SwitchBot’s new RGB desk light lets you put a teeny version of the Las Vegas Sphere in your home. The AI-powered Obboto lamp announced at CES is described by SwitchBot as an “expressive globe light companion” that can display preset animations and user-uploaded images and GIFs as pixel art, giving you a fun, customizable desktop lighting experience.
SwitchBot’s AI-powered desk light looks like a pixel-art snow globe
The Obboto uses more than 2,900 RGB LEDs to display images, GIFs, and animations.
The Obboto uses more than 2,900 RGB LEDs to display images, GIFs, and animations.
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The SwitchBot Obboto includes more than 2,900 RGB LEDs and a motion sensor, responding to your movement or touch. Features include music visualization, AI-driven “mood animations,” and dedicated modes for sleep, focus, relaxation, meditation, and everyday ambiance, according to SwitchBot’s announcement.
It can also be used to display the local weather and time, which may appeal to fans of Amazon’s now-discontinued Echo Dot with Clock. SwitchBot hasn’t announced pricing or availability for the Obboto yet, so we’ll have to see if it can rival the Dot with Clock for both charm and affordability.
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