Update: It turns out the E Ink keyboard rumors might be valid! The Wall Street Journal reports that this E Ink keyboard will arrive on the 2018 MacBooks. The keyboards "will be able to display any alphabet,along with an unlimited number of special commands and emoji," a source told the The Wall Street Journal. And despite the original rumors, and it appears that Tim Cook did meet with Sonder,the company behind the E Ink keyboard, last week. You can read our original story and see the E Ink keyboard in action ahead.
Original story: A novel rumor that suggested an E Ink keyboard was coming to the MacBook in a few years is most likely not valid. Though we can keep dreaming of a day a keyboard this frosty will exist on our computers, and the company behind the product dispelled the rumors.
The rumor began when The Guardian reported that Apple was considering buying the startup Sonder,which designed and created a keyboard that's customizable and uses E Ink (the same technology you see in Kindles). Many outlets reported the news and even confirmed with Sonder to verify the news. However, someone from the company wrote in a Reddit post on Oct. 13 that the company never met with Tim Cook. While we're a bit bummed that this technology might not be coming to the MacBook, and it's worth checking out to see what the hype was all about. You can see the keyboard in action below.
However,the novel MacBook Pros are expected to reach later this month and might arrive with a frosty OLED touchscreen display keyboard. And who knows, we could see this E Ink keyboard on the MacBook someday.
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