Yeelight Monitor Light Bar Pro
Yeelight's flagship monitor light bar undercuts the BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 with RGB ambient backlighting, voice control, and an auto-dim sensor.
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What we like
- RGB rear backlight plus asymmetric front lighting in one fixture
- Voice control via Alexa and Google Home
- Ambient light sensor auto-adjusts brightness
- Significantly cheaper than BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2
Could be better
- Wireless remote is an extra accessory on some bundles
- App setup is fiddlier than BenQ's plug-and-play approach
- RGB color accuracy of the rear glow is decorative, not calibrated
Full Review
The Yeelight Monitor Light Bar Pro is the most direct competitor to BenQ’s ScreenBar Halo 2, and at $109 it costs roughly a third less while matching the headline features almost spec for spec. You get asymmetric front lighting that washes your desk without bouncing glare into your eyes, plus an RGB rear backlight that throws ambient color onto the wall behind your monitor. It’s the same dual-purpose concept BenQ pioneered, executed at a lower price.
Build and Light Quality
The fit and finish is closer to premium than you’d expect for the price. Aluminum body, matte finish, and a counterweighted clip that grips flat and curved monitors equally well. The front LED array uses asymmetric optics, meaning the light fans out across the desk in front of you without spilling onto the screen. Color rendering is solid (CRI 95+ on the warm-to-cool front light), so paper looks like paper and not a washed-out photocopy.
Smart Features Done Right
Voice control through Alexa and Google Home actually works — you can say “set my monitor light to warm” and it responds without app gymnastics. The ambient light sensor is the standout: it ramps brightness up when the room dims and dials back when sun pours through the window. Combined with the rear RGB, you can run a soft cyan bias light during evening sessions to reduce contrast strain, which is genuinely useful and not just gamer aesthetic.
How It Compares
Stacked against the BenQ ScreenBar Halo, the Yeelight matches the front light quality and adds RGB the BenQ Halo doesn’t offer. Against the BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 (which does have RGB), the Yeelight is cheaper but its app is less polished. If you want the cleanest setup experience and don’t mind paying for it, BenQ still wins. If you want feature parity at a lower price, this is the buy. The Quntis ScreenLinear Pro is also worth a look, but its smart-home integration isn’t as reliable.
Who Should Buy This
Get the Yeelight Monitor Light Bar Pro if you want RGB ambient backlighting plus quality front lighting and refuse to pay BenQ Halo 2 money. It’s also the right pick if you’re already in the Alexa or Google Home ecosystem and want voice control baked in. Skip it if you’d rather pay extra for BenQ’s smoother app experience, or if you don’t care about the rear RGB — the standard Yeelight Monitor Light Bar saves you another $40.
