Lighting effects can make or break your TV room, gaming setup, etc. SwitchBot’s RGBICWW Light Bars take a different approach from most products, with dedicated cool-white and warm-white LEDs alongside the color zones. The end result means real white light for work and reading, and 12-zone RGBIC color for movies. It all works over Wi-Fi/Matter as well, so you don’t need a hub.

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RGB color mixing can produce something that technically looks white on a wall, but it’s not the same quality of light you’d want to read or work under for hours. If you work in an office building, you know what I am talking about. SwitchBot’s RGBICWW Light Bars use separate cool-white and warm-white LEDs that produce actual white light with adjustable color temperature that can go from 2200K up to 6500K, and they dim as well.…