One complaint iPad power users have is that Apple’s Smart Keyboard doesn’t have a trackpad. That’s due to Apple’s insistence that the iPad isn’t a PC and shouldn’t be used as one—despite rudimentary mouse support baked into iPadOS 13—so Brydge is taking matters into its own hands…er, fingers.
The Brydge Pro+ keyboard is available in 11- and 12.9-inch models, and while it looks just like the regular “Pro” model, it adds “an oversized trackpad that is optimized to make the most out of iPadOS’s Assistive Touch features.” Design-wise, it’s pretty much what you’d expect, as it features a rectangular trackpad centered below the space bar. We won’t know how pleasant or seamless functionality will be until we try it, but Brydge points out shortcuts for launching App Exposé, the Home Screen, and the Dock, all of which otherwise require keyboard shortcuts.
