There’s no separate Wi-Fi hub necessary.
First, decide where you want your Twinkly Line, and stick it in place.
The Line I tested here was 1.5m long, which fitted nicely around the front of my desk.
The Twinkly Line is 1.5m long, and its length can be doubled with an extension strip
The strip was easy to apply, but sometimes the 3M adhesive stuck to the backing paper.
This also worked seamlessly, even though the lights were curved around the edge of my desk.
With that done, you’re ready to start playing with the lights themselves.
The Twinkly app is easy to use, with a wide selection of preset lighting modes and customization tools for creating your own effects
Nevertheless, there are also lots of scrolling effects that are suitable for a single strip.
During testing, I found the Waves and Unicorn Sun presets particularly appealing.
The Line doesn’t have its own microphone.
Once you’ve connected the Twinkly Line to Google Home, you can control its brightness and color with voice commands
Linking the lights to Google Home is straightforward, too.
The app will then find your Line and allow you to assign it to a room.
The lights themselves are bright, with good color reproduction.
Some of the Twinkly Line’s lighting modes sync to music, using either your phone or the Twinkly Music Dongle (sold separately) as a microphone
it’s possible for you to use one extension line per starter kit.
Twinkly Line: specs
Should you buy the Twinkly Line?
Extension strips are cheap, too, and there’s no need for an additional hub.
The Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus can be extended up to 10m if you need something longer.
If that’s what you’re looking for, take a look at our guide tothe best Ambilight alternatives.
Also consider
Still not sold on the Twinkly Line?
Here are two other options you might want to consider.
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