nuphy Air96 V2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard,100 Keys RGB Backlit Keyboard,Supports Bluetooth 5.1,2.4G and Wired Connection,for PC/Laptop/Windows/Mac -Black Gateron Brown Switch

This little thing has exceeded my expectations! I did a lot of AI assisted research before buying, and expected to have to accept the default combo-key device switching. To my surprise, once I came to understand how to connect and work the VIA web app, I found the keycodes for device 1 and device 2 and simply assigned them to a couple of rarely used keys (in Windows, you do this in Layer 2. Depending on what keys you assign, you can probably give them their original assignments in Layer 3, which is the Fn layer). Presto! One press device switching. I also expected to have bluetooth connection problems and have to flash the bios to the March 2025 version. So far, this has not been necessary. It looked like a pretty complex process, so I'm hoping I continue to not need it. Most of all, though, I didn't expect to immediately love how the keys feel. I am coming from an MX Keys whose battery died finally after years and years. For a replacement, I wanted smaller footprint, keys that say "Alt" like they're supposed to in Windows, and device switching at least as good as the MX. Success on all those, and the feel is really lovely. Sound is unexpectedly satisfying as well. It just feels really high quality and my fingers land well and feel confident. I got the brown switches. I don't really need backlighting at all, so I have set to a solid gentle color, doing a slow breathe. I also assigned the battery check to Fn+B. Not hard to remember. For those lamenting the lack of an Insert key, it actually comes with an Insert key cap. You can use Via to assign Insert to something and then give it that keycap. You would have to sacrifice a key to do that, though. But, if you really need Insert, it is assigned to Fn+Delete in Via. At least mine was. But you can always set it that way if you like, or give it to Fn+Home. I should clarify that the device switching keycodes are under Custom in VIA. And the original key assignments persist. So you can assign them other keys but the original Fn+1, Fn+2, etc. are still there. These are not the F keys in the F1, F2, etc. row, by the way. They are the numbers above Q and W. As you can see from the length of this review, I'm looking for excuses to just keep typing away on this thing. I'm sure that will pass, but it really is a delight.

Beautiful keyboard, excellent quality, plug and play experience

The keyboard itself is solid, and I really like it. But in order to remap the keys you have to update the firmware and my goodness it is difficult to figure out when you first look at everything. The good news is if you brick the thing you can lift up the CAPS key and there is a recovery button which will put it into a recovery mode so you can write a new firmware to it using QMK Toolbox. On their website make sure you are looking at the Air96 V2 firmware and not the original Air 96. There are 3 different types of firmware. At the time of writing this they are... 1. Version 2.1.5 which is the main firmware for the keyboard which is flashed using the QMK Toolbox Program for which you need to be hard wired. 2. The RF Firmware which is flashed using the nRF Connect app on your phone, you also need to connect a USB cable between the keyboard and your phone during this step and download the firmware on your phone on Android you have to unzip and then rezip the 3 files for some reason. After this you have to re-pair the Bluetooth to your device. 3. The last is the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi Dongle which is the easiest to do. However, if you're using a laptop, it may give you a com port error, in which case I just plugged it into my desktop and ran the firmware executable and then it worked fine. After this you have to repair the keyboard to the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi dongle. After doing all this the VIA webtool recognized the keyboard right away and I was able to change the keys very easily, just watch out what layers you're on. Layers 0-1 are for MAC and Layers 2-3 are PC and beyond that are deeper FN key presses for either. For $150 it is ridiculous that there is no easy way to update the firmware, and if you do not update it, you are not customizing your Keys. I was about to send mine back thinking I bricked it but thank God I found the recovery key which makes it almost impossible to brick, so do not worry as there is room for error, but try not to make a mistake in flashing the wrong firmware as it will write it.

Nice keyboard. Made a good gift.

I'm trying to switch the F* keys to act like proper function keys (F1-F12 as opposed to controlling volume, brightness, etc.). This is critical for software development because modern IDEs make extensive use of the function keys as shortcuts. On every other keyboard I've ever owned, I was able to go into my Mac's Keyboard settings and toggle a switch to make this work. Not this one, it's too special. According to their website I have to run some open-source program called "usevia.app" to make this trivial change. This involves downloading a JSON file from somewhere else, uploading it to VIA, and modifying the setup on the keyboard manually. An astounding level of complexity for such a simple thing. Worse yet, it DOESN'T WORK for this keyboard. I've emailed the manufacturer for support, but if they don't respond by EOD tomorrow I'll just ship it back. This is so dumb.

Great addition to my office. I don’t use the wireless connection, but the wired works perfectly. The sound of the switches is quite a nice mix of creamy and thocky, and makes typing very satisfying. I hate normal mechanical key boards because of their cheap material and protruding keys but these low profile are great and they’re accompanied by a nice heavy metal casing!

I've been using the keyboard with a MacBook and PC for two months. I game and work with it. I had to use VIA to fix mac function key issue. It's a hassle but it worths. Also there is this double press issue that happens occasionally. Beside these it just works. No connection issues with/without dongle.

Todo perfecto con el teclado pero el hecho de que sea ISO layout sí hace que cambie la experiencia ya que hay que estar mapeando las teclas del español ya que no trae la ñ por ejemplo. Aún así yo estoy muy contento con él y recomendaría la compra.

Falsche Beschreibung, die Tastaur hat ein QWERTY layout, nicht QWERTZ