Steelseries Aerox 3 2022 Mouse Review - Ultralight iteration in snow white | Page 3

Disclaimer: The following article is machine translated from the original German, and has not been edited or checked for errors. Thank you for understanding!

Sensor

The SteelSeries TrueMove Core installed here is most likely a PixArt PMW 3331, which is a good entry-level to mid-range model. The following are the specifications:

Unfortunately, there is no dedicated page with further details from PixArt for this sensor.

I do not have any concrete information about the lift-off distance, but I would say that it is slightly higher after longer use and direct comparison with the somewhat higher-quality TrueMove Air. There is no software-supported calibration. The mouse trembling when lifting the mouse repeatedly can be seen well in here:

10x Lift-Off / 3000 DPI / 0,5x Multiplier

After a bit of getting used to it, we did not notice any noteworthy impairments in normal desktop use or gaming.

Software

All fine adjustments are made with the Steelseries GG program. This then allows convenient adjustments to be made to the various sensor parameters and the lighting. At the time of testing, I used the latest version 14.0.0, which occupies 390 MB of disk space and is hardly a burden in the background:

As mentioned several times, there is no way to specify the installation path of the program. Self-defined key mappings are saved and work even when Steelseries GG is not open. However, the lighting changes back to the rainbow effect without the software running.

Here are the available settings options for the Aerox 3 2022:

Apart from that, GG combines several formerly independent software offerings from Steelseries and acts as a hub. Besides the “Engine” section, “Moments” still lets you record games and share them right away. An integration of third-party programs via plugins is offered.

As already mentioned in other articles, I would find it better if the standalone programs were still offered at least as an option. I don’t think it makes much sense to impose various functions that are often not used. After installation, clip recording is automatically enabled, here I think an opt-in on demand instead of manual opt-out is absolutely necessary. The same applies to the data collection that is enabled by default.