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Tutorial SteelSeries Sonar Overlay

Last updated on Jan 22, 2026

This tutorial shows how to initialize and use the SteelSeries Sonar overlay by setting a hotkey. The Sonar overlay does not appear by default, it only initializes once a volume shortcut is pressed.

  1. Download SteelSeries here: https://steelseries.com/gg/downloads/gg/latest/windows

  2. Create an account (no email confirmation needed):

  3. Go to SteelSeries settings:

  4. Enable Sonar option:

  5. Go to Shortcuts in Sonar settings and set a key for Master - Volume Up, example set F1:

  6. After assigning a hotkey, press it to initialize the Sonar overlay. Once triggered, the volume overlay will appear on screen top right and Sonar overlay will be active.