The drawing tablet market has been simmering for years. Wacom has held its crown, Huion and XPPen have been snapping at its heels, but innovation has often felt incremental. That changes with the XPPen Artist Ultra 16.
This is a 15.6-inch pen display with a 4K OLED screen, twin styluses offering 16,384 pressure levels, a new X-Touch gesture system, Red Dot design recognition, and full Calman-verified colour accuracy. It’s XPPen’s most ambitious tablet yet, and one that feels designed to compete directly with Wacom’s Cintiq Pro and the OLED-based Wacom Movink 13. It’s aiming for a place among the best drawing tablets of 2025.
