Just a few months after it launched new Touch ID-enabled together with M1 Macs, Apple is now promoting the peripheral individually. The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID prices whereas a model with a quantity pad may be all yours for . It’s value noting the Touch ID features solely work on M1-powered Macs.

Along with serving to you log in to your Mac with out having to punch in a password, you need to use to confirm Apple Pay transactions. For now, the standalone model of the Magic Keyboard is simply obtainable in the usual silver and white coloration scheme. You received’t be capable to snag it in a kind of funky M1 iMac-inspired designs with out shelling out for a brand new pc. 

has additionally refreshed a number of different Magic equipment. The commonplace Magic Keyboard now has keys for Spotlight, dictation, don’t disturb and emoji, as do the Touch ID-equipped fashions. The Magic Trackpad, in the meantime, has a tweaked form to match the Magic Keyboard. 

All of those equipment, in addition to the Magic Mouse, now include a braided USB-C to Lightning cable moderately than the outdated Lightning to USB-A one. Apple says the equipment can run for round a month, if not longer, on a single cost.