Razer is making a smart home app for controlling RGB lights from any brand

(Pocket-lint) - Razer is astatine CES 2022 successful Las Vegas to denote a slew of caller updates and products - including that it plans to motorboat a astute location app.

Called the Razer Smart Home app, the caller mobile app volition beryllium a "simple, yet almighty instrumentality that puts complete, unified power into the user’s hands".

Essentially, Razer wants to go 1 of the galore companies trying to marque it easier to acceptable up, customise, and sync each your RGB lights and devices from assorted manufacturers. Keep successful caput Razer already allows users of its Synapse PC bundle to sync to a Philips Hue Bridge and lights.

By introducing a mobile app, Razer could rapidly summation much partners. In fact, it is consenting to fto immoderate astute location institution articulation its Razer Chrome Smart Home Program. Apparently, Nanoleaf, LIFX, Monster, and different large brands are already signed up, with much to beryllium announced soon.

Perhaps Signify’s Philips Hue volition besides join, fixed the 2 companies have played nicely before. 

Razer has shared 1 screenshot to amusement what its caller astute location app volition look like. It seems casual capable to usage for things similar switching connected lights and changing their colour. The app volition besides enactment customized routines, but Razer has yet to uncover the setup process oregon the antithetic settings.

It besides hasn’t said if the app volition beryllium escaped to use. Right now, Razer is lone confirming the enlargement of its Razer Chroma RGB ecosystem done this caller Razer Smart Home app and the Razer Chroma RGB Smart Home Program, some of which are expected to motorboat successful the archetypal fractional of 2022.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 6 January 2022.