Sorry for the stupid question but what is Razer Chroma?

I've never even heard of Razer Synapse. I only have Windows 10 on my PC.

It’s a keyboard that lights up.

I have a keyboard that lights up & changes color. But that's my hardware.

Razer Chroma is a feature many Razer products have that allows for LED light color ambience configuration. "Chroma" just designates which Razer product is capable of such.
Razer Synapse is a computer program/app by Razer to configure and interface with Razer products, like their keyboards, headsets, mice, and speakers.

As someone with a nice Razer Keyboard, mouse and headset......Basically it means it'll glow colors....Which is pretty nice.

Like others have said it's for people with Razer products. If you have something like a Razer keyboard, it will now glow/light up in specific colors when you play the Sims. For example, the Sims developers could make it so that whenever your sim hosts a séance, the keys on the keyboard pulse in black and orange lights.

Aww that sounds awesome, I want one now!

Its not a stupid question. Every question has value and i wondered the same thing because I was ready to jump out and buy one. I'm not sure of all the tech savvy terms. But I was researching because I needed a new keyboard. And I only buy light up gaming mechanical keyboards anyway.

From my understanding it's just a light up keyboard buy the razer brand. I guess it has to say Chroma because that's the only ones that with connect with sims for reasons unknown to me ??


But what I found during my research that I didn't like is that razer keyboards require you to use a program called Razer Synapse in order to use your full keyboard with all the features. And you have to accept their terms and conditions which includes the collection and sharing if your data. Possibly even keystrokes ?

And if that's not weird enough tons and tons of people were complaining in the reviews that Razer Synapse hogs a lot of resources such as ram from your PC and for some people,ultimately slowing it down or making it glitchy. And the keyboards themselves doesn't seem like anything special compared to others I've tried or seen. It's just expensive for the name razer.

I really really wanted to sync emotions but at yhe end decided it wasn't worth it. And went went a different keyboard. I may have tried one if not for the "Razer Synapse". You can research it. It's very weird just to use a keyboard.

Sorry to add on more, but because there seems to be confusion here -- it's not just for keyboards, but for a variety of Razer products (like mice, headsets, etc.).

@Babykittyjade They probably no longer collect keystrokes because of the new privacy laws in CA and the EU. For CA, they explicitly say that they do not collect keystrokes. Please see their privacy policy: https://www.razer.com/eu-en/legal/customer-privacy-policy. Outside of games, logging keystrokes won't benefit them and can only get them in a world of trouble anyway if information leaks. It's data they don't want.

"haneul;c-17783121" wrote:
Sorry to add on more, but because there seems to be confusion here -- it's not just for keyboards, but for a variety of Razer products (like mice, headsets, etc.).

@Babykittyjade They probably no longer collect keystrokes because of the new privacy laws in CA and the EU. For CA, they explicitly say that they do not collect keystrokes. Please see their privacy policy: https://www.razer.com/eu-en/legal/customer-privacy-policy. Outside of games, logging keystrokes won't benefit them and can only get them in a world of trouble anyway if information leaks. It's data they don't want.

Thanks for the info!!