Apple has quietly refreshed several of its Magic Keyboard models, replacing some written key labels with symbols on U.S. English layouts.
The updated keyboards now use glyphs on keys including tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete, rather than spelling out the function along the edge of each key.
The change also applies more broadly on full-size models with a numeric keypad. On those keyboards, keys such as home, page up, page down, end, clear, and enter now use symbols instead of text labels.
Apple has updated four models in total: the standard Magic Keyboard, the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad in both white and black key options. Apple’s current online listings continue to show the Magic Keyboard lineup available for Mac models with Apple silicon.
One model appears to remain unchanged. The Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad that does not include Touch ID still uses the older text-based key labels on the U.S. English version.
The refresh brings Apple’s standalone keyboards more closely in line with its latest MacBook models. Earlier this year, Apple started using symbol-based labels on several keys across new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models, moving the U.S. English keyboard closer to the style already used on British English and several European layouts.