8BitDo added RGB backlights to the brand new Xbox model of its mechanical keyboard

8BitDo has introduced a brand new model of its mechanical keyboard with a design impressed by the clear inexperienced version of Microsoft’s unique Xbox console. The 8BitDo Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard – Xbox Version includes a clear inexperienced shell and matching keycaps just like the console. However not like earlier iterations of the keyboard, that is the primary from 8BitDo to include RGB backlighting.

The Xbox Version mechanical keyboard is now out there for preorder by Amazon for $119.99 with delivery anticipated to begin on January sixteenth, 2025. 8BitDo additionally introduced the matching 8BitDo Retro R8 Mouse alongside the keyboard, which is additionally listed on Amazon, however not out there for preorder but.

The keyboard includes a tenkeyless format with 87 keys that embrace a full perform row, a Home windows key, and the addition of an Xbox brand button within the higher proper nook that serves as a shortcut to the Home windows Sport Bar. It pairs double-layered ABS keycaps that includes a matte UV coating for sturdiness with Kailh Jellyfish X switches, and the keyboard is appropriate with 8BitDo’s Final Software program V2 permitting its mapping to be personalized and macros to be created.

As with its different mechanical keyboards, 8BitDo features a pair of enormous Tremendous Buttons that may be programmed to set off macros or different features.

The RGB backlighting provides eight totally different modes together with animated waves of rainbow colours or particular person keys illuminating. 8BitDo says the keyboard’s built-in 2,000mAh battery can hold it operating for as much as 200 hours, however doesn’t specify if that’s with the backlighting turned on, or if that’s whereas connecting to a tool over Bluetooth or utilizing its included 2.4GHz dongle. With a useless battery, the keyboard can nonetheless hook up with units with a USB-C cable.

The 8BitDo Retro R8 Mouse – Xbox Version has an identical clear inexperienced shell because the keyboard, together with 4 programmable facet buttons (two on either side) matching the colours of the motion buttons on the unique Xbox controllers. It makes use of a PAW 3395 optical sensor with six selectable sensitivity ranges starting from 50 DPI to 26,000 DPI. The Retro R8 Mouse’s polling fee may also be adjusted utilizing 8BitDo’s Final Software program from 125Hz to eight,000Hz. The mouse’s main buttons use Kailh Sword GM X Micro Switches which 8BitDo says have been “engineered for as much as 100 million clicks.”

The mouse’s 450mAh rechargeable battery can energy the mouse for as much as 100 hours when utilizing a Bluetooth connection however with a low-latency 2.4GHz connection battery life ranges between 26 to 105 hours relying on the polling fee. To streamline charging the Retro R8 Mouse features a matching charging dock that additionally features a “signal-extending characteristic” that 8BitDo says “ensures strong and uninterrupted connectivity.”