OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?
Ars Technica Kyle Orland
OpenAI released its first branded hardware product, the $230 Codex Micro, a custom mini-keyboard with color-coded keys for monitoring AI agents. The device features six frosted keys that display status updates—white for idle, blue for processing, green for completion, amber for requiring feedback, and red for errors—across up to six concurrent Codex threads. Users can tap the illuminated keys to quickly switch between different AI agent tasks without manually searching for windows on-screen.
Why it matters
The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.
