New Surface Pen (2017) Compatibility with Other Surface Devices

Hi Tom,

To best answer your question, the new Surface Pen's pressure sensitivity feature will not work on your Surface Book.

The new Pen's unique features only work with Surface Pro. For other devices including Surface 3, SP3, SP4, Laptop, Book and Studio, the new Pen works just like the old pen.

Hope this answers your concern.

Regards.

Hi Tom,

To best answer your question, the new Surface Pen's pressure sensitivity feature will not work on your Surface Book.

The new Pen's unique features only work with Surface Pro. For other devices including Surface 3, SP3, SP4, Laptop, Book and Studio, the new Pen works just like the old pen.

Hope this answers your concern.

Regards.

Hello Arnulfo Avi

If your statement is actually true this would be proof for fraudulent misrepresentation on the Mircosoft Store for this new Surface Pen (Link). The tech specs declare a Surface Book compability with only one exclusion that the Surface Pen tilt functionality will be coming via Windows Update soon.

I just received this new Surface Pen for my Surface Book which has no added value to the former Surface Pen.

I'll contact Microsoft to complain this misrepresentation and claim refund.

This is disappointing.

Lang Weilig

I agree, this seems like false advertising, and is disappointing.

At the Microsoft Store home page at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/home, I go to Devices > Accessories, click Surface Accessories, scroll down and choose Surface Pen.  This takes me to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface/8ZL5C82QMG6B/7X3T?icid=Cat\_SurfaceAccessory-ContentPlacement2-Pen-052317-en-us

The page states:

"Now better than ever, the new Surface Pen delivers the most natural writing and drawing experience. With tilt¹ support for shading, 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, and virtually no lag."

"Sketch and shade with precision with 4,096 pressure points that respond to the lightest touch. Ink flows directly from the tip of your Pen to your screen with virtually no lag."

Footnote 1 states:

"[1] Surface Pen tilt functionality is available now with Surface Pro. Coming to other Surface devices via Windows Update soon."

Everything on this page indicates that 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity are available with every model of Surface listed in the Compatibility chart.

The only caveat is tilt support, and it says it is "Coming to other Surface devices via Windows Update soon."

None of the responders have answered the secondary question in the original post about tilt support.  When will tilt support be available for other models via Windows Update?

Thanks.

Mark

Hi Tom,

To best answer your question, the new Surface Pen's pressure sensitivity feature will not work on your Surface Book.

The new Pen's unique features only work with Surface Pro. For other devices including Surface 3, SP3, SP4, Laptop, Book and Studio, the new Pen works just like the old pen.

Hope this answers your concern.

Regards.

Hello Arnulfo Avi

If your statement is actually true this would be proof for fraudulent misrepresentation on the Mircosoft Store for this new Surface Pen (Link). The tech specs declare a Surface Book compability with only one exclusion that the Surface Pen tilt functionality will be coming via Windows Update soon.

I just received this new Surface Pen for my Surface Book which has no added value to the former Surface Pen.

I'll contact Microsoft to complain this misrepresentation and claim refund.

This is disappointing.

Lang Weilig

Hi Tom,

We're grateful for your interests about our new Surface Pen. Yes indeed, the new Pen has 4,096 pressure levels, up from 1,024 levels of the previous Surface Pen. Please check this link to know more about it.

For Surface Book updates, please see our support article that can be found on this link.

Please feel free to contact us again for future concerns.

Regards.