Microsoft is working on a new feature for Windows 11 that will be integrated into the “Personalization” section of the operating system under the name of “Lighting”, and that will serve to control RGB LED lighting from our team without having to resort to third-party applications, something that is quite interesting.
We have already been able to see some screenshots showing what the interface of this new section will be like, and the truth is that it is simple and intuitive. Right at the beginning are the options for brightness, lighting effects, which includes simple settings such as solid color, flicker, rainbow and reverse rainbow, and we also have others dedicated to color and even Windows color synchronization.
We also have options dedicated to ambient lighting and we can see a list of the devices with LED lighting available. It is not clear which devices will be supportedbut in principle we should not have any problem with those that connect via USB and that are automatically recognized in Windows 11. Perhaps with some very low-cost devices some problems may occur, but this will not be the usual rule, but rather the exception to her.
We do not know if this new feature of Windows 11 will also allow control RGB LED lighting of motherboards and graphics cards, but in principle there should be nothing to prevent it. However, it is clear that this would add an additional layer of work that could give Microsoft more than one headache in future updates to its operating system, and that is precisely what makes me doubt a little about its real viability.
As for the possibility to control RGB LED lighting from Windows 11 on different peripherals, I think it’s an interesting idea, but at the same time I think this will not really replace third party apps, at least not to those that have exclusive functions, such as immersive lighting, and that offer a clearly differential value both in that sense and due to the greater range of customization effects that they allow. I could give many examples, but iCUE from Corsair and Chroma from Razer are undoubtedly two of the best known.
Microsoft hasn’t said when it plans to bring this new feature to the mainstream Windows 11 channel, so we don’t know when it will roll out to Windows 11. However, it is clear that it will be reserved for a future annual update including other new features.
