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Govee Icicle Lights with Matter - Preamble

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Icicle lights hanging off the roof   MOAR RGB. The rallying cry of PC Master Race brethren, mouth breathing incels, or general tech enthusiasts; but when the holidays arrive, everyone but the most withdrawn curmudgeons festoon their homes with lights of all shapes and colors.    Now one cannot be content with lights with fixed colors, or even those with a few varying colors. No, one must demand holiday lights that can be set to every color of the rainbow, even if they will inevitably be set to winter whites and blues, or more vibrant reds and greens. Govee has been carving out a cost effective yet technically competent niche for lighting in all manners of form factors. As with many vendors, they are slowly scratching a bulwark into the Matter standard, which promises to let them interoperate with vendors across the major smart home landscape.   In terms of mounting hardware, the lights come with clever clips that have space enough to clamp onto gutters, and grooves t...