{"id":227335,"date":"2026-01-04T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227335\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:18:08","slug":"switchbots-ai-powered-desk-light-looks-like-a-pixel-art-snow-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227335\/","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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":227336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,73187,203,61,60,43,2958,216,80],"class_list":["post-227335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ces","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-smart-home","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}