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It will not work with any Android device. While the mouse itself will pair with MacOS 10.10 or higher, alas, there is no such app for Macs.

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The controls consist of left and right buttons separated by a plastic strip that acts like a depressible scroll wheel, and, as with most mice, you can change the behavior of the buttons and wheel, as well as alter the scroll speed, pointer, and so on, from an app you can download from Windows Store. Up front, where the controls are located, the Arc Touch mouse is encased in hard gray plastic, and the back end, the part that arcs, is coated with a slightly darker gray rubber-like material.

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LogitechвЂ™s M535 Bluetooth Mouse, for instance, measures 2.4 inches high and just under 4 inches long although, at 2.9 ounces, it outweighs the Arc Touch mouse by more than half an ounce. The arc increases the height to just over two inches and shortens the length by about an inch or so, which brings its dimensions more in line with competing products. When arced, it fits the curvature of your palm and fingers, similar to any standard small travel mouse. But arcing the mouse isnвЂ™t merely a unique way of turning the device on.

You power it up by curling, or arcing (hence the word arc in the name), the tail end of the device downward, thereby shortening its length and increasing its height. Slim in use, even slimmer when stowedДЄt 0.6 inches high (when turned off) by 2.3 inches across by 5.1 inches long (also when turned off) and weighing only 2.3 ounces, the Arc Touch mouse, while not in operation, is much shorter in height, but longer than most other mice-until you turn it on, that is.

That said, youвЂ™ll have trouble finding a mobile mouse as easy to carry around with you than the slim and petite Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse, and like most Microsoft peripherals, itвЂ™s well-built, durable, and somewhat elegant. You can pick up the Arc Touch mouse for about $40, which is a bit high for a small mouse like this, especially considering that you can buy the EasyGlide Wireless 3-button Travel Mouse, and several others, for as little as $20. Even so, just about any other small wireless вЂњtravelвЂќ pointing device, such as LogitechвЂ™s M535 Bluetooth MouseВ ($39.99) or MicrosoftвЂ™s own Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 ($29.99), is a direct competitor. The Arc Touch mouse is, when turned off, ultra-thin, making it easy to slip in to your pocket or some other tight spot. ItвЂ™s designed primarily as an accessory for the companyвЂ™s Surface Book PCs (itвЂ™s the same light-gray color), but since itвЂ™s a standard pointing device, it also works with most laptops or tablets running a recent version of Windows (and some MacBooks) that support Bluetooth.

While there are plenty of innovative wireless pointing devices available, few are as light, compact, interesting, and mobile as MicrosoftвЂ™s Arch Touch Bluetooth Mouse. I just have an MX Ergo as mouse, so canвЂ™t test with another BT device. The Slim Combo is a great keyboard for that iPad, dito.

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The 2nd gen iPad Pro is still a great device, not obsolete at all, so it should have been considered as potential target. ThereвЂ™s no way someone in charged of testing could not have notice this, except if my config is exceptional in terms of number of occurrences, which I doubt. To me, it has been badly tested on earlier devices. IвЂ™ve tried several times, and can repeat it every time. I have to reboot my iPad and set assistive touch offВ to get it back as normal. Setting the assistive touch on andВ within a few minutes my trackball get blocked (scrolling, all buttons but the left one), as well as my keyboard, which acts after that as trackpad (I canвЂ™t write a text anymore). I have a 12.9вЂќ iPad Pro 2nd gen (2017), a Logitech slim Combo keyboard and a Logitech Ergo MX trackball (I canвЂ™t emphasize enough how this device is great - at least for me, of course).

Unfortunately, it doesnвЂ™t work, at least not the advanced features, for me. For your information, IвЂ™ve awaited the mouse support and have tested it as soon as iPadOs 13.4 was installed on my iPad.

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