K5 Version 2

Keychron

K5 Version 2

4 positive 0 neutral 5 negative

Based on 9 Reddit mentions

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New firmwares supporting per key RGB settings

I asked them about it for my K5v2 and they said... Thanks for reaching out to us, the K5 V2 doesn't support this feature at present. And we are still working on it, and it will support this soon. ...which is pretty annoying since their site has instructions for setting per-key but no disclaimers or

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AzuraSchwartz in r/Keychron

May 20, 2025 12:08 AM

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Per-key RGB coming?

A year later did you ever make any progress on this? In launcher my K5 V2 simply says no new firmware is available but I've no idea what version of firmware I have. Nor can I find a list of supported devices. If Keychron really claim it's in development you would think it would be done by now, espec

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fanjules in r/Keychron

April 17, 2026 3:08 PM

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - May 15, 2025

Never had any "good" keyboard yet, I'm on a Logitech g512 which... work we'll say. Also briefly had a G915 which had a lot of defects and before that I had a K800, also a Razer Lycosa. Now I'm finally used to standard key height, I wish to get something more comfortable, less noisy. It needs to be R

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TheRealBix in r/MechanicalKeyboards

May 15, 2025 7:32 AM

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - September 16, 2025

On a whim, I bought a Keychron K5 V2 with mini silent red switches. And it is everything I expected it to be, minus one thing : With my hand at rest on the keyboard, my fingers "sinks" into the keys, leading to a lot of accidental key presses. We're talking about more than 20 years of muscle memory.

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Chokawai in r/MechanicalKeyboards

September 16, 2025 9:05 AM

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Are there custom keycaps available for the Keychron K5?

I stumbled on this months later, but the K5 V2 doesn't appear to be compatible with other brand's keycaps. Both the womiers & stocks I have from another board don't grab the stems on the stabilizers, it's like Keychron made them slightly smaller.

SKDirgon in r/Keychron

October 21, 2025 6:12 AM

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