At the 2025 CES, Epomaker officially introduced its latest innovation, the Epomaker Magcore 87 keyboard. Equipped with inductive switches, which offer precise and adjustable actuation points, the keyboard quickly became a focal point for global tech media and keyboard enthusiasts.

More than a testament to Epomaker's commitment to advancing the keyboard, the Epomaker Magcore 87 further reinforces the brand's core philosophy "From the community, For the community." With user needs at its core, this keyboard delivers a more precise, stable, and highly customizable typing and gaming experience.

Following the YUNZII AL65 QMK/VIA aluminium keyboard showcased at this year's CES show, YUNZII recently announced the AL80 QMK/VIA aluminium LCD mechanical keyboard as its latest addition to the AL series. The keyboard is built around an anodized aluminium frame with a gasket structure and features a built-in LCD screen to show various content like time, battery level, and pictures. It also includes a fully customizable control knob. Regarding connectivity, it offers Bluetooth, 2.4G, and USB Type-C, linking up to five devices across Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. The YUNZII AL80 supports QMK/VIA customization, offering users the ability to program keys, create macros, and adjust RGB settings.

It includes hot-swappable switch slots that work with 3-pin and 5-pin switches from various brands such as Gateron or Cherry (if ordered from the YUNZII website, users can choose between Gateron Zero Linear or YUNZII Cocoa Cream V2 Linear switches). The keyboard comes with pre-lubed linear switches and uses a gasket-mounted design with several noise-reducing layers. A 6000mAh battery powers the device, which includes an RGB lighting system offering 1.68 million colors and more than 20 backlight options. The YUNZII AL80 QMK/VIA aluminium LCD Mechanical Keyboard is available in three variants (Silver, Black, and Beige) and has a price of $109.99.

Varmilo has a big booth at Computex 2023 and showed off two new mech keyboards - the Minilo 75% and Shine Kara - the former is actually available to order direct from their web store right now, which is a pleasant surprise. The latter appears to be an early preview unit, and Varmilo has not confirmed a specific release date for it.

Customers can configure the Minilo 75% with three different high-grade gray tones - from the company's Morandi-style color scheme (inspired by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi) - Eucalyptus, Mendozae and Bluebell. The design is also divided into a three-layer color separation scheme (upper, middle and lower) that is pleasing to the eye. Varmilo states that this model provides a "satisfying sound, pleasant tactile feel and great rebound" user experience - thanks to a gasket mount system and padding within the casing.

Epomaker announces the Epomaker Lite, a 60% form factor wireless mechanical keyboard whose patented Shallow Gasket-Mount design makes it unique from any other traditional gasket-mount keyboard on the current market. In addition to the new design, the Epomaker Lite also features many attractive features such as hot swappable switches, wired and wireless dual connectivity, and multi-device simultaneous connection.

What's a Gasket-Mount Structure?
The core concept of a gasket-mount design is to provide a soft typing feeling and raindrop-like typing sounds by avoiding direct contact between the keyboard plate and the other keyboard components. Instead of using screws to support the inner components, the traditional gasket structure uses small pieces of rubber/silicone gaskets on the edges inside the keyboard, making the gaskets be the main contact points between the inner bottom of the case, the PCB, and the top plate. Nonetheless, the conventional gasket structures only have the gaskets padding on the edges of the keyboard, leaving the center empty. This can cause a lack of support in the main typing area of the keyboard, resulting in an inconsistent sound and typing feel.