Software

For the Model O Wireless, Glorious has cooked up an entirely new software called Glorious Core. Glorious Core does not support older Glorious mice (Model O, O-, D, D-), but is planned to support future Glorious mice as well other Glorious products. Compared to the old software, pretty much all the functionality has been kept and expanded upon, though resource usage has gone up as well.

The first tab houses the lighting settings. The second tab includes button remapping. All buttons can be bound to mouse, keyboard, media, or macro functions. The third tab has performance settings. CPI adjustment ranges from 100–19,000 CPI in increments of 10 from 100–10,000 CPI and increments of 100 from 10,000–19,000 CPI, for up to six color-coded levels. CPI values can be entered manually on the slider. Any non-native values are automatically truncated to the next native value. Lift-off distance can be set to either 1 or 2 mm, even though this option appears not to be functional currently. "Debounce time" effectively controls click latency. It ranges from 0 to 16 ms and can be adjusted in increments of 2, with 10 ms being the default. Setting debounce time to 0 ms effectively gets rid of debouncing altogether, leading to eventual double-clicking. Polling rate can be set to 125, 250, 500, or 1000 Hz. Lastly, macro support and profile management are included, too. Compared to the old Glorious software, only the ability to adjust x and y-sensitivity independently is missing. Additionally, several further settings related to wireless functionality are available. Illumination brightness can be set independently for wired and wireless modes. Furthermore, there is a setting that disables lighting after a set period of inactivity, which is the only sort of dedicated "sleep mode" available on the Model O Wireless. Still, the Model O Wireless will automatically enter a non-user configurable rest mode after a set period of inactivity, which powers the sensor down, but not the lighting.

All setting changes are saved to the on-board memory, so the software does not need to be running (or be installed) all the time. On my system, the software had a RAM footprint of 230 MB on average when running in the foreground, which doesn't change when minimized, be it to the taskbar or the system tray. Upon exiting the application, all processes are terminated, as they should be.

Lighting

The Model O Wireless has three zones for RGB lighting: the scroll wheel and two side LED strips. A total of eight pre-defined lighting effects are available in the software. Glorious Mode is the default and presents a continuous color stream. Seamless Breathing (RGB) cycles through all the colors seamlessly, and Breathing does the same, just with transitions. Single Color is self-explanatory. Breathing (Single Color) is the same as Breathing, just with a single color. Tail sends shocks of color from the top to the bottom. Rave engages the mouse in blinking mode. Wave is quite similar to Glorious Mode, just with more blinking. For most effects, brightness and the speed of transitions can be adjusted. Furthermore, brightness can be set independently for wired and wireless modes. This allows one to simultaneously have full RGB lighting as long as the cable is connected to the mouse, but no illumination in wireless mode to save precious battery life. Of course, the lighting can also be disabled altogether.

Color accuracy and vibrancy are excellent throughout. Here's a short demonstration video in which I go through Glorious Mode, Wave, and Seamless Breathing (RGB). Please note that illumination was set to 100% brightness:

Battery Life

Glorious states a maximum battery life of up to 71 hours without illumination. No details are provided in regard to polling rate, so I'll assume it refers to the default 1000 Hz setting. Glorious Core includes a basic percentage-based battery level indicator. Each notch represents a charging level of 20%. As such, I would've been able to roughly gauge power consumption, but alas, I didn't even get to the see the 80% mark after eleven hours of use without illumination enabled. At the very least, we can conclude from this that the cited battery level is within the realm of possibility. Unfortunately, the battery has a sticker on it that is difficult to remove, so I was unable to identify brand and capacity.

Much like on the regular wired Model O, an LED on the bottom of the mouse indicates the currently set CPI level. As long as the sensor has surface contact and is tracking, this LED is turned off in order to save battery life. Accordingly, when flipping the mouse, the LED will light up. During my testing, this wasn't always the case, however.

Using the included USB Type-A to Type-C charging cable, I've also measured the charging speed of the Model O Wireless during the constant current stage, sitting around 0.255 A.