Syncing RGB Lighting Across Brands: Why It's Tricky and How to Do It

How-To Geek

By Ismar Hrnjicevic

Published Jan 10, 2024

Syncing one brand of RGB devices is already tricky. Doing it across brands is outright impossible... or is it?

We don't have universal RGB standards because hardware manufacturers created proprietary solutions to keep us in their ecosystems.
Third-party RGB management programs like SignalRGB, OpenRGB, and JackNet offer a universal solution to sync RGB devices from different manufacturers.
Microsoft's Dynamic Lighting on Windows 11 aims to unify RGB devices, but widespread implementation is still a few years away.