Key Switches

Optical keyboard switches differ from typical mechanical switches in that they use light for actuation instead of a mechanical connection. Of course, there’s more to the story.

Kailh dives into the modular keyboard switch game. Options, options, options.

Razer previously used multiple manufacturers for its Green keyboard switch. That is still the case.

Tesoro continues to remake itself with the announcement of infrared key switches, coming to a keyboard soon.

After reading and writing about Wooting’s innovative One keyboard that has optical switches and analog input, we were eager to try out the keyboard for ourselves, which we did at Computex 2016.

Kailh is trying to bring mechanical keyboard tech to laptops by making shallow-travel switches with low-profile caps.

There's yet another mechanical keyboard switch type on the block now that the Cherry MX Speed switches are out and on a trio of new Corsair keyboards.