Keychron Q16 HE 8K: World’s First Fully Ceramic Keyboard

Forget everything you know about keyboard feel. This is ceramic done right. Not just the keycaps or an accent piece. The entire chassis, cool and dense under your fingertips.

Under the hood, fast lime magnetic switches with TMR sensors deliver adjustable actuation from 0.1-3.35 mm, paired with a lightning-fast 8K polling rate that registers inputs in just every 0.125ms.

This is the absolute fusion of a timeless ceramic body and pure performance, distilled into a refined 65% form.

The moment your fingers touch these keycaps, you feel the difference—cool, impossibly smooth surfaces that provide tactile satisfaction no ordinary keyboard can match. 

The Q16 HE 8K is crafted through a groundbreaking ceramic die-casting process that creates shapes more precise and consistent than standard ceramics. This advanced method enhances the material’s natural resilience, giving the case and keycaps toughness to handle daily use while preserving their structural integrity and premium feel over time.

This innovative ceramics comes from sintering clay and organics at high temperatures. It shapes better than standard ceramics and provides sharper abrasive precision. While slightly softer in hardness, it’s lighter and more break-resistant than traditional ceramics.

Enjoy an experience that only gets better the longer you type.

Note: The ceramic material is naturally durable but softer than glass: avoid using hard objects to scratch it.

Inside the ceramic shell, layers of custom acoustic foam smooth out every keystroke. The result is a softer, deeper sound profile that makes every thock feel refined. Think of it as your keyboard knockin’ on heaven’s door with each thock: never harsh, always satisfying.

The Q16 HE 8K is equipped with advanced Tunnel Magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors, delivering extreme accuracy and near-instant keystroke detection. Unlike traditional Hall Effect sensors, TMR technology reacts to even the slightest changes in magnetic fields, giving you higher sensitivity and faster, more reliable performance. For gamers, that means precision and consistency in the heat of play, when every millisecond matters.

Traditional mechanical keyboards give you no choice: each switch is locked to a single actuation point, the same depth every time. Q16 HE 8K changes that with magnetic switches that let you set the feel to match your style, instead of forcing you to adapt to the switch.

Own your response time. Configure every single key individually with 0.01mm sensitivity, and adjust actuation points anywhere from 0.1mm to 3.35mm.

Eliminate accidental key presses by setting a deeper actuation of the keys you tend to graze. Or, achieve an insanely fast response by setting a shallow, instant-touch actuation for your most critical keys, and watch your competition struggle to keep up.

Delete the delay. Destroy the competition. In gaming, every millisecond matters. 

On a standard switch, you need to release past a fixed reset point before the key can fire again — a tiny up-and-down delay that slows rapid taps, strafes, and repeated actions.

Q16 HE 8K lets you gain a consistent edge with dynamic rapid trigger technology that resets your key the instant you release it with 0.01mm precision, and re-engages the instant you press back down without having to pass a fixed reset point.

Repetitive keystrokes in quick succession are now as fast as physically possible.

With traditional keyboards, the key is either pressed or depressed. But this isn’t a traditional keyboard. The Q16 HE 8K senses exactly how far you press each key, allowing you to assign a different action to every depth level.

Apply light pressure for a walk and a full press to run. Or set a key to perform one function with a soft touch and a completely different command when bottomed out. You can assign up to 4 actions to each key.

Get nuanced, layered control.

The Q16 HE 8K operates at an 8,000Hz polling rate, processing commands every 0.125ms. This represents an 8x faster response compared to conventional 1,000Hz gaming keyboards, effectively eliminating input delay. 

And it doesn’t stop there: each key is scanned at up to 256,000 times per second, ensuring every press is detected with unmatched precision.

When milliseconds make the champion, this is your unfair advantage.

When you press two keys simultaneously, the Q16 HE 8K’s Snap Click automatically prioritizes the deeper press and cancels the other. No more unresponsive inputs when you accidentally hit A and D together during intense moments.

Now, your commands register clean every time, exactly as you intended.

*Note: not all games allow Snap Click. Don’t use it at CS2, Apex, or other competition games which are not allowed, otherwise your account may be blocked.

When multiple keys are pressed, Q16 HE 8K always registers the last one. Even with two keys down, your final press is the command that comes through.

Transform your Q16 HE 8K experience using the Keychron Web Configurator.

Connect by cable, open the Keychron web app, and intuitively remap any key on the keyboard, straight from your browser. No downloads or software required.

Create and save custom profiles, each with their own set actuation points. Toggle dynamic rapid triggering, create macro commands, choose RGB patterns, and more. Then upload the settings directly to your keyboard.

Easy, convenient, and fast.

The Q16 HE 8K is built to endure. But if you want to refresh it, you can easily swap out the magnetic switches to clean and maintain your keyboard, or change the keycaps for endless customization, without soldering or technical skills.

Designed exclusively for its own magnetic switches, the hot-swap system ensures consistent performance.

Not too large, not too small. The 65% layout provides all the essential keys for work and play, delivering a compact footprint that keeps your desk space open and your mouse movement unobstructed.

And it stays exactly where you place it. Thanks to its solid 37oz (1,060g) ceramic build, the Q16 HE 8K doesn’t wobble, flex, or slide around during intense use.

That’s rock-solid stability that only ceramic can deliver.

Enjoy a significantly more stable typing experience thanks to high-quality, pre-lubed plate-mounted stabilizers—providing a smoother typing experience with less wobble on the big keys (space bar, shift, enter, and backspace).

Switch systems without missing a beat. A physical toggle lets you jump between Mac and Windows layouts instantly, with every shortcut mapped perfectly for each OS. And with full Linux support built in, Q16 HE 8K adapts to whatever you run.

Keychron Q16 HE 8K comes with a north-facing backlight for superior RGB shine-through.

Choose from 22+ dynamic effects or create your own masterpiece. Assign a unique color to every key and set a perfect ambiance for the entire keyboard. 

Watch the glossy ceramic surface naturally diffuse every beam of light, creating a unique glow across the entire keyboard without harsh hotspots.

Illuminate your keyboard to match your style and set the perfect ambiance for any setup.

You know how, after a long gaming grind or a big work day, your hands sometimes feel stiff?

The Q16 HE 8K is shaped for sustained use with the perfect 5° typing angle that aligns with the natural posture of your wrists, so you can write without strain during extended sessions.