techspot Microsoft testing native RGB controller in Win11

[UltraMega]

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Screenshots show the feature includes a list of all supported RGB hardware, such as headsets, mice, and, in this case, Elgato's Stream Deck. Each device's lights can be customized by brightness, lighting effects, effect speed, and color. There's also a toggle for matching accessories' colors with Windows' accent color.

 

The list only consists of peripherals, so we don't know if Windows 11 will also allow owners to customize RGB lighting on hardware like motherboards, graphics cards, and RAM, but this functionality could be added before the final version arrives.

Microsoft is testing a native RGB-lighting controller in Windows 11

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Twitter user Albacore (via The Verge) spotted new options for device lighting in the latest Windows 11 preview build...

 

 

... Neat I guess. ChatGTP and RGB. 

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Im surprised and yet not surprised all at the same time lol. RGB is a thing for sure, but a part of me never thought Microsoft would entertain it so far as incorporating it into the OS. 

[schuck6566]

Next it will be coordinating the RGB with the audio.....

 

 

[Andrew]

I'm surprised RGB is still a thing tbh, I thought it would have died off a few years ago. Personally, I wouldn't mind it if it didn't make hardware more expensive.

[J7SC_Orion]

I don't mind RGB, as long as it does Cherenkov radiation blue  

 

...the problem with current controller software (that by definition acts on low-level hardware) is security, the 'cost' in terms of CPU cycles, and also at times competing controller software. Microsoft Windows has become a big personal data snooping ops anyways, but at least with its new RGB software, one can eliminate various other 'leaks'.

 

[Huzzug]

On 11/02/2023 at 11:30, ENTERPRISE said:

a part of me never thought Microsoft would entertain it so far as incorporating it into the OS. 

Well something has to be part of the subscription model come next release

[ENTERPRISE]

2 hours ago, Huzzug said:

Well something has to be part of the subscription model come next release

 

Ha...very true. 

 

[J7SC_Orion]

...FYI for all the critics out there, usually, one can disable RGB  

 

...then again, everybody knows RGB makes your PC run faster, just as racing stripes on your bicycle did
 

[Barefooter]

Well most of the RGB software out there is garbage anyway.

 

Maybe if it was on the OS they could make if more functional with less conflicts.

[Diffident]

Just use OpenRGB.  It doesn't need to run in the background....set up your colors and you're good.

[Kaz]

This feels like IE vs Netscape.  There's a perfectly good option, OpenRGB available, but Microsoft is going to take over the market.