Apple Magic Keyboard (USB-C) vs Keychron B1 Pro

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Magic Keyboard (USB-C) compared with B1 Pro

	AppleMagic Keyboard (USB-C)	KeychronB1 Pro
Overview
Released
Released	October 2024	May 2024
Typing
Layout
Layout	Compact	Compact
Switches
Switches	Scissor	Scissor
Backlight
Backlight	None	None
Keys labelled for
Keys labelled for	Mac	Mac, Windows and more
Touch ID
Touch ID	No	No
Switches
Switches	–	Scissor mechanism
Keycaps
Keycaps	–	ABS, concave; legends for Mac and Windows
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)	77 keys (75%); ANSI (keychron.com); UK, French, Nordic, Hungarian, German and Swiss ISO (ISO Layout Collection; UK ISO on keychron.uk)
Special keys
Special keys	Lock key (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	12 multimedia keys; Fn + Shift opens the emoji picker; separate keymaps for Mac and Windows set in Keychron Launcher
Connections and battery
Connects by
Connects by	Bluetooth	Bluetooth, USB receiver and Cable
Devices it switches between
Devices it switches between	1	4 (better)
Power
Power	Rechargeable	Rechargeable
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	–	Up to 8 months
Receiver
Receiver	–	2.4 GHz USB receiver at 1,000 Hz polling; Bluetooth 5.2 at 90 Hz; USB-C wired at 1,000 Hz; three Bluetooth devices plus one on the 2.4 GHz receiver
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	About a month or more between charges in Apple's tests with an M4 iMac; sleeps when not in use	800 mAh lithium-polymer battery; up to 8 months, or up to 1,200 hours of continuous use (about 8 months at 5 hours a day), in Keychron's lab tests; usable while charging
Charging
Charging	USB-C port; charges from a Mac or USB-C power adapter, and plugging it into a Mac also pairs it	USB-C; around 2.5 hours to charge
Works with
Works with	Mac with macOS 15.1 or later; iPad with iPadOS 14.5 or later; iPhone with iOS 14.5 or later; Apple Vision Pro with the latest visionOS	macOS, iOS, Windows, Android and Linux
Software
Software	–	ZMK firmware; Keychron Launcher web app for key remapping, macros and shortcuts
Design
Weight
Weight	239 g (better)	425 g
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	278.9 × 114.9 × 10.9 mm	296 × 130 × 14.5 mm
Size
Size	Height 0.41–1.09 cm, width 27.89 cm, depth 11.49 cm	296 × 130 mm, 425 g; 5.2 mm high at the front and 14.5 mm at the rear; 3.2° typing angle
Materials
Materials	–	ABS body
Colours
Colours	–	Space Gray, Ivory White, Retro Blue, Retro Red (keychron.com); Space Gray and Ivory White (keychron.uk UK ISO)
In the box
In the box	Magic Keyboard, woven USB-C charging cable	–
Warranty
Warranty	1 year (Apple One Year Limited Warranty)	–