Is this the end of all the RGB lighting apps installed on my PC? Over the years, I have collected one app after another for the sole purpose of controlling the RGB lighting of one or even two pieces of hardware at a time. Frankly, I've had enough. But Microsoft may have the answer.

Control native RGB lighting within the Windows 11 settings menu.

This may be the light at the end of the tunnel I've been looking for: in Windows 11 test build 25295 (via The Verge (open in new tab)), early work bringing RGB lighting controls was discovered by Twitter user Albacore (open in new tab) Open) was discovered by Twitter user Albacore (via The Verge (open in new tab)), and it all looks like a way for users to control RGB lighting under one roof.

If this feature becomes a reality, hopefully it will eliminate the need for numerous apps from Razer, Corsair, Asus, SteelSeries, Logitech, and others. If you are like me, there are always many apps left on your machine to control all your devices. I understand that these apps offer more than RGB lighting, but for lighting I have many apps installed.

Unless you are like me and stick to only one brand of peripherals and internal parts: well, you are not organized.

Indeed, in my line of work, I test a lot of peripherals and parts, and I don't always remember to uninstall software for every product after the fact. But still, I always need more than a handful of these apps on my PC; I use Corsair's iCue for RAM and case. The keyboard is a Logitech G Hub; the mixer is a Razer Synapse; the mouse is a SteelSeries GG;

it's a bit much;

the case is a Corsair iCue;

and the case is a Corsair iCue.

There is no clear confirmation of when this feature will appear or control lighting on various products; Razer and Corsair have SDKs for third-party applications to control lighting on their products, and Windows 11 centralized tools that could be successfully integrated, but there are no details to say for sure.

Keep an eye on the Windows 11 update announcement. It could be a game changer, and I can almost forgive Microsoft for taking away my job because of the ChatGPT AI search (open in new tab) integrated into Bing. Almost.

On the other hand, some apps can control multiple RGB products at once. I used an app called Artemis (opens in new tab), and although I haven't tried it for a while, a second version appears to be in development on GitHub. And if you want to install one more app and not have to use the other five, there is also OpenRGB (open in new tab). However, these apps have evolved quite a bit since I last tried them.