Dynamic Lighting is now available on Windows 11


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 Windows Blogs:

Devices with “Red, Green, Blue” (RGB) lights can help users personalize their Windows experiences beyond the screen. With the latest feature update, Dynamic Lighting on Windows 11 enables users to control their RGB devices right in Windows Settings. They can use it to extend their Windows accent color onto the devices around them, synchronize RGB effects across devices from different brands and exercise finer control over how their apps control their device’s lights.

Dynamic Lighting user interface


Dynamic Lighting helps create cohesion across the RGB devices market and enables new and engaging experiences across applications that are enhanced by RGB lights. In collaboration with partners like Acer, ADATA/XPG, ASUS ROG, HP, HyperX, Lenovo, Logitech G, MSI, NZXT, Razer, SignalRGB, SteelSeries and Twinkly, we’re making RGB experiences more accessible and easier to use for everyone.

Many existing RGB devices work with Dynamic Lighting already, with more new products on the way. Check out the list of supported devices.

Learn more about the feature and see our walkthrough.



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No support of Corsair products, pity
 

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    Intel i9 14900KF
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    Asus z790 ProArt Creator WiFi
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    1 x Asus 24". 1 x Asus 32"
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    Multiple
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    Corsair 1200HX
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    Corsair 7000D RGB
    Cooling
    Corsair H150I Capellix XT
    Keyboard
    Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
    Mouse
    Corsair M55 RGB Pro
It was on by default but not doing anything so I turned it off.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
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    Intel Core i9 13900k, Intel UHD 770 integrated
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    MSI MEG Z790 ACE
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    32gb G.Skill Trident Z5 6600
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    Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC
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    EVGA Nu Audio, Razer Kraken V3 Pro, Realtek Onboard
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    LG 38GN950-B, Benq EX3415R nano IPS monitors
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    3840x1600, 3440X1440
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    Samsung 970 Pro, Samsung 850 Pro, Crucial MX500, WD Black SN700, WD Black 8tb HD
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    EVGA Supernova G2 1300w
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    Thermaltake Level 20 XT
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    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 420 ARGB in push/pull, Antec Prism X 120mm ARGB Fans x 15
    Keyboard
    Razer Huntsman Elite V1
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    Corsair Dark Core Pro SE on an Asus ROG Balteus Qi pad
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    450Mbps cable primary, 6Mbps secondary vdsl
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    Chrome primary, FF-Edge-IE secondary
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    I sit on a Secret Lab Titan XL 2020 chair.😍
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Laptop
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    2021 HP Omen
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
    Motherboard
    factory
    Memory
    16gb ddr 3200
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    Nvidia RTX 3060 Mobile
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    onboard B&O
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" 144hz IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Hynix 512gb nvme ssd, WD Black SN850 2TB nvme ssd
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory
    Cooling
    factory with ARCTIC MX-6
    Mouse
    touchpad and Logitech wireless mouse
    Keyboard
    4 zone rgb
    Internet Speed
    WiFi 6, 1gb ethernet
    Browser
    Chrome primary, FF-IE and Edge secondary
    Antivirus
    Norton 360 Premium
I have a Gigabyte X570 Motherboard with some RGB LEDs as well as RGB headers that I use with several RGB fans. A Cooler Master ML360R AIO with a RGB waterblock. A LED logo on my Geforce 4080 FE that is not RGB but I can control the brightness. A Corsair K55 RGB keyboard. A Logitech G600 RGB Mouse. I also have RGB lights on my Dell/Alienware AW3821DW Monitor.

I was excited about this windows feature because I hate having to use so many different apps to control all of the different RGB features. OpenRGB is pretty good but even that doesn't have all of the same options that each native app has.

None of the devices I mentioned above are obscure devices from fringe brands; quite the contrary. Yet not one single device is supported yet in Windows Dynamic Lighting. I understand that this is a new feature, but it's still very disapointing.
 

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    Windows 11
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    VM VirtualBox
Does it support Logitech and Razer products?
The only feature that the KB5030310 update (22H2, Sep 26) enabled for me was "7z & RAR" support (open without 3rd-party app)! All other 150 (!!!) features weren't enabled.

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    Win 11 Enterprise
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    i7
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    SSD

My Computer

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    Win10 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
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    Intel Core i9 9900K
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    ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero
    Memory
    32 GB Quad Kit, G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series schwarz, DDR4-3866, 18-19-19-39-2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 ROG Strix O24G, 24576 MB GDDR6X
    Sound Card
    (1) HD Webcam C270 (2) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (3) Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ BL2711U(4K) and a hp 27vx(1080p)
    Hard Drives
    C: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD
    E: & O: Libraries & OneDrive-> Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
    D: Hyper-V VM's -> Samsung PM951 Client M.2 512Gb SSD
    G: System Images -> Samsung 860 Pro 2TB
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000i High Performance ATX Power Supply 80+ Platinum
    Case
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro TG
    Cooling
    Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium-Edition 360mm and 2x120 Phantek& Halo front, and 1x140 Phanteks
    Keyboard
    Trust GTX THURA
    Mouse
    Trust GTX 148
    Internet Speed
    25+/5+ (+usually faster)
    Browser
    Edge; Chrome;
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    Windows Defender of course & Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit as an added layer between browser & OS
    Other Info
    Router: FRITZ!Box 7590 AX V2
    Sound system: SHARP HT-SBW460 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
    Webcam: Logitech BRIO ULTRA HD PRO WEBCAM 4K webcam with HDR
Does anybody here have K810 and DeathAdder (Elite) to check if this works (fully) for those devices?

