# Surface Pen

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/surface-pen/1120>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/surface-pen/1120 "2017-06-21T14:12:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Teo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Teo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Teo)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/surface-pen/1120/1 "2017-06-21T14:12:52Z")

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This article on the bottom here [http://shapr3d.com/android.html](http://shapr3d.com/android.html) seems to be a little bit outdated since the Surface Pen has a latency of only 21ms [https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/5/15741104/new-apple-pencil-announced-faster-surface-pen-wwdc-2017](https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/5/15741104/new-apple-pencil-announced-faster-surface-pen-wwdc-2017) and I am not sure about the latency of the Samsung C-Pen.

Is there now a higher probability for support of other platforms?

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/surface-pen/1120/2 "2017-06-21T14:23:01Z")

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Yes, it is definitely outdated. However, we still don’t see any good android tablets on the market. But Surface… Yes, it could be interesting. Who knows. 😉

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**Author:** ![Gabor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/gabor_shapr3d/32/235_2.png) [@Gabor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gabor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/surface-pen/1120/3 "2017-06-21T14:24:11Z")

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These reported latency numbers are usually not true in general.

They are true for a specific device + app combination. For different apps, this latency varies a lot. By a factor of 2-3x, in fact. Companies report the lowest number possible, but that doesn’t mean that it’s true in general.

But thanks for pointing it out. We’ll update the website shortly.