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My Keychron Q8 Pro in its final form (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Etnaphele@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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Keychron Q8 Pro
Gazzew U4Tx + a couple of Kailh Box Navy switches
MTNU Beige keycaps (lovely new profile, GMK made double-shot PBT, expensive - even more due to Colemak)

I bought the keyboard immediately when I found out they made a BT version of the Q8 (I use a Q10 daily at the office), as I was looking for an iPad compatible one. Very happy with it!

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[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know the technical details but I believe that keychron is dealing with the bluetooth separately from the main board. QMK still doesn't really support bluetooth in a proper way so if I am not mistaken they handle it differently, and when you are flashing new firmware to the QMK controller it doesn't talk to the bluetooth board. Almost like using a dongle for the keyboard.

[–] Etnaphele@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That could be it, but in VIA you can actually assign bluetooth host keys in order to switch devices, so a sort of communication between main board and bluetooth electronics must be happening!