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 A black S Pen that shipped with theSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (2022) | |
| Developer | Samsung Electronics |
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| Type | Digitalstylus |
| Released | 29 October 2011 (2011-10-29) |
| Introductory price | ₩55,000 (Fold Edition, 2021)-₩121,000 (Pro, 2021)[1] |
| Dimensions | S Pen Pro: 170.9 mm × 8.89 mm (6.728 in × 0.350 in) S Pen Fold Edition 132.1 mm × 7.7 mm (5.20 in × 0.30 in)[2] |
| Weight | S Pen Pro: 13.8 grams (0.49 oz) S Pen Fold Edition 6.3 grams (0.22 oz) |
S Pen (Korean: S펜) is a wirelessdigital penstylus designed and developed bySamsung Electronics featuringWacom's digital pen technology. It is made for use (and often bundled) with supportedGalaxy mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, as well as selectedSamsung Notebook,Galaxy Book, andChromebook notebooks. It was first released with theGalaxy Note in 2011, becoming a core feature of the Note line of products.[3] The S Pen supports features such as translating text by hovering the pen, and creating animated messages.[4]
The S Pen was introduced with theGalaxy Note series, the first "phablet", in 2011. The stylus has anactive digitizer byWacom, with the first generation having 128 levels of pressure sensitivity.[5][6] A button on the side of the pen can be used to activate special pen-oriented features and gestures in the system software.[5]
The second generation S Pen on theGalaxy Note II is slightly thicker than in the original Galaxy Note, and a feature marketed asAir View allows a user to preview content by hovering the pen over the content, similar to thehoverbox feature of a mouse in some desktop computers, such as thumbnails in the gallery and a preview tooltip on the video player's time seek bar, and zooming in the web browser (Samsung Internet)[7][8] and for scrolling.[9]
On theGalaxy Note 7, the OS featured several new tools supporting the S Pen stylus, including translation, ascreen magnifier, and aGIF recording tool. The previous suite of note-taking apps was also consolidated into a single Samsung Notes app.[10][11][12]
The S Pen on theGalaxy Note 8[13] offers expanded software features, including "Live Message" for the creation of handwritten notes combined with emojis resulting in short animatedGIFs. Users can remove the S Pen from the device and immediately write notes on the display through "Screen Off Memo," which works due to the screen's always-on capabilities.[14]
Starting from theGalaxy Note 9 and ending with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the S Pen hasBluetooth capabilities, including the ability to tap the button on the pen to do certain tasks.[15]
On theGalaxy Note 10, the pen is one piece of plastic, instead of two like the Note 9, and supports more advanced Air Actions that allow users to control the phablet remotely with the pen. This includes changing the camera settings and exporting the handwritten text toMicrosoft Word remotely.[16]
The S Pen on theGalaxy Note 20 features a faster response time than previous models and an extended battery life.[17]
TheGalaxy S22 Ultra is the first S series phone to include a built-in S Pen, a hallmark feature of the Galaxy Note series. The S Pen has latency at 2.8ms, reduced from 26ms on the Note 20 and 9ms on the Note 20 Ultra and S21 Ultra.[18]
TheGalaxy S25 Ultra S Pen lacks Bluetooth.[19]
Compatible Galaxy devices for the S Pen make use ofWacom EMR technology, meaning that third-party pens made for the same technology will also work other than the S Pen. This includes theHi-Uni Digital Mitsubishi Pencil, theStaedtler Noris Digital, theLAMY AL-star black, EMR,[20] as well as the Wacom One Pen.[21]
| Pen tip diameter | Bundled with | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy phones | Galaxy tablets | Others | |
| 1.6 mm | Note 3/4/5, Note 10.1, Note Pro 12.2 | Tab A 8.0, Tab A 9.7, Tab A 10.1 (2016) | |
| 0.7 mm | Note 7/8/9 series | Tab S3, Tab S4, Tab A (2019), Tab Active2 | Notebook 9 Pen S |
| 0.7 mm (new) | Note 10/20 series, S21 Ultra, S22 Ultra, S23 Ultra, S24 Ultra | Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite, Tab S7 series, Tab S8 series, Tab S9 series, Tab Active 3 | |
| 1.5 mm | Z Fold 3/4/5/6, S25 Ultra | ||
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