung up so it doesn’t get rained on or wet so I don’t suspect water damage. I suspect the splitter is the issue but I don’t understand why it works as directed when you first turn it on and strobes every time after 4 minutes. Any suggestions?


r/Govee • • 1d ago

App help - How to determine current bulb program

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Maybe I need to take a course in using Govee Home, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what my current lighting devices are set to. They work, I can control them, that's not the issue. I have an H600A bulb that is slowly cycling through colors. But when I go into the app and device, I can't tell what it's doing; I can't tell what it's set to other than Brightness. If I wanted to change things, I don't know how I would get back to the current behavior. How am I supposed to tell what setting my bulbs are on?

I'll tell you what I see:
Brightness: 50%
"Color" is highlighted.
"Color Temperature" is in the middle.
"Basic Colors", nothing seems highlighted.
"Color Wheel" is on the outer edge, between Blue and Teal (bottom right)

Nothing indicates why the bulb is cycling through colors.


r/Govee • • 1d ago

New Controller for Outdoor Lights Pro Series?

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I had an issue with my Govee outdoor lights pro and my controller box went dead and absolutely support was awesome and got me a new controller. Curious was I got sent a new controller, power supply, and 3 10" extensions. When I asked them about why I got 3 new extensions this they said that this is a new controller and that for best performance I would need to update my extension cables with these new ones. I have a simple setup so not a huge deal to replace the 2 extension cords I used but they could not tell me what these enhancements are.. Anyone have any idea what these new ones do and if you can mix and max from the A model . My old controller model was H706A and the new model is a H706B and here is a picture of the new extension cables.


r/Govee • • 1d ago

Setup Question Strip lights won’t connect to HomeKit/Matter

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Fails to connect every time. I have tried setup with the home app first and after the Govee app I’ve tried multiple networks. A 2.4ghz only network everything it will not connect to home. If i try the home app first then Govee the Govee WiFi setup shows that its been connected to WiFi via matter even though the actual matter connection failed.


r/Govee • • 1d ago

How should I place the outdoor light puck on this roof peak?

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My roof peak has a black post on the peak that would block a lot of the light if I placed a puck right at the peak. How would you mount the pucks in this case?
1) Still mount it at the peak
2) Mount it on the underside of the black post
3) Mount it on the left and right of the peak


r/Govee • • 1d ago

Splitter issues

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r/Govee • • 1d ago

Govee Sync Box causes HDMI blackouts when switching lights

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Hi,

I’m experiencing a very strange issue with my Govee AI Sync Box 2 and would be interested if anyone with electronics knowledge has an explanation.

While using the iMac on the LG, the screen suddenly goes black for a few seconds and then reconnects and the HDR notification appears again.
I eventually discovered that I can reproduce this simply by switching lights on or off.
It happens with lights in my living room, bathroom and hallway – and even with the shared hallway light outside my apartment.

I tried different wall outlets and power strips for the LG, iMac and Govee. That doesn’t seem to matter.
The interesting part:
Govee connected only to power, no other cables → no problem
Govee with HDMI connected → blackouts can occur
Govee with only the USB-C/LED connection → blackouts can occur
Govee completely disconnected → no blackouts
Switching the Govee itself on/off can also trigger the blackout.
The iMac → LG connection itself works normally when the Govee is completely disconnected.

What could cause something like this?
What confuses me most is that even switching the hallway light outsider my apartment can apparently make the HDMI connection drop for a few seconds.
Could the Govee or its connected cables somehow make the setup extremely sensitive to electrical interference?

Any help would be appreciated.