Logitech has introduced the Professional X 60 Lightspeed, the primary wi-fi gaming keyboard from the corporate to come back in a compact 60 % format. Accessible by way of the gaming-focused Logitech G sub-brand, the keyboard is out there now for $179 in a selection of two GX optical change sorts (tactile or linear) and three colours (black, white, or pink).
Positioned as a compact follow-up to Logitech’s G Professional X TKL Lightspeed, the Professional X 60 consists of lots of the similar options. Customers get three connectivity choices: wired, utilizing the included six-foot USB-C to USB-C charging cable, or wi-fi through Bluetooth or Logitch’s Lightspeed dongle, with the latter offering a polling charge of 1000Hz.
One key distinction is that, not like the Professional X TKL, the Professional X 60 isn’t a mechanical keyboard — it’s optical so the texture is completely different. Neither keyboard gives hot-swappable switches. Each the GX optical linear and tactile change choices for the Professional X 60 have a 1.8mm actuation level and 4mm journey distance, with an actuation pressure of 50g and 60g respectively.
Extra customizations for issues like assigning macro shortcuts, lighting, and audio results might be achieved through the brand new Keycontrol instrument in Logitech’s G Hub software program, with key re-mapping able to giving every key as much as 15 completely different features. It additionally helps Logitech’s Lightsync RGB lighting, which is pre-programmed to a static blue out of the field to cut back distractions however might be personalized to permit your selection of coloration and lighting sequences to shine by way of the Professional X 60’s dual-shot PBT keycaps. Battery life when related through wi-fi Lightspeed with lighting enabled is round 65 hours on a full cost.
The Logitech G Professional X 60 additionally comes with a number of quality-of-life options, comparable to a quantity curler that’s in straightforward attain when fingers are positioned over the WASD keys, a Sport Mode change on the facet that disables keys just like the Home windows key that could be distracting whereas gaming, and a carry case for taking the keyboard on the go. The principle enchantment right here is that every one these options and customizations can be found in such a transportable kind issue — if you happen to get pleasure from aggressive gaming and journey steadily, this shall be a lot simpler to shove right into a bag than a full-layout keyboard.
