And holy crap does this keyboard use an insane number of chips.
I received my A83 yesterday. Keys feel different and amazingly smooth. The backlit is only around the keys. The fonts are not illuminated.
For a real review, check this kid video
Good thing he found the software for it
https://www.aescolife.com/aHubWith all the great packaging, there is no manual/instructions to change settings of the fly.
Back to the insane amount of chips. The software to customize the keyboard is 300Mb. That is scary kind of crazy. I'm a paranoiac conspiratinist. As far as I know, this keyboard could be doing a lot more than just keyboarding. (keylogger or worse) I hope not. So I just ran an ChatGPT assessment based on the extend USB information produced by USBTreeView: Summary of the results
🚫 What You Don't Have (Good Signs)
You do NOT have:
❌ Mass Storage Interface
❌ USB Network / RNDIS / CDC ECM
❌ Audio Interface
❌ Vendor-Specific mystery interface
❌ DFU flashing interface always active
❌ Webcams or imaging device classes
❌ ACM Serial port that could act as command channel
Those are exactly the vectors attackers use to hide exfiltration.
None are present.
🛡 Risk Assessment
Based on USB descriptors alone, this device:
Almost certainly is NOT a hardware keylogger or spyware keyboard.
Gaming keyboards with macro/RGB features often show:
multiple HID interfaces
large HID report descriptors
weird naming or reused VID/PID
bloated Windows config apps
It's all consistent with a cheap Chinese ODM gaming board.
Consistent with cheap Chinese ODM gaming board. 
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But but... It was not cheap and it doesn't feel cheap.
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