[section_title title=”Software”]SoftwareÂ
Let’s take a look at the software.
The home screen of the software has a nice big picture of the mouse and lets us choose between onboard memory or cloud/internet profiles for games which are a neat feature.
The next tab along gives us control over keybindings with a nice intuitive labeled diagram, for bindings you can choose from mouse functions and keystrokes or even assign custom macros which are a nice amount of functionality. We also have pointer settings here where you can set things like DPI levels (and the number of levels) and polling rate. A sorely missed feature for me is lift off height adjustment, though the lift off height on the G302 as standard is good enough for a non-shooter focused mouse so I won’t moan too much.
The next tab controls the lighting, allowing you to adjust the speed and brightness of the breathing effect, set it to constant or even turn it off altogether; everything you need to control the lighting is there really. The lighting sleep timer is a feature I quite like though and is something people who leave their PCs on overnight are sure to appreciate.
We also have a heat map feature for keystrokes which is cool as a novelty, but also could help you optimise your bindings to make use of all six of the reprogrammable buttons.
Clicking the settings cog brings up this menu which has a variety of program parameters and just general information such as firmware version and active profile can be found by swapping through the tabs. The share icon takes you to Logitech social media and the question mark redirects you to a user manual for the software which is all nice and handy.
I like the Logitech gaming software, it’s attractive and intuitive yet still features the bulk of the features I look for in mouse software. My only real complaint is (say the words if you know them by now boys and girls!) there is no lift off control, but considering this mouse is for MOBA games not shooters it is somewhat diminished as a complaint in my books.
On the next page we’ll get into the meat of the review with some synthetic sensor testing.
