Keyboards

There are lots of fun ways to customize a keyboard and accessorize your desk, but these Bob Ross spacebars and desk mats from Apos look like absolute charmers. The mats are fairly large (900mm x 400mm) and 4mm thick, and each spacebar comes with an escape key featuring Ross’s smiling face.

The Key Boy Advance may appeal to those of us who remember squinting at the GBA’s unlit screen. You’ll have to supply your own switches and keycaps, but the keyboard’s programmable shoulder buttons come with microswitches preinstalled for an authentic GBA feel. Pricing starts at £210.83, or around $282, with shipping expected in Q4 2026.

Thirty years ago today the N64 was released in Japan. To help mark the occasion, 8BitDo has announced new clear blue versions of its Ultimate 2 Wireless controller and Retro 87 Keyboard. The $59.99 controller is available today, while preorders are now open for the $99.99 keyboard, which won’t ship until August 14th.

A new Ghost in the Shell anime is coming soon, and Iqunix is making a mechanical keyboard inspired by the famed franchise. TechPowerUp indicates there will be two colorful boards based on the Iqunix EV63, each with some translucent cyberpunk-y flair.

The new Navigator trackpad, like the Navigator trackball, has a low profile and snaps into place on one side of the keyboard. It also supports native multitouch gestures like two-finger scrolling.

Keychron published the 3D design files for some of its keyboards and mice on GitHub, including the popular Q and V series boards. They’re not for commercial use, but Keychron’s efforts allow users to make their own mods, custom cases, or take their tinkering to new sicko-level heights. Pretty cool!

The company has given the all-aluminum NES 40th edition of its Retro 68 Keyboard an Apple II-inspired makeover. The new AP50th Limited Edition features a shell, keycaps, and buttons all made from aluminum alloy, and for $499.99 it will ship in June 2026 with a pair of matching wireless programmable buttons.

Thanks to supercapacitors both accessories will be ready for a full day’s work faster than it takes you to yawn, while a full 5-minute charge will power the Dell Pro 7 keyboard for three months and the mouse for up to 1.5. Pricing isn’t known, but both are expected to ship on April 16th.

After announcing a compact trackball at CES 2026 called the Nape Pro, Keychron is embracing portability again with a new wireless keyboard that can fold in half. The $64.99 Keychron B11 Pro features concave ABS keycaps with a low-profile scissor mechanism, a 250mAh battery, an ergonomic split Alice layout, and Bluetooth, USB-C, or 2.4GHz wireless connectivity.

The Yoga Creative Keyboard Angry Miao Edition is Lenovo’s latest collaboration with Angry Miao. Based on the Dry Studio ATM 98, it features silent switches, a translucent top, and an oversize RGB-illuminated volume knob that’s customizable to control creative apps. Lenovo’s model adds a USB-C hub and a key for audio controls on select Yoga devices.

The HP Eliteboard G1a plays a bit off the old Commodore 64 formula of a desktop computer built into a keyboard, but for office use in 2026. While I feel it’s a charming and quirky idea, I was prepared to hate the typing feel of this latticeless membrane keyboard.

Dear numpad diehards, here’s a keyboard we can both enjoy. The Epomaker RT98 is a wireless mechanical keyboard featuring a repositionable number pad. You can move it to right or lefthanded positions by unscrewing the keyboard’s base plate. There’s also a detachable retro TV-style LCD. Because why not?

My colleague Terrence waxed poetic about his portable mechanical keyboard over the weekend, which he pairs with a compact E Ink screen to work on the go, a reminder that every day we stray further from God’s light.

Not vaporware after all, huh? Finalmouse’s keyboard, which features a full display underneath its transparent keycaps and switches, was announced in December 2022, and due “early 2023.” Now, three years on, the company says it’s shipping the first units to backers.

At 218 grams the $109.99 Samsung Smart Keyboard is over 288 grams lighter than Logitech’s MX Keys Mini but can also connect and switch between three Bluetooth devices. It’s powered by a CR2032 coin cell battery and includes shortcuts for accessing Bixby, Gemini, or Copilot when connected to a PC.

For employees at Insta360, that would be a very literal question. The Chinese camera company recently gave 21 staffers a bonus in the form of gold keycaps, the heaviest being the space key, which South China Morning Post reports weighs 35.02 grams and is valued at $45,000.