Keychron Made The First Almost Entirely Ceramic Keyboard

The Q16 HE 8K is visually unassuming but its all-ceramic build will beryllium noticeable erstwhile handled.

The latest merchandise from China-based mechanical keyboard master Keychron is simply a functional ceramic artpiece you tin type on. The Q16 HE 8K is nan “first-to-market full-ceramic build keyboard,” according to Keychron’s property release, pairing civilization analog magnetic switches pinch niche kiln-fired materials to supply a “distinct tactile and auditory floor plan dissimilar metallic aliases plastic.”

Keychron is launching nan Q16 HE 8K via a Kickstarter crowdfunding run — which is beautiful emblematic for master keyboard hardware — starting astatine $229.99 for early backers. It comes successful a 65 percent layout and is disposable successful bluish aliases minty achromatic colour options. The estimated transportation for Kickstarter orders is presently group for November 2025. 

There are already companies for illustration Cerakey that supply ceramic keycaps, but Keychron’s Q16 HE 8K goes a measurement further by having some a afloat ceramic assemblage and keycaps. The ceramic worldly is described arsenic durable, scratch-resistant, and suitable for day-to-day reliability. It’s astir apt not perfect for users who request thing portable, and that durability apt won’t widen to surviving being dropped, but it whitethorn entreaty to observant keyboard enthusiasts looking for thing a small unique.

The Q16 HE 8K features an 8,000Hz polling complaint and adjustable actuation sensitivity up to 0.01mm for mounting personalized controls. The keyboard besides includes Keychron’s civilization Ultra-Fast Lime switches built pinch Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) technology, a type of Hall effect move that uses magnetic induction to amended accuracy and powerfulness efficiency. Keychron says this TMR tech enables faster and much precise inputs compared to traditional Hall effect switches.

“Great keyboards should consciousness fast, sound great, and look for illustration objects worthy keeping,” said Keychron’s operations head, Paul Tan. “With Q16 HE 8K, we explored ceramic for mundane use, past matched it pinch magnetic sensing and 8K capacity truthful users get some a caller worldly acquisition and elite speed.”