Clicks is expanding beyond keyboard cases and bringing its QWERTY keys for phones to another format: a magnetic power bank accessory with a slide-out keyboard. The Power Keyboard offers a 2150mAh battery that can top off a phone battery via MagSafe or Qi2 wireless charging, but its real superpower is its full keyboard that can connect to your phone or smart device over Bluetooth. I love a multitasking battery pack, and a keyboard for my phone that I can throw in my bag? Sounds even sweeter.
The Power Keyboard offers a range of extendable positions to accommodate different sized phones. It’ll also work in landscape mode, or over Bluetooth without being physically attached to your device. This way, it can act as an input for a smart TV or a tablet in a pinch. The keyboard does need to draw power from its integrated battery to operate over Bluetooth; Clicks’ cofounder and marketing head Jeff Gadway tells me that users will be able to “protect milliamp-hourage for keyboard usage,” so your phone won’t gobble up all of its charge and leave it inoperable.
Clicks introduced its first keyboard case for iPhones at CES 2024, iterating on the concept with support for more phone models including Motorola’s flip phones. The Power Keyboard marks an interesting evolution of the concept and might appeal to someone who’s interested in a keyboard that would work for multiple smart devices, or who likes to carry a power bank and finds the added functionality appealing. It could be real handy with something like the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold too, which would be impractical to use with a dedicated keyboard case.
The Power Keyboard will be available this spring for $109. Preorders start today, with an early bird price of $79.