Knowing how to update iCUE is important for those who use our products. It’s often the solution to many issues, and an up to date installation is vital in order to use our latest releases.
iCUE is our ubiquitous companion software that allows you to get the most out of any CORSAIR products you own. This is where you can change RGB settings, adjust the performance, and monitor stats. Whether you use our Gaming Mice, AIO coolers, or Headsets, iCUE is vital to enjoy your PC hardware to the maximum extent possible.
That being said, you need to keep iCUE fully up to date to have the best experience. We release periodic updates to improve the software, fix bugs, and enable support for new products. This means that knowing how to update iCUE is vital, so, we thought we’d make a quick guide. Let’s take a look.
Of course, you’ll get a notification every time we release a new update for iCUE. However, we understand that modern computers mercilessly and constantly throw notifications at you, so you might have missed it. So, let’s do it manually.
Clicking the download link from our main website is only for new installations, so it won’t update or replace your existing version of iCUE. The steps we listed earlier are the only correct way to update iCUE to the latest version.
Aside from adjusting settings, updating firmware, and all that utilitarian stuff, iCUE is also a powerful tool for enthusiast builds. It allows you to create dynamic, vivid, and downright show-stopping PC lightshows. Examples like this, this, and this, can be seen created by our talented community over at r/corsair.
iCUE Murals is also a unique feature that requires iCUE. Murals allows you to synchronise your iCUE products to the content you're viewing, essentially extending what's on screen into the world around you. Additionally, it works with Phillips Hue and Nanoleaf products, meaning this extension is virtually limitless, and just wait until you get your hands on iCUE LINK...
