GoChess Mini - AI Electronic Chess Board Game, Light Up Chess Set for Adults & Kids for All Skill Levels with Online Play App - Perfect as a Gift for Smart Board Games Lovers

I purchased the GoChess mini (not from Amazon) and I am really impressed with the board and its features. The quality of the board packaging pieces and App is superb. This is a quality product. What has really impressed me is the GoChess Support. I have had a couple of issues that I presented to the GoChess team. Issue number 1 was that the Android App would take time to reflect the actual battery %. Increasing in chunks (minor issue it gets there eventually). Issue number 2 is that battery life is approx 4-5 hours, I believe that the web site states it should be more like 10 hours. GoChess are aware of these two issues and about to bring out a new update of software to address the % battery glitch and options to optimize the LEDS to give more control over the LEDs to achieve the stated 10 hours of battery life. Their communication on these subjects to me was very quick and courteous.I had a couple of concerns before buying the board and one was the modern pieces and how identifiable they would be. Personally I have had no issues with identifying the pieces. There have been comments in forums re the size of the Bishop I cant see anything wrong and it scales for me perfectly with the other pieces. It is really clear on the website that there is no individual piece recognition. Generic piece recognition placement is achieved through magnets (the same in all pieces)so you are responsible for placing the pieces in their correct position. The pieces themselves are not magnetic. I have had no issues with this approach occasionally when first setting the board up you may have to move a piece slightly for it to be recognised initially as a piece. During play it may very rarely miss your move, once every 3-4 games so keep an eye on the clocks to see whose turn it is and that your move has been recognised. The LEDs will also help with this as they will not change to the opposing side until the move is recognised. Lack of individual piece recognition was not an issue for me in fact this approach makes it much less prone to faults that I see other boards have with individual piece recognition, less to go wrong in my opinion. Not having individual piece recognition will take longer to set the board up for puzzles, not a concern for me.The board responded quickly to online moves on chess.com and Lichess and I did not notice any perceivable lag. I have been playing Rapid chess for 10/15 mins. I would not really want to play 3 min Blitz just because of the physical logistics of trying to move the opponents pieces, a common issue with any eboard.I have had zero issues with bluetooth connectivity and the board was found for the first time on a number of different Android phones (android 12 and 14). I had a couple of wifi issues on my end that dropped the internet for a couple seconds but caused no issue with the gameplay.I did also note other issues that have been put out there concerning playing AI. It sometimes does not identify blunders (Red circle) on lower AI settings. At the moment there is also no game review. I believe that probably both of these will be addressed very shortly.I think the App has a great simple interface and I had no problems playing Lichess or Chess.com games or face to face (OTB) via the app and board. I could share PGNs for Liches, GoChess AI and Face to Face to clipboard on an Android device or share via multiple apps within Android including Gmail. Once on Gmail I could copy and paste into the likes of Chess.com or Lichess. Playing chess.com on the app is very much like playing full blown on the main chess.com app with most options available including playing the bots. The PGN for chess.com is not available via the app and can be copied from within the chess.com account. The Lichess part of the app is stripped down in comparison to chess.com and no option to play bots.It is a very different experience playing on a real board than a flat screen and way more enjoyable. I think that GoChess have a really excellent board/pieces and app and would give this 10/10.