Dell Brings New Keyboard And Mouse Accessories To Oz

Dell has launched its new Silent Keyboard and Mouse Combo (KM555) and Wired Collaboration Keyboard (KB525C) in Australia.

The company has managed to keep the keyboard of the KM555 Combo (pictured above) lightweight, thanks in part to its plastic frame. Dell claims the combo uses 64 per cent post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials.

With an all-black exterior and bold white lettering, the keyboard uses two AAA batteries, while the mouse is powered by one AA battery. The keyboard’s battery door is on the back of its body, while the mouse’s top shell can be pried off to insert its battery.

Dell claims that the two peripherals should offer around 36 months of use before the batteries need to be replaced.

The mouse and keyboard both offer two modes of connectivity: You can connect to your device via Bluetooth or the included USB-A dongle. You can switch between modes by pressing a button on either device. One dongle handles both devices, which is great if your device doesn’t have too many USB ports to spare.

The keyboard includes a Copilot button, which opens Microsoft Copilot automatically on supporting Windows 11 devices. You can assign various multimedia, productivity, and Windows-specific actions to up to 18 separate keys on the board.

The mouse meanwhile offers application-specific settings adjustments using Dell Peripheral Manager. It allows you to designate the primary click action to either the left or right button – depending on which hand you are using to operate the mouse. Also adjustable are the mouse’s polling rate, which allows you to customise the mouse’s response time and sensitivity. The Silent Mouse offers 125Hz, 250Hz, and 333Hz options. Mouse sensitivity peaks at 4,020dpi (dots per inch).

Dell Wired Collaboration Keyboard (KB525C)

Apart from the wireless combo, Dell has also launched the Wired Collaboration Keyboard (KB525C). Nearly identical to the keyboard included in the KM555 bundle, the Dell Wired Collaboration Keyboard is lightweight (1-pound) and compact (1-by-17-by-8.8-inch).

One of the major differences between the KM555 keyboard and the KB525C wired keyboard is the four keys located above the number pad.

Touted by Dell as the “world’s first wired collaboration keyboard for Zoom and Microsoft Teams,” the keyboard includes four shortcut keys exclusively for video calls. During video calls, the four LED keys offer one-press shortcuts for the camera, microphone, messaging, and screen-sharing functions.

Like the wireless counterpart, the KB525C also features a Copilot button. The KB525C doesn’t support any wireless connections, but instead has both USB-C and USB-A connectivity. The cable is a USB-C one, but has a removable USB-A cap that supports compatibility with a greater range of devices.

It has fewer function buttons to customise, down to 15 from the KM555’s 18. The keyboard can be used across operating systems, including macOS, Ubuntu, ChromeOS, and Red Hat operating systems.

The Dell Silent Keyboard and Mouse Combo (KM555) is available from A$95.7, while the Dell Wired Collaboration Keyboard (KB525C) is available from A$61.6 on the company’s Australian website.