GoCube & Rubik’s Connected

GoCube and the Rubik’s Connected line (both made by Particula) speak the same protocol and connect through one driver in cubrs. Support for this family is newer than for GAN cubes and is still in hardware verification, so connect it expecting solid moves, state, and battery — with orientation the part most likely to need a moment of setup.

1. Connect — no MAC needed

Give the cube a turn to wake it, click Connect, and pick it from the browser’s Bluetooth list. Unlike GAN cubes, GoCube and Rubik’s Connected need no MAC address — the protocol isn’t encrypted, so there’s nothing to enter and nothing to look up. Moves, cube state, and battery all come through, and cubrs reconnects to the cube on its own next time.

2. Calibrate orientation once

These cubes report their orientation sensor in a frame cubrs has to learn. The first time you connect a gyro-equipped GoCube, run the ⚲ Calibrate wizard once: it walks you through holding the cube to match the screen so cubrs can measure the correct mapping. The result is saved per cube and re-applied automatically every time you reconnect, so you only do this once per physical cube. Until you calibrate, an uncalibrated cube shows a one-time hint pointing at the ⚲ button.

3. The Rubik’s Connected Pro has no gyro

The Rubik’s Connected Pro connects through this same driver, and its moves, state, and battery are verified on hardware. But the Pro has no orientation sensor at all — confirmed against the official Rubik’s app, which hides its gyro controls for the same reason. With no gyro to detect physical rotation, you match the on-screen cube to your real one by hand: drag the 3D cube until it lines up, then use Lock to my view. See connection troubleshooting if turns look mirror-imaged — that’s the view being out of alignment, not a tracking fault.

4. What’s verified so far

This family is still in hardware verification, so treat it as reliable for timing and tracking while calibration knobs get a final pass. Right after you connect, the driver prints [gocube] frame diagnostics to the browser console for about 30 seconds — harmless, and useful if you ever need to report a new Particula model that doesn’t behave.