Logitech MX Keys S and MX Anywhere 3S: modestly improved, still the best

Not a lot of room for spectacular hardware upgrades, but smart software could make up for that

he MX Keys wireless keyboard was so close to perfect that it can’t have been easy to improve upon it, but Logitech — carefully — did it anyway. It’s even better now, even if not spectacularly so. (Image: Logitech)

Want to talk about the kind of problem that’s actually good to have? Take a look at Logitech: the company has now come so close to delivering the perfect keyboard and mouse for office workers and creative professionals, that improving on its current models in order to sell new ones has literally become a problem. MX Keys is arguably the most comfortable wireless keyboard for doing focused work that can stretch to many hours at a time, while the superiority of the MX Master 3S over any other productivity mouse is undeniable. On the mobile front, more people than ever depend on laptops for working in corporate, home, or hybrid environments, so a high-quality mouse in an easy-to-carry-around form, like the MX Anywhere 3, can greatly help with that.

But how can Logitech offer more with new products of this kind, if the ones already out are practically flawless on a hardware level?

The answer: mostly through software and added functionality.

Yours truly had the chance to work for ten days with Logitech’s MX Keys S wireless keyboard and MX Anywhere 3S wireless mouse. They are modest upgrades…