Logitech MX Master 4 is here with haptic feedback, less rubber and the same shape

If you have been shopping around for a wireless mouse at any time over the past decade, you may have seen many people who recommend Logitech MX Master. There is a good reason for this: they are not cheap, but they are usually comfortable, versatile and loaded with features designed to work in front of a monitor throughout the day a little less annoying. The current MX Master 3s was sitting at the top of our own guide to buy wireless mice for some time.

Now, three years after the 3S launch, Logitech deploys the new MX Master 4, which costs $ 120 and will be delivered in October. I have been able to test it in the last few weeks.

For the most part, it is an iterative update, with the same general shape, battery life, 8k DPI sensor and Ultra-Ciet clicks such as MX Master 3s before it. This is more severe (150 grams against 141g), more width (3.48 inches against 3.32 inches) and higher (5.05 inches against 4.92 inches) than the last model, but if you found 3S or the older MX Master 3, you need to have several problems here. This said that this is still a powerful mouse designed for palm grip and right users: its delicate contours, generous hump, enough rest on the thumb and large buttons will fit like a glove, if it describes you, but the left -wing ones will not agree.

The fastest change here is the addition of haptic feedback, which is built into a small panel within the mouse thumb. You can customize the intensity of this effect through the Logitech Options+ software to turn it off completely-but it essentially brings a fashion from your desktop smartphone. When you first pair the mouse, for one, you will feel a little blows. The same applies if you move between devices using Logitech’s Stream feature. When the battery is low, it will vibrate. If you are trying to arrange the graphics accurately in an application like Photoshop, you will get some buzzing when you move it to the right place.

You will also feel it when you hold on to the options in the action ring, a personalized overlay, which presents different shortcuts depending on the application you use. This occurs when you click on the side panel; You can use it quickly access to the screenshot tool while in Chrome, for example, or the brightness and contrast sliders in Photoshop.

If all it sounds like a trick, okay, yes it is. This is not something that someone needsS But the effect is surprisingly fine in the default setting « medium » and has a level of comfort that comes with the feeling of confirmed action instead of simply seeing it. I found it more enjoyable than distracting. The catch is that only a few applications will support the MX Master 4 native foods at startup: Photoshop, Lightroom and Zoom, with Adobe Premiere Pro, which will follow shortly after. You will still be able to use Havelic feedback on a systemic level of Windows and MacOS, and Logitech launches SDK for more developers to integrate functionality, but we will need to see how much they do.

Another change is with the mouse cover, which trades with the 3S rubber coating for a slightly textured plastic around the top. (The rest of the thumb and the right side are still using rubber.) Some users complain of an older MX Master Mice Peeling and wear after prolonged use; Time will show how well the new model is, but it should avoid the same type of degradation caused by sweat. Either way, I found it smooth to touch without being slippery. I also failed to repeat the accuracy problems that some 3S buyers had with the electromagnetic mouse scroll wheel, which is still made of high quality metal and allows you to conveniently change between sliced ​​and free rotation.

There are other small spins and improvements. The receiver included in the Windows model is now USB-C instead of USB-A. The horizontal scroll wheel on the side – which remains a blessing for navigating spreadsheets – extends slightly further with each rotation. The PTFE legs at the bottom are a little larger for a more glamorous sliding. The specialized gesture button is no longer uncomfortably integrated into the rest of the thumb; Instead, it was downloaded in front of both programmable side buttons. Logitech says there is a more powerful chip inside the mouse to improve the quality of the connection. The edges around the main click buttons are already translucent: nothing basic, but a little larger. The screws at the bottom are already exposed, which Logitech says should be useful for the purposes of recycling along the way.

The rest is largely the same as before, which is not bad. The best feature here is still almost silent basic buttons that maintain a pleasant level of travel, but will never bother anyone around you. Battery life is still appreciated at a solid 70 days, which looks right – I haven’t charged the mouse for about a month and the Options+ app says I still have about 50 percent of juice. The design still feels super strong, without bending or creaking. The side buttons feel firm and tactile. Options+ are heavy resources, but are still intuitive enough for reprogramming buttons and customized applications specific settings. It can still track various surfaces, including glass or fabric on my sofa. You can still connect to three devices at the same time and switch between them with a button at the bottom.

On the other hand, there is no longer a USB-C cable included in the box, and the voting rate is still set to a basic 125Hz, which means that tracking is not as oil smooth as it could be. The MAC version is not available with a USB receiver and there is no built -in Dongle storage compartment with both models. You also need to keep options+ open to feel the haptic feedback that is annoying. Some of these complaints have been problems for some time, so it’s disappointing to see them three years later. However, they are probably not concluded. The MX Master 4 may not be a significant upgrade if you are satisfied with the older MX Master Mouse and if those have not worked for you before, this one will probably not work for you now. But if you are an energy consumer in the market for a new performance mouse, we would expect this most popular it to be as popular as its predecessors.