I really wanted to get a Nuphy Air keyboard but I need it to work with my MacOS laptops. Luckily I saw offhand comments here about Console not working for Macs, only Windows before I bought. Further research led me to the Mac firmware post about the Air75, but I don't really understand. So Console doesn't work on Mac and there's no plan to, so that means... no customization features (macros and lighting? anything else I'm losing)? What is the Mac firmware for then? Just static improvements to the device function? And is Mac firmware only available for the Air75 and not other NuPhy keyboards?
Really like the profile/look of the NuPhy Air series but this might be a dealbreaker so I would love some clarity on what I get/don't get on MacOS for someone who isn't experienced with mech keyboards before I commit the money.
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Dear Air75 users:
On Sep 5th we celebrated the first anniversary of Air75’s release, and what a year it has been! Throughout the whole year, your enthusiasm and support continue unabated, as well as our dedication to tune, and optimize Air75 to its best. We have been paying close attention to feedbacks from the community, trying to listen to and understand each and every suggestion and opinion, and this is the best time, we believe, to give you an update on four things we have been working on and able to achieve with your valuable inputs.
1.The much awaited accessories are finally here! Head over to take a peek at the three flavors of the new Mono wrist rest, one acrylic, two hardwoods, all designed exclusively for Air75. Also fresh from the oven is the first set of shine-through keycaps for Air75, in a short time there will be many more to come, so stay tuned!
2. The Air75 firmware is now available for MacOS, bringing further optimizations to improve battery life, savable sidelight settings between power sessions, support for function keys/media keys behavior switching with the FN+TAB+F shortcut, and adjustment to the default Fn key behavior. Unfortunately, only Air75 ordered after Dec 30th, 2021, will be able to support the installation of Mac firmwares on a Mac device. For those Mac users whose purchases were made before Dec 30th, 2021, any firmware update have to be done on a Windows computer.
3.We understand and regret the situation these early supporters of us have to face, and therefore would like to offer two forms of compensations for them to choose. If you are an owner of Air75s bought before Dec 30th, 2021(hereafter known as ‘old Air75’), and would like free PCB replacements to use with Mac firmwares, please E-mail us at [email protected] with your order details, and state the number of PCBs you want before Sep 31st, 2022. The shipping of all PCB replacement orders are scheduled between 10th and 15th of October. Alternatively, if for any reason you are not interested in a PCB replacement, you could get one $10 gift card code for each old Air75 you own by E-mailing us, or simply wait until 17th of October when we will automatically credit the accounts of all old Air75 owners with the corresponding number of $10 gift cards, which are stackable with other discount codes and gift cards.
4. During Air75's initital development, we prioritized the support of tri-mode connectivity in our selection of the controller chip, according to what we believed provided the best value to our users at the time. However, while our commitment to build on the current Air75 hardwares remain unchanged, it is becoming increasingly clear to us that its controller chip could not meet our customers' demand for greater customizability and better native OS support. Not only did we have to put on hold the implementations of many features, including drivers and NuPhy console for MacOS, which despite our sustained effort proved out of reach for this chip. The inability to streamline development and debugging process on this platform is costing us a lot of resources which could have been devoted to more useful efforts.
We believe a fundamental change is in order, and are excited to share bits of info about our new MCU chip under testing, the new chip comes with support for up to 4 ‘layers’(the Fn1, Fn2, Tab and native layer respectively), 1,000Hz polling rate under 2.4 GHz, and better support for MacOS and Windows. After careful evaluation we have decided to base the next generation of Air75, scheduled to be released late 2022/early 2023 on this chip, with extra discounts provided to all Air75 owners. As we take up this project in earnest and see it through, we will provide regular updates to help you better follow our progress. The fellowship that made Air75 possible is invaluable to us, and we would like to build on it as we build new, fun pieces of hardware.
Thank you for your attention and support.
The firmware download for Halo65 is an exe Windows file.
Hi! Is the Nuphy Web App available for Safari on macOS somehow? It says when opening in Chinese: 'At present, the application only supports browsers with Google kernel. Please go to Google, 360 and other browsers to open it.'
So I assume, only with browsers like Chrome it should be possible to use?
Okay, just got the Air96 V2 and have no idea how to see the battery life or any information about the keyboard.
Is there any software or program so I can see the settings for the keyboard
I downloaded Nuphy console and it does nothing. I'm using this keyboard wireless.
I'm use the Logitech options and it's software.
Thanks for any help you can provide.