The BlackBerry is likely to be useless, however certainly one of its finest concepts — a tiny thumb-friendly keyboard for telephones — lives on within the Clicks keyboard case, which can quickly be out there for a number of Android units.
Over 100,000 of the unique Clicks keyboard instances have been bought world wide, the corporate says in a press launch, however since launching in January 2024, it’s solely been suitable with iPhone 14, 15, and 16 fashions. Beginning in April, the instances shall be out there for a number of Motorola, Google Pixel, and Samsung Galaxy units and can work with a brand new Android model of the Clicks Keyboard cellular app, permitting the keyboard’s performance to be custom-made, together with how the caps lock, return, and Clicks keys work.
Preorders for all the Android Clicks keyboard instances begin immediately by means of the corporate’s web site, however availability varies by machine. The Google Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Professional (not the XL) model, anticipated to ship on the finish of April, will promote for $99 till March twenty first after which improve in worth to $139. Shade choices embrace surge — described as a “high-vis yellow-green” — and black.
The Motorola Razr Plus (2024) and Razr (2024) model of the Clicks case, out there in electrical blue or black, may be preordered for $49 to lock in a worth of $99. After March twenty first, preorders will nonetheless be $49, however pricing for the case, which is predicted to ship in late Might, will bounce to $139. It’s the identical story for the Samsung Galaxy S25 model of the case, though it’s not anticipated to ship till June and shall be out there in purple and black.
A few of the key labels are barely completely different, however like the unique iPhone model, the Android Clicks case nonetheless permits keyboard shortcuts for use for launching apps or shortly navigating Android, together with a devoted key for accessing Google Gemini. It additionally options backlighting, and as a substitute of a battery, it attracts all the ability it wants from every Android machine’s USB-C port.
The bodily design of the case can be related, though the model for the Motorola Razr Plus and Razr (2024) is cut up into two halves, permitting each units to nonetheless fold. Clicks can be including a “sturdy magnetic array” to the 2 Pixel instances — a function the corporate launched with the iPhone 16 model to enhance MagSafe compatibility — making it a bit simpler to make use of wi-fi chargers with Google’s newest smartphones.
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