Review Logitech K480: Keyboard with the ability to connect multiple mobile devices

The Logitech K480 is an overall good quality keyboard for mobile devices. The keyboard has a nice table holder for tablets or phones.

This keyboard connects only via Bluetooth and provides an overall not excellent typing experience. The keys are a bit slippery but provide better tactile feedback than typing on a screen.

Design Logitech K480 keyboard

1. Height: 2cm
2. Length: 30cm
3. Width: 19.6cm
4. Weight: 0.8kg

The Logitech K480 has a compact keyboard layout with arrow keys, but its design is slightly larger than the other options, due to the mobile device holder located at the top of the keyboard.

The overall build quality of this keyboard is not very good, due to the plastic frame, but not too fragile.

The Logitech K480 doesn't have an ergonomic design, it's just a flat design. There is no place for the wrist, so typing on this keyboard is quickly tiring and difficult to reach.

This keyboard doesn't have a backlight (this can be a problem if you frequently type in a dark room).

Connect ability

1. Connectivity: Bluetooth
2. Exclusive reveiver: No.
3. Pair multiple devices: 3
4. Battery type: 2 AAA batteries

This Bluetooth capable keyboard can connect up to 3 devices simultaneously. You can easily rotate the wheel on the left side of the keyboard to switch between them. The Logitech K480 needs two AAA batteries to provide power and the manufacturer estimates the battery life lasts about 2 years.

Some other features

An important feature of this keyboard is the integrated bracket for your tablet or phone. In addition, this keyboard does not provide many other additional features. The Logitech K480 has a number of programmable keys, but you can only choose from a list of preset options. Also, the keys Fby default are media and shortcut keys, but you can turn them back into keys Fninside the software.

Experience typing

The typing experience on Logitech K480 is very normal. The keys are a bit slippery, fairly small and have plenty of space between each key, which helps reduce the number of spelling errors. However, the typing experience is quite tiring and only okay for use with mobile devices. If you want a better typing experience, consider the Logitech K380.

The Logitech K480 is very quiet and makes almost no noise. You will not disturb colleagues around in an open office environment with this keyboard.

Software and compatibility

1. Software name: Logitech Options
2. Account requirements: No.
3. Profile: 6+
4. Internal memory: No.
5. Cloud sync: Yes
6. RGB Programming: No.
7. Macro programming: No.
8. Windows software compatibility: Yes
9. MacOS software compatibility: Yes

This keyboard is compatible with Logitech Options software. You can save a lot of different profiles, although not many custom options are available. Only a few keys can be reprogrammed into a list of preset options.

Compatibility is the point that makes this Bluetooth keyboard shine. Thanks to wireless connectivity, you can use this keyboard with quite a lot of devices. However, the software is not available on Linux and mobile devices (there are some keys that do not work depending on your platform). However, all alphanumeric keys work as expected, regardless of the operating system. 

Conclude

The Logitech K480 is a great keyboard to pair with mobile devices, like phones or tablets. The keyboard's Bluetooth connection makes it easy to pair multiple devices and the compact design is quite convenient to slip into your pocket on the go.

You can use this keyboard with any operating system, which gives it great flexibility.

The current selling price of this keyboard is about 6 - 700,000 VND.