What else you need to use it
Worked out from Elgato’s own specifications and box contents for this model. The setup builder checks the same parts against your computer and the rest of your gear.
You need
- A 3 A USB power supply for full brightness. It runs from USB, and the maker lists a 3 A external supply for full brightness.
Optional
- Control Center optional; onboard control available. The maker’s app adds settings; the device works without it. It connects over USB-C control; Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz.
When this model makes sense
- Light yourself, seated, from a steady mount, with room left for the camera and microphone.
- Set the warm-to-cool range to suit your room and your camera’s white balance, then keep that setting for the whole scene.
- Use a desk mount and power source that suit it, with room for the panel and its cable. Set brightness by what your power supply actually gives, not the maximum on the box.
The Lighting layout guide weighs it against the other ways to fill the same role.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- Elgato Key Light Neo
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Lights
- Connection
- Connector shape
- None documentedA plug’s shape doesn’t tell you its speed →
- Brightness
- 400 lm at 4.5 W USB-A; 700 lm at 7.5 W USB-C; 1000 lm with 3 A supply
- Color temperature range
- 2900–7000 K
- Color rendering (CRI)
- CRI above 94
- Power draw
- Up to 15 W
- Power input
- USB; 3 A external supply for full brightness
- Data connection
- USB-C control; Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHzWhat this means for speed →
- Software
- Software you need
- Control Center optional; onboard control available
- Size and mounting
- Dimensions
- 38 × 150 × 150 mm
- Weight
- 246 g
- Mounts
- Monitor mount with 1/4 inch thread, with-mount package
- In the box
- Included parts
- Key Light Neo; USB-C to USB-A cable (100 cm); USB-A extension (150 cm); USB-A to USB-C adapter; Monitor mount in with-mount package
- Computer
- Operating systems
- Windows 10 64-bit+; macOS 12+; Android 6+; iOS 13+; iPadOS 12+
Check these conditions first
For a light, check the stand or clamp fits your desk, and plan where its power comes from separately from how you control it. Place it for your face and the camera first; a bigger light does not fix glare, reflections in glasses or mixed room light.
What is included, and what may be missing
- Key Light Neo
- USB-C to USB-A cable (100 cm)
- USB-A extension (150 cm)
- USB-A to USB-C adapter
- Monitor mount in with-mount package
Both cable ends and the data rating matter more than the plug shape: streaming cables and ports explains how to match them.
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Webcam USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a simple USB setup. Find where the Elgato Key Light Neo goes, then follow each input back to what feeds it and each output on to where it goes. HDMI and XLR gear needs a capture card or audio interface between it and your computer; it doesn’t plug straight in the way this USB example does.
The setup builder turns this into a connection list for your own computer and gear, and the pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.
Compare it head to head
Each page sets the two models’ specs side by side and says what else each one needs.