How exactly does the Galaxy S21 Ultra with S Pen support?

January 16, 2021 Bary Howards

In addition to the strong “iron” under the hood, the most hardware-equipped and logically the most expensive Ultra model from the new Galaxy S21 series also received one significant software privilege. It can officially communicate with the S Pen, which it has been so far the privilege of Note phones and some Samsung tablets. Other phones should soon be promoted, but that’s a different story. Let’s focus on what is currently possible to do in this regard with the latest flagship mobile phone. Support for the S Pen for the Sasmung Galaxy S21 Ultra it is not as simple as it seems at first glance.

The key information is that if you now get the latest S Pen introduced at the same time as the new S21 flagship model (we remind you that support only applies to the Ultra version), you have to Forget about some features known to be needed from using Note phones. We need to talk about button control or non-contact gestures. The current S Pen, tailor-made for the Galaxy S21 Ultra, namely does not have Bluetooth. The S Pen Pro will see this, which will bring support for the mentioned functions to the Galaxy S21 Ultra sometime later this year. It will also be backward compatible with other Galaxy devices. But it is not yet known how much it will cost.

If you reach for an older smart Samsung pen (or a variant from other manufacturers), you will get into the same situation. By purchasing or taking over older accessories, you can save money, however the problem then occurs with saving. You can buy a case with the S Pen slot for the Galaxy S21 Ultra for CZK 1,800 or 2,500, however, a new pen is included in the price. It is therefore nonsense to buy the packaging just to save and protect another pen. Support for cooperation with the Pen with the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra will be short tightened to perfection only with the introduction of the Pro variant. Which, of course, is the sales goal and the way to further shopping at Samsung.