New technologies in mice have an important vocation - they improve existing device capabilities , allowing you to enjoy comfortable work and pump your skill in games. “How to choose mouse for games, office tasks and creative work” is described in separate detailed material. Here we will focus on proprietary solutions from manufacturers of computer mice. And several technologies from Logitech open the list at once.

Lightspeed and LightSync by Logitech

Logitech mice are often preferred by professional esportsmen. In notorious CS:GO discipline, they use entirely gaming devices from this Swiss manufacturer of computer peripherals. And recently there has been pronounced transition to wireless mice, driven by introduction of Logitech Lightspeed technology.

Lightspeed is practical in Logitech's G-series gaming mice. Technology provides extremely low communication latency (less than 1 ms), which is comparable to most wired gaming mice, if not better. In parallel, Lightspeed is responsible for connection stability and reduces risk of signal loss during the game to minimum. Special antennas and optimized communication channels are responsible for reliability of wireless pairing. Before transmission, technology compresses the data, thereby allowing exchange of larger volumes of information over the same time period.

Lightspeed technology provides extremely low communication latency in Logitech mice.

Note that Lightspeed technology was developed not only for gaming mice - it can be found in gaming keyboards and headsets from Logitech.

Second proprietary feature in Logitech mice is called LightSync. This is an RGB lighting system with flexible settings for glow nature . It is manipulated in Logitech G Hub software. Backlight effects are tied to screen actions , whether it's pastime in games or consumption of media content. It is also possible to select preset effects by key points, including animation ones - when setting them, not only backlight brightness , but also speed of its change can be flexibly adjusted.

Logitech LightSync-enabled mice feature highly customizable RGB lighting.

LightSync technology enhances visuals of Logitech gaming mice and does not bring any significant advantages over rivals in battles. But it allows you to create profiles for each individual game and quickly switch between them when you start gameplay, loading data from the "cloud". Mice with this technology support synchronization with other LightSync devices.

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HyperSpeed and HyperPolling by Razer

When creating products, Razer relies on experience of famous e-sportsmen and takes into account gaming community wishes . With an eye on full immersion in heated gaming battles, wide variety of fast mice, keyboards and Razer headphones are available that support proprietary HyperSpeed wireless technology. This operating time uses an adaptive polling rate, automatically selecting the least noisy communication channel. This ensures best possible connection quality even under strong interference conditions.

Main task of technology is to recognize which frequencies should be avoided. If she "sees" other devices that use similar frequencies, wireless connection instantly switches to the fastest available channel. Razer HyperSpeed makes sure that the mouse is never among other devices running at the same frequencies. An additional advantage of technology is moderate energy consumption, which extends respective mice autonomy .

HyperSpeed system uses an adaptive polling rate, automatically selecting the least noisy communication channel.

Another proprietary feature from Razer improves cursor positioning accuracy while minimizing input lag. HyperPolling system provides "smart" sensor polling at high frequency (about 8000 Hz compared to 1000 Hz for ordinary wireless mice). As result, micro-interruptions and sudden jumps in cursor position are minimized, resulting in smoother, more precise cursor movement across the screen.

Popular Razer mice

QuantumWireless by SteelSeries

Steelseries mice with QuantumWireless technology offer two types of ultra-low latency wireless connectivity. This is 2.4 GHz frequency and traditional Bluetooth pairing. Performance of such gaming controllers is comparable to wired gaming devices.

QuantumWireless accelerates over-the-air transmission, providing stable and reliable mouse connection with low power consumption.

SteelSeries technology contains specialized data transfer protocol that guarantees delivery of all packets. Mouse transceiver constantly monitors status of all available channels, selects the most interference-free frequencies, and even if one of them fails, device will not lose connection signal. In terms of power consumption, it promises over 400 hours of continuous mouse use on single charge. And this, for moment, is several weeks of using manipulator in row.

QuantumWireless is being implemented in SteelSeries gaming mice to accelerate data transfer over the air, providing stable and reliable connection with low power consumption.

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LK Light Strike and V-Track by A4Tech

Keyboards with optical switches are no longer curiosity. They use an optical sensor that detects changes in light output and detects keystrokes. These keyboards respond with lightning speed, which makes them the best option for dynamic gaming genres like shooters. In mice, such switches are actively promoted by A4Tech, and they are found in Bloody series of game controllers.

