Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Lightning) vs Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (USB-C)

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Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Lightning) compared with Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (USB-C)

	AppleMagic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Lightning)	AppleMagic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (USB-C)
Overview
Released
Released	June 2017	October 2024
Typing
Layout
Layout	Full size	Full size
Switches
Switches	Scissor	Scissor
Backlight
Backlight	None	None
Keys labelled for
Keys labelled for	Mac	Mac
Touch ID
Touch ID	No	Yes
Layouts
Layouts	–	Arabic, British English, Chinese (Pinyin), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, International English, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swiss, Swedish, Turkish Q, Ukrainian, US English (UK store)
Switches
Switches	Scissor mechanism beneath each key, with a low-profile design	–
Special keys
Special keys	Numeric keypad, full-size arrow keys, document navigation controls and multimedia keys; F1–F19, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and forward Delete are described in iMore's exact-model hands-on	Touch ID (a quick press locks the Mac); function keys for display brightness, Mission Control, Spotlight, Dictation/Siri, Do Not Disturb, media playback, mute and volume; fn/Globe key for switching keyboards or showing emoji; document navigation keys and full-size arrow keys
Connections and battery
Connects by
Connects by	Bluetooth	Bluetooth
Devices it switches between
Devices it switches between	1	1
Power
Power	Rechargeable	Rechargeable
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	About a month or more between charges, according to Apple; tested in April 2017 with preproduction keyboards and shipping iMacs. Not an upper-bound battery-life claim.	About a month or more between charges in Apple's tests with an M4 iMac; sleeps when not in use
Charging
Charging	Built-in rechargeable battery; the included Lightning-to-USB cable charges from a Mac or USB power adapter and automatically pairs with a Mac	USB-C port; charges from a Mac or USB-C power adapter, and plugging it into a Mac also pairs it
Works with
Works with	Bluetooth-enabled Mac with macOS 10.12.4 or later; iOS devices with iOS 10.3 or later. Apple's guide requires removing the existing pairing before pairing with a different Mac.	Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 15.1 or later; Apple also lists recent iPad and iPhone models
Software
Software	Keyboard preferences configure modifier keys, shortcuts and input sources and show battery level	–
Design
Weight
Weight	390 g	369 g (better)
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	418.7 × 114.9 × 10.9 mm	418.7 × 114.9 × 10.9 mm
Size
Size	Height 0.41–1.09 cm, width 41.87 cm and depth 11.49 cm; Apple's 0.39 kg weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process	Height 0.41–1.09 cm, width 41.87 cm, depth 11.49 cm
Colours
Colours	Silver with white keys in the retained UK store listing	White Keys, Black Keys
In the box
In the box	Keyboard and Lightning-to-USB-A cable. TechCrunch's 5 June 2017 launch report records immediate shipping; the retained maker sheet does not give a release date. This entry covers the Lightning model without Touch ID.	Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad, woven USB-C charging cable
Warranty
Warranty	–	1 year (Apple One Year Limited Warranty)