Corsair has installed the entire Stream Deck in its new gaming keyboard

Elgato’s Stream Deck has come full circle. Nearly eight years after the company Pick up pieces from Art Lebedev’s ambitious Optimus keyboard And we went in a different, cheaper direction with the idea of ​​going back to consoles. Corsair’s Galleon 100 SD was announced at Consumer Electronics Show 2026is a wired mechanical keyboard that effectively contains a full keyboard Deck current plus Built in and then some: 12 customizable buttons, a 5-inch multi-purpose IPS display with a resolution of 720 x 1280, and two rotary dials.

This isn’t the first time Elgato’s Stream Deck DNA has appeared in a Corsair product. I have reviewed Corsair Voyager gaming laptop In 2022, which had uninspiring touch-sensitive buttons that could be configured using Elgato software. It was incomplete, but it felt like the start of something long overdue, given Corsair’s acquisition of Elgato in 2018. The Galleon feels like a marked improvement, mostly due to the fact that it’s the full Stream Deck experience, not a distillation. It launches on January 29, and you can pre-order one now for $349.99.

Not to discount the Galleon chipset as a gaming keyboard (it has an 8,000Hz polling rate, a hot-swappable PCB that comes with MLX Pulse switches, gasket stabilization, and FlashTap reverse core direction support, to name a few), the marquee feature here is definitely the Stream Deck integration. says Elgato Managing Director Julian Vest Edge It uses a larger, sharper screen behind the keys than currently available Stream Decks, and viewing angles are supposed to be better, too.

As you might have guessed – and perhaps feared – the Galleons are two technically different devices controlled by different software. The left side is controlled by Corsair’s web center browser tool, while the right side requires Elgato’s Stream Deck software. Feist told me that this won’t always be the case for tweaking some settings. They’re still working on firmware that will allow the Stream Deck side to control the keyboard for things like LED color profiles and polling rate. It’s also working with publishers to build native Stream Deck integration into more games beyond Star Citizen And other powerful simulators, although Corsair sees the Galleon as better for players of those types over the others.

Stream Deck has become a ubiquitous tool among streamers, and is an increasingly popular tool for casual users who simply need to mute or turn off their webcams. Its programmable buttons provide a wide range of use cases thanks to a A vibrant market for pluginsfrom running files or macros to popping bubble wrap using the previous one edge Freelance writer Mitchell Clarke Stream Deck plugin.

Fest is a power user, and, not surprisingly, he quickly uses buttons to queue up some Christmas music, switch to different webcams via OBS, adjust the brightness of his room lighting, and then turn down the volume, all while barely moving his fingers. The Stream Deck displays the weather and Spotify cover art. It is a highly charged multi-functional station that is also a keyboard. Of course, the Stream Deck’s buttons can turn into a number pad as well.

During the demo, it became clear that this is not something most companies can achieve; The Galleon is a keyboard with a significant level of customization, with the software already being honed for eight years. This probably wouldn’t have happened now if Corsair hadn’t hired Tobias Brinkmann, who founded Mountain Keyboards.

One of that company’s big flops was the Everest Max, a full-size mechanical keyboard that had a detachable number pad, complete with four programmable buttons with screens behind them, and its own spin on Stream Deck functionality. We loved it in Our 2022 review. Feist told me he bought one, took it apart, and inspected it to make sure it didn’t infringe the patent. “At that point, I had no idea who Tobias was. Now, a few years later, he heads up our gaming business.”

“I’m personally grateful that it took Corsair so long that they couldn’t put it together,” Brinkman jokes. “It helps that Julian and I both have German backgrounds, and that we kind of like each other. That makes it easier to do.”

“I still would do it if I were an idiot,” Feist adds with a smirk.