Govee’s smart ceiling light doubles as a virtual sky light

Nothing beats a skylight when it comes to brightening up a gloomy living space, but installing one can be a pricey proposition. At CES, smart light manufacturer Govee is showing off an alternative: a smart ceiling light that mimics daylight. 

The Govee Sky Ceiling Light employs “custom-engineered LED and architectural gradient illumination” to serve up “clear-sky tones and soft skylight transitions,” ideal for casting some simulated daylight into a gloomy, windowless living area. 

The light boasts a total of 180 RGBICWW beads—84 for the main circular panel, 60 on the side, and 36 in back—that combine to shine at up to 5,000 lumens at a daylight-equivalent 6,500 Kelvin color temperature, according to Govee. If you’re looking for more of a golden glow in the morning, the light’s color temperature can be dialed all the way down to a warm 2,700K. 

The 21 x 4.3-inch (WxH) ceiling light (we don’t have pricing details or a release date yet) uses wired power, so you’ll need to connect it to in-ceiling wiring; otherwise, it should be relatively easy to install.  

The Sky Ceiling Light can be controlled with the Govee app, which offers dozens of animated lighting scenes along with smart automations and wake-up/go-to-sleep routines. We’ve reached out to Govee for specifics on integrations with other smart home platforms, such as Alexa, Google Home, and Matter support. 

Govee is also unwrapping a couple of other new smart lights at CES this week, including a second ceiling light with a 616-pixel LED matrix that delivers “vivid patterns and animations,” Govee says. 

The Ceiling Light Ultra is the same size as the Govee sky light and also shines at up to 5,000 lumens at a daylight-equivalent 6,500K, but this ceiling light is more focused on groovy animations courtesy of Govee’s AI Lighting Bot 2.0, the brand’s updated generative-AI lighting tech that’s designed to “instantly” create “expressive” and “animated” effects.  

As with the Sky Ceiling Light, the Ceiling Light Ultra relies on wired power and works with the Govee mobile app. 

Finally, the Govee Floor Lamp 3 is a revamped version of Govee’s previous floor lamps, and it arrives with another new Govee technology: LuminBlend+, a color management system with an upgraded 16-bit chip for “smoother, more precise color transitions,” according to Govee. 

The Floor Lamp 2 also works with Govee’s AI Lighting Bot 2.0 as well as DaySync, an adaptive lighting technology that automatically adjusts the lamp’s color temperature and brightness according to the time of day. 

The 59 inch-tall Floor Lamp 2 can shine at up to 1,900 lumens and has an exceptionally wide color temperature range, all the way from 10,000K (producing a cool, bluish light) to 1,000K (for a very warm reddish-orange color). Aside from Govee app control, the lamp can also be adjusted with the included remote. 

Aside from its new smart lights, Govee is also announcing a partnership with Samsung SmartThings, allowing for “seamless” integration between the SmartThings ecosystem and “key” Govee smart lighting products. We’re awaiting details on the first Govee lights to offer SmartThings support.

Matter-enabled Govee lights can already work with SmartThings, along with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and other smart platforms that connect via Matter.

This story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best smart lights.