Apple Quietly Refreshes Magic Keyboards
Apple today quietly introduced updated Magic Keyboard models with revised U.S. English key labeling. On the new keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps are labeled with glyphs rather than edge text. On the full-size models with a numeric keypad, the change goes further, with the home, page up, page down, end, clear, and enter keys also swapping their text labels for…
Apple has recently unveiled refreshed versions of its Magic Keyboard models, featuring updated key labeling. On these new keyboards, essential keys such as the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete buttons are now marked with symbols instead of traditional edge text. This change extends even further to full-size models equipped with a numeric keypad, which also replaces the labels of keys like home, page up, page down, end, clear, and enter with symbols.
Four specific models have undergone these modifications: the standard Magic Keyboard, the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad, available in both white and black keys. Notably, the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, which lacks Touch ID, has not been updated and retains the original text labels on its keys.
This update echoes a similar alteration Apple implemented on its laptops earlier in the year, where new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models introduced glyphs on the same set of keys. Since the U.S. English layout serves as the default option in numerous countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, the new labeling effectively broadens Apple's reach beyond the United States.
Apple has been employing glyphs on its British English and other European keyboard layouts for an extended period, so customers in these regions will already be acquainted with the new symbols.
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