I've heard about problems with these devices (and Dynamic Lighting settings) on Reddit.
 

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Tried it, and it didn't do anything at all, typical Microsoft WTF software.
And when you go to the supported devices link( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...component-guidelines/dynamic-lighting-devices )its a freakin' joke.

Now I use OpenRGB and check out this supported devices page with 1482 entries: OpenRGB
1. OpenRGB is not the equivalent of Dynamic lighting in any means but RGB. (I may be wrong here)
2. Look at OpenRGB a couple of weeks/months after they released to compare, they use a versioning system so it's not that hard. (was dynamic lighting even released when you post this?)
3. External company's need to make their hardware work with Dynamic lightning, so it's up to THEM if your hardware is not working. Luckily they all seems to have made or are working on it. Lots of people are working 8 hours a day on this so this will be implemented faster than open source software.
4. A couple of months in and my hardware works at 80-90%, just waiting for logitech and maybe corsair to finish their integration. (I ended up not using the controller in my case(corsair) for the integrated front fans for other reasons) I may be going back to the controller if support is implemented.

If you need more customizations than what offer dynamic lighting you can use razer synapse(windows only) they have plugins for most (if not all) hardware manufacturer. It's way easier to setup and maintain than OpenRGB and you can still have one app to control them all(I think you still need to have all the RGB sdk installed but not running? again I may be wrong here I haven't used it in a while my RGB are free for all for some times now, I decided to put a monitor in front of the case in the meantime :-) )
 

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    Cusotm
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    Ryzen 7600X
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    Asrock x670e
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    XPG 5600
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    Radeon 6700XT
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    onboard
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    3x Asus TUF Gaming VG24VQE
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    1080p
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    1x samsung 980 pro 1TB
    2x Samsung 970 evo 2tb in Raid 1
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    EVGA Platinum 750W
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    Corsair 4000X
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    Old evga water block
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    Razer blackwidow pro v3
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    logitech G502 hero
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    3GB
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    chrome, firefox, edge
    Antivirus
    MS Defender(I have an office 365 subscription)
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    RHEL 9
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    2x Xeon 2650v3
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    Chinese x99 MB
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    4x 8GB ECC memory
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    Geforce 9600 GT
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    Integrated
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    none
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    none
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    12x Seagate Exos 4TB
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    Corsair 750W
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    Sound Dampening Case (too lazy to check model)
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    Fans
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    none
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    Nice simple HP keyboard(jic)
    Internet Speed
    3GB
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    firefox
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    none
    Other Info
    Dual 10GB Intel NIC
Does it support Logitech and Razer products?
The only feature that the KB5030310 update (22H2, Sep 26) enabled for me was "7z & RAR" support (open without 3rd-party app)! All other 150 (!!!) features weren't enabled.

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The only device it shows on my system is my kb. I'm considering trying SignalRGB to control all of my devices. My biggest issue is that my MSI motherboard, MEG Z790 ACE, requires some special files that only MSI Center seems to have in order to control the jrainbow headers. The MSI color patterns are weird compared to all other software patterns.
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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    Intel Core i9 13900k, Intel UHD 770 integrated
    Motherboard
    MSI MEG Z790 ACE
    Memory
    32gb G.Skill Trident Z5 6600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC
    Sound Card
    EVGA Nu Audio, Razer Kraken V3 Pro, Realtek Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 38GN950-B, Benq EX3415R nano IPS monitors
    Screen Resolution
    3840x1600, 3440X1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 Pro, Samsung 850 Pro, Crucial MX500, WD Black SN700, WD Black 8tb HD
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova G2 1300w
    Case
    Thermaltake Level 20 XT
    Cooling
    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 420 ARGB in push/pull, Antec Prism X 120mm ARGB Fans x 15
    Keyboard
    Razer Huntsman Elite V1
    Mouse
    Corsair Dark Core Pro SE on an Asus ROG Balteus Qi pad
    Internet Speed
    450Mbps cable primary, 6Mbps secondary vdsl
    Browser
    Chrome primary, FF-Edge-IE secondary
    Antivirus
    Norton 360 Premium
    Other Info
    I sit on a Secret Lab Titan XL 2020 chair.😍
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    2021 HP Omen
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
    Motherboard
    factory
    Memory
    16gb ddr 3200
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia RTX 3060 Mobile
    Sound Card
    onboard B&O
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" 144hz IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Hynix 512gb nvme ssd, WD Black SN850 2TB nvme ssd
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory
    Cooling
    factory with ARCTIC MX-6
    Mouse
    touchpad and Logitech wireless mouse
    Keyboard
    4 zone rgb
    Internet Speed
    WiFi 6, 1gb ethernet
    Browser
    Chrome primary, FF-IE and Edge secondary
    Antivirus
    Norton 360 Premium
None of my devices are shown, pointless. Was never bothered with rgb, but before the end of last year went for a full on upgrade, from my first gen i7 Extreme processor, to an i9 with all the bells and whistles, but nothing is supported. Seems like not many support the system MS are providing in Windows which is a shame
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel i9 14900KF
    Motherboard
    Asus z790 ProArt Creator WiFi
    Memory
    64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI 4090 Suprim X
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Asus 24". 1 x Asus 32"
    Hard Drives
    Multiple
    PSU
    Corsair 1200HX
    Case
    Corsair 7000D RGB
    Cooling
    Corsair H150I Capellix XT
    Keyboard
    Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
    Mouse
    Corsair M55 RGB Pro
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