Driver

There is no software driver support for the Aukey KM-G8 keyboard, with all functionality being hardware based. As such, I have chosen to combine the Driver and Performance pages into one.

Performance

There is full N-key rollover USB here out of the box, as Aqua's test confirms. Similarly, no key chatter was detected on all the keys using Switch Hitter.


As we saw before, Aukey uses the Outemu Blue (from Gaote Corporation) mechanical switches with the KM-G8. The force-travel diagram above shows that these are as close to a Cherry MX Clone as any other. Both are medium-actuation force tactile and clicky switches and, as tested by the Input Club, have similar designs throughout. The Outemu Blue is rated at a 50 +/-5 gf actuation point with a peak force of 60 gf, and a standard 2/4 mm for tactile feedback and total travel distance respectively as well. Actuation here ends up closer to 2.5 mm, and actuation force is harder to quantify here given the tactile event occurs before it. For what it is worth, the average actuation force was 49.12 cN across the twenty random switches I tested, and bottoming out felt just fine as well since nothing in particular stood out. If anything, I would say these feel smoother than most Cherry MX Blue switches.


As always, the sound of a keyboard is based on more than just the switch type. So when comparing sound clips, consider the keyboard as a whole. In this case, I have provided above an example sound clip of me typing on the Aukey KM-G8 sample at ~100 WPM. For context, you can find sound clips from other keyboards here, including those with tactile and clicky switches. I did bottom out here, although it is definitely possible to not do so with practice. The bottoming out adds a keycap-to-metal plate ping, which affects the sound profile accordingly.

The rest of the keyboard performed as any other would since there is not much else here over any basic keyboard as far as functionality goes. The Fn key row has media functionality as secondary functions, which can be accessed by using the Fn + respective function key, which works as well as one would imagine.