XGIMI MoGo 4 | A Truly Portable Projector
The XGIMI MoGo 4 is a portable projector that's as versatile as it is stylish. Let's see what it can do.
Built to Go Anywhere
The MoGo 4 has exceptional build quality for a product in this price range, and that matters — if you’re going to be carrying this thing around, you need to trust it’ll survive the journey. It’s a shame the base unit doesn’t come with a carrying case, though third-party options are easy enough to find on Amazon. Beyond that, this is a solid, well-considered design. The body reminds me of a Sonos One speaker: roughly the same footprint, a little taller, and with a similarly premium feel in the hand.
There’s a lens protection feature built into the hinge that keeps the business end of the projector safe when it’s not in use. A small magnet point on the lens housing lets you attach the optional creative filters, which unlock the ambient display modes. Hidden beneath the hinge you’ll find an HDMI port and a USB-A port for connecting a flash drive or powering something like a Fire Stick. On the opposite side there’s a power button and a USB-C port, used both for charging via the built-in cable and for connecting to the power stand.
That power stand is genuinely worth picking up. It doubles as a tripod, extends battery life from two and a half hours to five, and is built from quality materials that inspire real confidence — it has never felt remotely likely to topple. It also has a standard tripod thread if you’d rather use your own mount. Unscrew it and it’s portable enough to take with you. When the MoGo 4 is attached, it can rotate a full 360 degrees on both a vertical and horizontal axis, which means it can truly be pointed at any surface in any room.
Smart Setup, Smart Features
Getting up and running is straightforward. The MoGo 4 runs Google TV, so all your usual streaming services are available over Wi-Fi, and the setup process is quick and painless. The auto-adjustment and keystone correction kick in noticeably faster than other projectors I’ve used, which is a small but genuinely appreciated quality-of-life win.
You get two remote controls in the box. One is a compact travel remote covering the basics, handy if you don’t want to carry the full controller around. The main remote is where you’ll do most of your navigating — it handles source switching, has dedicated buttons for YouTube, Netflix, and Prime Video, a customisable shortcut slot, and an angular volume slider that gives it a bit of personality compared to something like an Apple TV remote. Both are battery powered, and a set of batteries is included out of the box.
The ambient mode is a nice touch. When you’re using the MoGo 4 as a Bluetooth speaker, it displays generative colour visuals rather than sitting there looking like a blank screen. It’s a small detail, but it adds to the sense that this is a thoughtfully designed object rather than just a functional one.
Picture Quality: Good Enough Is Actually Great
On paper, the MoGo 4’s specs could seem unimpressive. 1080p at 60fps and 450 lumens is not going to win any benchmark comparisons. But specs rarely tell the full story with a device like this, and the MoGo 4 is a good example of why.
The sharpness is genuinely impressive. Blowing a 1080p image up to 120 inches sounds like a recipe for soft, unfocused visuals, but the image stays crisp and the overall experience is immersive in the way that only a big projection can be. The MoGo 4 simply adapts to whatever surface you point it at, scaling the image to fill the available space without any fuss.
There are a couple of areas where it falls short, though. The hardware locks the projection into HDR10, but at 450 lumens there isn’t enough brightness to handle that dynamic range properly — you’ll notice clipping in bright areas when watching HDR content, particularly on Netflix. Colour accuracy in general isn’t quite where you’d want it out of the box, with some colours skewing oversaturated or slightly warm, though there are enough settings to dial things in if you’re willing to spend time tweaking. These are real limitations, but whether they matter depends entirely on what you’re looking for. If you want reference-grade colour fidelity, this isn’t the projector for you. If you want a big, immersive screen that you can point at the ceiling or a bedroom wall, the MoGo 4 delivers exactly that.
Sound That Works for the Room
The Harman Kardon speakers built into the MoGo 4 are solid for a device of this size. The clarity is good, though they lack a little in the low end and can sound slightly trebly as a result. More interestingly, XGIMI have opted for a 360-degree speaker configuration, which means the audio sounds consistent regardless of where you’re sitting relative to the projector.
Higher-end systems tend to fire sound in a fixed direction to match your visuals, which can create a mismatch if the projector isn’t directly in front of you. The MoGo 4 makes no assumptions about placement, and the omnidirectional approach is the right call for a portable device that could end up in any configuration. Sit in front of it or slightly behind it for the best experience, but the honest answer is that it sounds decent from almost anywhere in the room.
Gaming on the Go
The 60Hz refresh rate might look like a limitation on a spec sheet, but in practice it’s not much of a compromise for the kind of gaming this projector is built around. The latency is impressively low, which makes it a genuinely good match for handheld consoles like a Steam Deck or a Legion Go S — and realistically, those devices are unlikely to push much beyond 60 frames per second for most games anyway. Gaming on a projected image that fills your wall is a different experience entirely from gaming on a handheld screen, and the MoGo 4 makes that jump feel natural.
Final Thoughts
The MoGo 4 has made me think differently about how I watch content and play games at home. So much of what I do — handhelds, tablets, phones — has become a solitary experience. This is the first device in a long time that has made me want to bring people together: get some mates round, watch a Liverpool game, turn the living room into something closer to a shared experience. It invites people in rather than shutting them out.
At full price you’re looking at £509, though it was down to £359 at the time of filming, with additional cost for the power stand and accessories. I’d strongly recommend the stand — it genuinely transforms the experience. Disclosure: this unit was sent out to me by XGIMI.
My recommendation: If you want a versatile, truly portable projector for movie nights, gaming, and everything in between, and you can live with the HDR and colour limitations, the MoGo 4 is one of the most well-rounded options available at this price.