SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless HyperMagnetic Gaming Keyboard - World's Fastest Keyboard - Compact 60% Form Factor - Adjustable Actuation - RGB - Bluetooth - 2.4GHz - USB-C - English QWERTY Layout

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For the Apex Pro Mini, the SteelSeries GG app can be used to assign macros to specific key presses. You can also adjust color schemes with SteelSeries’ preset profiles, or create your own. You can also turn off the RGB, although that makes the keys hard to read. That high price makes a lot of sense, though, if you compare the features, as neither of those keyboards can compete with the level of customization the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless offers. However, there’s still no denying that the price you're paying for those customizations is pretty steep for most gamers – and it feels steeper still if you won’t be taking full advantage of this keyboard's superpowers. The SteelSeries GG app will manage and update all your SteelSeries products as updates come in. Or, at least it’s supposed to. Personally, I like feeling resistance when I type, so I had my level set to the max of 3.8mm while working. At the lowest setting of 0.2mm, even grazing the keys was enough to set them off. I have a bad habit of resting my fingers on the keys after reaching the end of a sentence, which led to a couple of instances of double-typing when I set the actuation point too low.

The keyboard’s OmniPoint adjustable switches can be changed by holding down the function key (the keycap has a neat little SteelSeries logo on it) and hitting one of two keys. “I” will increase the actuation point and “O” will decrease it, and the keycaps have arrows indicating that.

Worth paying a premium for, but only if you need all the extras

We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3, which overhauls how key input is evaluated. We've added new tests for Single Key Latency, Multi Key Latency, Data Transmission, and Chord Split. We've also introduced a new Raw Performance usage and adjusted how the Gaming and Office usage scores are calculated. You can see the full changelog here. The unit is made of plastic, and has a slight flex to it. The keycaps are made of thermoplastic PBT, and feel nice, with little to no wiggle on the switches. The OmniPoint switches have north-facing LEDs, which cycle very smoothly between colors. The keys can also react to different button presses. When I hold the function key, the keyboard switches to a solid orange on any keys with a function assigned to them. The colors can be changed through the SteelSeries GG app to conform to your preferences. The keyboard’s onboard memory can store up to five different Bluetooth connections that can be swapped with a macro. The first review unit SteelSeries sent us had some trouble connecting via Bluetooth, but a replacement had no issues.

We've added details concerning latency performance difference with the Rapid Trigger feature enabled or disabled in the Single Key Latency and Multi-Key Latency sections of this review.At their lowest setting, the keys have one of the fastest response times among other gaming keyboards of similar sizes. The Razer Huntsman Mini Analog's key switches, for example, actuate at 1.5mm. The Asus ROG Falchion, another 60 percent keyboard, uses Cherry MX switches which actuate at 2.0mm. The bottom side has four rubber feet on each corner of the base. With the angled feet deployed, you lose some of that stability, though. The wired version of the Apex Pro Mini includes a trap door to store the included keycap puller, a shame to lose if you’re looking to limit clutter, but the wireless one does not.