Redmagic upgrades its liquid-cooled gaming phone with extra RGBs

<figure> <img alt="Photo of the Redmagic 12 Pro showing the rear RGB lights in green" data-caption="The circular liquid-cooling system now features its own RGB lights. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/redmagic-12-pro-3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The circular liquid-cooling system now features its own RGB lights. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After introducing true liquid cooling to its gaming phones last year, Redmagic is upping the ante in its 12 Pro by building RGB lights into the transparent cooling loop, too.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And they work! Sort of. The lights <em>do</em> turn on, and they can be set to glow in set patterns, activate for specific apps, or trigger for notifications and calls. The problem is that like <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/812391/redmagics-liquid-cooled-gaming-phone-starts-at-749">last year's 11 Pro</a>, the cooling system itself uses fluorescent blue liquid, which the lights have to work against. Blue or white lighting just makes it look more blue, green turns out turquoise, and red or orange lights mostly produce colored bubbles swimming in a blue tide.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The liquid- …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1024504/redmagic-12-pro-liquid-cooling-rgb-lighting-185hz-camera">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>