LK Light Strike technology implies the use of optical switches in A4Tech gaming mice.

LK Light Strike technology uses optical microswitches to deliver lightning-fast response times down to 0.2ms. Those. mouse clicks are accompanied by almost zero delay. At the same time, the use of technology reduces the likelihood of “miss clicks” (accidental clicks). LK Light Strike-enabled mice are distinguished by quiet clicks, have significantly higher resource (over 20 million clicks), and boast resistance to dust and dirt.

Note that Razer and Logitech also have mice with optical switches, and occasionally they are also found in other manufacturers of manipulators.

Another branded feature in A4Tech mice is improved design of V-Track sensor. Beam of light in it falls on the work surface not obliquely, but vertically. Light spot size is very small, the light flux density is high, and the photodetector lens has very narrow aperture, which gives large depth of field. Thanks to this integrated approach, very high accuracy of the sensor is ensured - mice with it are able to work even on volumetric fur, where other types of sensors are simply useless.

Popular A4Tech mice

NVIDIA Reflex

NVIDIA Reflex reduces system latency between mouse click and action being displayed on the screen. However, this technology does not work by itself - it must be supported directly by the game, monitor and video card(Maxwell generations and newer).

Meaning of technology boils down to the following - by default, processor calculates the actions in the game several frames in advance so that video card works without idle time waiting for data from the processor. As consequence, there is queue of frames, which causes input delay. Result of clicking the mouse button is displayed not after 1 frame, but after 3-4. NVIDIA technology reduces this queue by synchronizing the operation of the processor and video card, setting the necessary priorities. In fact, it tells the processor that it needs to start processing data for the next frame even before the video card has finished processing the previous one.

Clear picture of how the response speed to clicking on the mouse button changes in different games (without active NVIDIA Reflex technology and with it).

You can taste the delights of NVIDIA Reflex in Apex Legends, Call of Duty Warzone, Escape from Tarkov, Rust, Valorant and other popular games. Moreover, “Reflex” is configured directly through the game interface in the “NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency Mode” line. Technology-enabled mice are in the portfolio of Acer, Asus ROG, Corsair, HyperX, Logitech, Razer, etc.

Force Touch by Apple

This technology is not entirely on the topic of computer mice, although Force Touch has long been promised in Apple's "magic" mice (Magic Mouse Apple trackpads. Force Touch system allows you to determine pressing force, which is widely used for drawing computer graphics. By changing pressure degreef the stylus on trackpad surface , drawn lines changes thickness .

Apple trackpads with Force Touch technology are able to recognize the force of pressing.

Apple trackpads with Force Touch system provide tactile feedback for many user actions, give control flexibility in many system applications, utilities for viewing and editing photo and video materials.

Other features of computer mice

Finally, it would be sin not to mention other interesting features of computer mice aimed at improving functionality:

Multi-Device - manipulators with the support of this technology are able to interface with several devices at once and instantly switch between them. This is rather useful option when convenient mouse is supposed to be used simultaneously with a laptop, and with a tablet, and for example, with a TV.

Touchpad is surface that is sensitive to your fingers touch. Simplest and most common version of it is represented by narrow oblong insert between the main mouse buttons. Such an insert usually replaces the scroll wheel. More advanced option is touchpad that replaces both main buttons of the manipulator. Such surfaces often support gesture control: horizontal scrolling with swipes, zooming, etc.

4D-wheel - presence in mouse design of the wheel with function of navigating in four directions, which allows you to scroll image on the screen not only up and down, but also left and right. Specific implementation of the function is different: in some models for horizontal navigation, wheel can tilt to sides, in others, switching between horizontal and vertical scrolling is carried out using separate button. D wheel is cheaper and takes up less space than two separate scroll wheels, which are also found in some computer mice.

Inertial wheel is another remarkable "thing" in computer mice. It has an accelerated scrolling mode that allows you to scroll through long pages in text documents, spreadsheets or on Internet sites in just one movement.


When choosing mouse, pay attention to proprietary technologies in order to enjoy the most comfortable work or gaming experience with perfectly matched manipulator.