Keychron’s New Mechanical Keyboards Offer Ultralong Battery Life At Wireless 8k Polling Rates

The 75-percent Q1 Ultra is 1 of six caller ZMK mechanical keyboards launching soon.

Keychron is announcing caller Q Ultra and V Ultra mechanical keyboards astatine CES 2026. They're Keychron's first ZMK mechanical keyboards, an open-source firmware that's much artillery businesslike than nan celebrated QMK. Keychron claims its ZMK boards tin past up to 660 hours successful 2.4G wireless mode pinch a high-speed 8,000Hz polling complaint - matching wired performance. ZMK is mostly utilized by precocious enthusiasts flashing their ain civilization keyboards. Keychron has produced ZMK keyboards before, but its Ultra bid are its first mechanicals.

The first ZMK Keychron mechanical keyboards, launching January 6th connected Keychron's site, will beryllium nan Q1 Ultra (75 percent, …

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