Apple's New MacBooks Have a Keyboard Change You Might Have Missed

Source: MacRumors

The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change that was easy to miss during Apple’s announcements last week.

On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the Tab, Caps Lock, Shift, Return, and Delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous‑generation models, these keys were labeled with text instead.

This change was spotted by “Mr. Macintosh” last week, and it extends to the MacBook Neo.

International impact

Because the U.S. English keyboard layout is the default option for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models sold in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, this change effectively extends to those countries and a few others.

If you live in Europe, this will look familiar. Apple has long shown glyphs on the Tab, Caps Lock, Shift, Return, and Delete keycaps for British English and other European language layouts, so the update is not new there.

Launch date

The new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models launch this Wednesday.