With millions of students now attending school from home, affordable laptop alternatives like the Chromebook are more popular than ever. The cheaper price point does come with some trade-offs including limited support for some software and hardware, but artists on a budget can now use a Wacom tablet with their Chromebooks to nurture their burgeoning artistic skills.

As noted on Wacom’s website, while the basic functionality of some of the company’s older pen-driven drawing tablets might work on certain versions of Chrome OS, more advanced features like pen pressure sensitivity and the use of a Wacom tablet’s shortcut keys won’t reliably work on a Chromebook. But that could soon be changing as today Wacom has officially announced that its One by Wacom tablet is the company’s first device that’s fully Chromebook-compatible and has received the official Works With Chromebook certification.

Since many students rely on Chromebooks, the One by Wacom, which is the company’s most affordable drawing tablet with a US$60 price tag, will be supported under the latest version of Chrome OS, which means that no drivers have to be installed and there’s no Wacom software to be installed and regularly updated. The tablet can simply be plugged into a USB port and used as a more precise alternative to a mouse for drawing and image editing, although the One by Wacom only supports basic stylus functionality including pressure sensitivity.

(SD-Agencies)