Keychron brought its full lineup of keyboards to the CES 2025 show, but the star of the show is definitely the new Keychron K2 HE which uses Gateron magnetic switches. The Keychron K2 HE is a fully customizable 75% layout wireless keyboard combining metal and wood frame and double-shot PBT keycaps. The keyboard also comes with a custom wood siding, which is available in light and dark finishes and can be personalized with laser-engraved design or text of your choice directly from Keychron's website.

The Keychron K2 HE is not all about the looks though, as the key feature of this keyboard are pre-lubed Gateron double-rail magnetic switches. These linear switches not only offer fast response time and precise control, but also allow adjustable actuation point with 0.2 mm to 3.8 mm actuation range. As they use pressure-sensitive hall effect sensors to detect a keypresses it is possible to set the depth of the actuation with 0.1 mm precision.The rest of the specifications include Arm Cortex-M4 32-bit (256 KB Flash) MCU, 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth 5.2, or USB Type-C wired connectivity, 4,00mAh battery, 1000 Hz pooling rate over wired and 2.4 GHz connection and 125 Hz over Bluetooth, Rapid Trigger feature, RGB backlight, three position angle adjustment and screw-in PCB stabilizers, QMK Firmware and Web Configurator Launcher, and more.

The Keychron K2 HE comes in standard and special edition versions, where standard version uses Cherry profile PBT keycaps with aluminium frames, while the special edition comes with natural rosewood accents, lilght wood for the white version and dark wood the black version, as well as OSA profile PBT keycaps with aluminium and wooden frames.

The Keychron K2 HE was a part of the Kickstarter campaign which has ended, but it should be soon available directly from Keychron's website priced at $130 for the Standard Version and $140 for the Special Edition.