{"id":674776,"date":"2026-01-05T05:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674776\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:34:12","slug":"switchbots-ai-powered-desk-light-looks-like-a-pixel-art-snow-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674776\/","title":{"rendered":"SwitchBot\u2019s AI-powered desk light looks like a pixel-art snow globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">SwitchBot\u2019s 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 \u201cexpressive globe light companion\u201d that can display preset animations and user-uploaded images and GIFs as pixel art, giving you a fun, customizable desktop lighting experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">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 \u201cmood animations,\u201d and dedicated modes for sleep, focus, relaxation, meditation, and everyday ambiance, according to SwitchBot\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It can also be used to display the local weather and time, which may appeal to fans of Amazon\u2019s now-discontinued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/24\/24205675\/amazon-discontinue-echo-dot-with-clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo Dot with Clock<\/a>. SwitchBot hasn\u2019t announced pricing or availability for the Obboto yet, so we\u2019ll have to see if it can rival the Dot with Clock for both charm and affordability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SwitchBot\u2019s new RGB desk light lets you put a teeny version of the Las Vegas Sphere in your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,201412,1685,12,11142,326,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-674776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-ces","11":"tag-gadgets","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-smart-home","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115840867547581996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}