Govee’s New Floor Lamp Delivers More Color-Accurate Lighting
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– Govee is releasing three new Matter-compatible smart floor lamps: the $170 Floor Lamp 3, the $130 Lantern Floor Lamp, and the $130 Floor Lamp 3 Lite.
– The Floor Lamp 3 uses new LuminBlend+ technology for more accurate colors and no banding, with 144 RGB and 144 white LEDs—double the previous model.
– The Floor Lamp 3 offers an expanded white light range of 1,000K to 10,000K and can output up to 2,100 lumens, suitable for lighting up to 645 square feet.
– The Floor Lamp 3 Lite is nearly identical to the Floor Lamp 2 but costs $30 less and is dimmer at 1,400 lumens.
– The Lantern Floor Lamp has a mushroom-like enclosure with patterned color gradients, stands 60 inches tall, and outputs 1,400 lumens with the same broad white light range.
Govee has refreshed its lineup of smart floor lamps with three new models, including two that promise a significant leap in lighting quality. The $170 Floor Lamp 3 and $130 Lantern Floor Lamp are designed to deliver more accurate colors and eliminate color banding, even when dimmed to their lowest setting. A third option, the Floor Lamp 3 Lite, offers a more budget-friendly take on the Floor Lamp 3 at the same $130 price point.
These lamps maintain Govee’s signature design: upright sticks with a single strip of RGBIC LED lights, where each individual LED can display a different color rather than forcing the whole strip to emit a single hue. This makes them ideal for accent lighting when aimed at a wall or corner. However, Govee has introduced a new proprietary technology called LuminBlend+, which is now featured in the Floor Lamp 3. This addresses my long-standing criticism that Govee’s lights often looked cartoonishly oversaturated, better suited for a Batman Forever set than a living room.
The Floor Lamp 3 also expands its white light range from the previous model’s 2,700K to 6,500K to a broader 1,000K to 10,000K. It can output up to 2,100 lumens, enough to illuminate roughly 645 square feet , notably brighter than the Philips Hue smart bulb’s peak of 1,521 lumens. The lamp packs 144 RGB LEDs and an equal number of white LEDs, doubling the count of the Floor Lamp 2. A glowing RGBIC ring around its chunky base remains, adding a further splash of color.
The Floor Lamp 3 Lite is essentially a slightly downgraded version of the Floor Lamp 2. It costs $30 less but is also dimmer, producing 1,400 lumens compared to the Floor Lamp 2’s 1,725 lumens. Beyond that, its feature set mirrors its predecessor closely.
The Govee Lantern Floor Lamp takes a different approach entirely. Instead of an upright strip light, it resembles a traditional A19 screw-in lamp, but with a mushroom-shaped enclosure that projects patterned gradients of color across its surface. Standing 60 inches tall on a thin stalk with a flat base, it covers the same broad white light temperature range as the Floor Lamp 3, though its output is limited to 1,400 lumens.
All three models support Matter, ensuring compatibility with major smart home platforms like Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home. However, to unlock the full range of effects and color patterns, users will still need the Govee app, as Matter only handles basic functions like on/off, brightness, and solid colors. The lamps are available now from Amazon and Govee’s website.
(Source: Gizmodo.com)
