The S Pen Creator Edition was announced in July when the Galaxy Tab S9 was released. Well, now you can finally buy it for $99 in the US.
As the name suggests, the S Pen Creator Edition is best suited for artists and is designed with sketching and digital painting in mind. It promises better artistic capabilities than its predecessor, the S Pen. The two main features that make it stand out from the S Pen are its tilt-sensitivity and thick shape for enhanced grip.
You can use the S Pen Creator Edition with Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and higher, Galaxy Note10 and higher, Galaxy Tab S Series, and PCs that work with the existing S Pen. However, it isn’t compatible with the Galaxy Z Series. The stylus is battery-free and doesn’t require charging, saving you some hassle. Like an Apple Pencil does, the flat side of the Pen can magnetically attach to your Galaxy Tab devices.
The S Pen has only been released in white and hosts a single button on its side. This button can be used to interact with the tools on the applications on your devices, such as allowing you to switch between the eraser and the pen tool.
According to Samsung, this is their most advanced S Pen yet. However, there are some limitations to this pen. For instance, Air Commands, a feature that allows you to quickly access various functions by pressing the stylus button and hovering over the display, is, for some reason, not supported on the S Pen, which is strange.
Another feature that stands out as a bit strange is the IPX4 rating on this pen, which is less than the IP68 rating on the cheaper S Pen that this one succeeded. Anyway, an IPX4 rating means it’s good enough to withstand light splashes, so that shouldn’t be a complete dealbreaker.