Logitech MX Keys Advanced Wireless Illuminated Keyboard, Tactile responsive Typing, Backlighting, Bluetooth, USB-C, Apple MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ios, Android, Metal build Graphite

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Alternatively, you can make a low-power Bluetooth connection; a trio of top-row keys lets you switch among up to three devices using different Bluetooth and/or USB links.

The other major difference is that the MX Keys S connects wirelessly via Bluetooth or with the Logi BOLT receiver. We've also added new objective evaluations to the Typing Noise test, and we've simplified several tests and removed several others that were no longer relevant. This keyboard has a full-size layout with all the keys of a standard keyboard, including a function row, dedicated arrow keys, a navigation cluster, and a Numpad. The Logitech MX Keys is an adequate keyboard for more casual gaming, and its scissor switches have short pre-travel distance, making them feel responsive.

I am using the Logitech K380 keyboard and I absolutely love that it is wireless and supports multiple devices. Logitech Options Software is clear and easy to use, unified across the product line and allows you to easily mix and match your new mouse with your old keyboard, or vice versa.

However, many users have reported issues with the proximity sensor, including but not limited to the sensor not responding or the sensor shutting off too quickly, which impacts the overall use of the keyboard, especially in dark environments.

This minimalist full-size keyboard is similar to Logitech’s Craft keyboard, both in terms of look and feel. It has a set of basic media shortcuts on the function row, and all keys are individually backlit with shine-through legends making them easy to read in a darkened room. Typing feels light and responsive due to its scissor switches' short pre-travel distance and low operating force, and its indented keys help minimize typos. The MX Keys S also has a backlighting feature that adjusts the backlight brightness depending on your environment. If you want a thin board with a numpad, home cluster keys, and scissor switches, you'll prefer the MX Keys.

Filco Majestouch (with brown Cherry MX) at work, as I have to compromise on volume, and at home I use a Unicomp buckling spring keyboard - an IBM Model-M-a-like.As for wireless keyboards, both the Logitech Craft and Microsoft Surface Keyboard offer up a similar typing experience, sans the backlighting. Most people shouldn't need a wrist rest due to the keyboard's low profile, though Logitech does make a companion low-profile palm rest that you can purchase separately. As I jammed my way through word-counting tests, I easily surpassed 90 words per minute, matching what I get with my more familiar keyboards. I wasn’t able to take it that far, but in a weeks worth of use, I never experienced any battery issues.

It says the tactile quiet switches come the closest to the traditional, laptop-like typing feel of its MX Keys keyboards. I don't like a cheap plasticky feel and the MX Keys has a solidity to it, a concreteness that you kinda have to feel to appreciate. We've added new tests for Single Key Latency, Multi Key Latency, Data Transmission, and Chord Split. That said, while the keyboard doesn't move around when typing normally, it's easily moved if you nudge it accidentally. The top-row keys can be relegated to F1 through F12, but by default offer shortcuts for screen and keyboard backlight brightness, volume, media control, and others both useful (voice dictation, microphone mute) and useless (an emoji key).Logitech advertises that this receiver uses modified Bluetooth technology, providing more reliable signal strength in congested wireless environments and a closed, end-to-end encrypted signal for better security. The Keychron is mechanical, and you can select from a wide array of low-profile switches to use in the board or opt for the hot-swappable variant to put in your own. They both provide a great typing experience; however, the K860's keys require a bit more force to actuate, and it might take longer to get used to its split layout. As long as all my computers were connected to the same Wi-Fi network, the file transfer was completely seamless.