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(Image credit: Future) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Keychron officially unveiled its Nape Pro trackball, designed in conjunction with Gizmodo Japan. The quirky-looking device is a trackball that nestles right up against any of the best gaming keyboards to give you instant access to a scrolling trackball and six programmable buttons without moving your hands.
Tom's Hardware stopped by Keychron in Las Vegas to get a closer look. The Nape Pro can sit either under your space bar or off to one side to perform the duties of a more conventional trackball/mouse. The Nape Pro is pretty diminutive, not taking up much more real estate than a regular mouse, and its rectangular shape actually makes it a bit more discreet for some setups.
As reported by Yanko Design , the Nape Pro's party piece is its OctaShift software, which can detect the orientation of the device (portrait or landscape) and adjust accordingly. YD reports the Nape Pro has a Realtek chip with a 1 kHz polling rate and a PixArt PAW3222 sensor to give the best wireless gaming mouse a run for its money. You can connect via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz dongle, or USB-C. Firmware is ZMK, and Keychron also reportedly plans to release the 3D files for the keyboard. That means that users will be able to 3D print their own stands, caps, or other accessories.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/mice/keyboard-giant-keychron-unveils-new-nape-pro-trackball-with-programmable-buttons-low-profile-design-promotes-ergonomic-scrolling-without-leaving-your-keyboard#main
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