Plus, Wacom is working with Google to offer support for additional Wacom pen tablets and displays. Google regularly adds new capabilities to its Chrome OS, the operating system that runs Chromebook and the pen tablet support will likely bring new users to the category.

Several new models were introduced at CES 2021 aimed at those users as well. Many Linux distributions come with the driver pre-installed, so first try attaching your device to your Linux machine to see if it works. The past year saw tremendous growth in the Chromebook market, especially for education and business use. Wacom does not offer a Linux driver directly, but there is a Linux driver available for most Wacom devices at the Linux Wacom Project on Github. The pen is also replaceable should it go missing. The pen has 2,048 pressure levels and is battery-free so you don't have to worry about keeping it charged up. The company’s One by Wacom tablet now works with Chrome OS devices thanks to the fact it recently earned Google’s Works with Chromebook certification. The $60 One by Wacom pen tablet, not to be confused with the Wacom One pen display, is a small, basic pen-and-tablet combo that connects to your Chromebook via a USB-A port. Support for Wacom's entry-level pen tablet gives students, teachers and budding digital artists access to pen input regardless of their Chromebook's display. Select Chromebooks such as the Lenovo Chromebook Duet and new Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 have displays that work with Universal Stylus Initiative pens. The One by Wacom pen tablet is now Works with Chromebooks certified, which means it is fully compatible with Chrome OS devices. That said, USI pens that are currently being established by various manufacturers in the Chromebook market. Chromebook users have another option for getting their drawings or writing on their screens. Wacom is once again using its own self-charging EMR pen technology with the One tablet.

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