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Nana leaves color-changing Aurora light panels are a likable and eye catching smart home novelty this year you can upgrade those panels with the Nano leaf rhythm an itty-bitty module with a built-in microphone that can translate anything adheres into a synchronized light show the cost 50 bucks or 30 bucks if you buy it bundled with a nine panel Aurora starter kit which costs 200 Natalie's app offers a variety of different rhythm presets that use different colors and animation patterns you can download new presets from a growing library of user-created options or you can create your own the options are a little limited you can't control the microphone sensitivity that things like bass and treble for instance but it's still a nice way to keep the feature from getting stale too quickly like the standard color presets you can activate your rhythm presets using voice commands with Siri Alexa and the Google assistant I also appreciate that like the aurora panels themselves nano leaf rhythm gives you physical controls to getting started with the rhythm module is a cinch just connect it to one of your aurora panels and the app will automatically detect it and start offering up rhythm presets for you to play with latency was nice and low and I tested it out and while I sometimes had to experiment a bit to find a really good looking visual for a given song most of the presets seem to work well with a variety of different music types bottom line this seems like a no-brainer upgrade if you've already invested in analyse Aurora panels and if you're thinking of buying in that rhythm starter kit seems like a good option too