Wacom’s Cheapest Tablet Now Offers a Budget for Chromebooks for Aspiring Artists

With millions of students now going home to school, affordable alternatives to laptops like the Chromebook are more popular than ever. The cheaper price point may be some compromises, including limited support for some software and hardware, but budget artists can now use a Wacom tablet with their Chromebooks to cultivate their budding artistic skills.

As noticed on Wacom’s websiteWhile the basic features of some of the older pen-powered tablet tablets may work on certain versions of Chrome OS, more advanced features such as pen sensitivity and the use of a Wacom keyboard shortcut will not work reliably on a Chromebook. But that may soon change, as today Wacom officially announced that the One by Wacom tablet is the first device that is fully compatible with Chromebook and has received the official Works With Chromebook certification.

With so many young students relying on Chromebooks, the One from Wacom—What is the company’s cheapest drawing tablet with a $ 60 price– Originally supported under the latest version of Chrome OS, which means no drivers need to be installed and no Wacom software needs to be installed and updated regularly. The tablet can be easily plugged into a USB port and used as a more precise alternative to a drawing and image editing mouse, though the One at Wacom only supports basic style functionality, including touch sensitivity. More advanced features such as tilt detection or programmable shortcut buttons are only available on more expensive Wacom models.

Artists and designers who need more advanced features and functions in their tablets tend to also rely on software from companies such as Adobe and Autodesk, which currently only support operating systems such as Windows or Mac OS and machines with enough RAM and processing power for intensive graphics handle workload – even if there are versions of both Adobe’s Photoshop and Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro are available via Android on Chrome OS. Wacom it too confirmed to Gizmodo that all of the company’s tablets and pens will receive Chromebook certification. Support for the One at Wacom is followed by Chrome OS support for Wacom’s other tablet lines, including Intuos, Intuos Pro, Wacom One, Cintiq and Cintiq Pro.

Getting started in digital art may have become just a little bit more affordable.