The design of the new Surface Arc Mouse has more rounded corners than the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE. There was an ingenious haptic feedback system where that scrolling activated a tiny speaker and motor to simulate a physical scroll wheel. That strip is used for navigation and acted as a particular point on the mouse head for that function. Microsoft ditched the scroll strip from the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE. It accurately matches the look and feel of the Surface PC line. The Surface Arc Mouse looks fantastic, has no creaks, and feels substantial, but it is also extremely light and portable. There is still the soft-touch rubber in the bendable tail, but it is more muted this time with a silkier feel. The Arc Mouse is smooth and lacks the tackier grip of the all-black Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE.

There are right- and left-click abilities as expected, but there is unfortunately no gesture support, which would have been a killer feature. The top button area is just a large, single surfce that resembles a trackpad. There is also a Microsoft Arc Mouse ($79.99), which is the same hardware, but in matte black and without the Surface branding. See Surface Arc Mouse at Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse designĬoming in three colors – cobalt, burgundy, and light gray – the Arc Mouse is just as stylish as the Surface PC lineup. The ability to bend it to an arc is bizarre yet awesome since no other mouse does this trick. Of course, you could just as easily use it with the Surface Studio or any Windows 10 PC desktop or laptop that has Bluetooth 4.0.Īt just 14 mm thin at its thickest point, the flat Arc Mouse easily slips into a bag making it the best travel mouse around, because there is no rounded bulge. Arc Mouse is best thought of as a travel mouse, hence the co-branding with Surface Laptop and Surface Pro.

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