Key takeaways

• TheWacom Intuos Pro (2025) tablet starts at$250 for the small,$380 for the medium,and$500 for the large size.
• This drawing tablet has a lot of improvements over previous generations, including an enlarged working area, more customization power, a new pen, andtopside buttons.
• But the new Intuos Pro doesn't support multi-touch functionality and is also expensive, with other creatives' favorites available at cheaper prices.

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I should probably preface this by saying I'm not a professional artist. I consider myself crafty more than artistic, but I have reviewed my fair share of tablets, and was excited to test the newWacom Intuos Pro . 

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As a crafty person, I've taken up a lot of artsy hobbies like graphic design and bullet journaling, which includes some drawing and creativity. And while I've used different types of tablets for these hobbies, I'd only used a screenless drawing tablet once for a short period of time, but that one was too buggy to work with. The Wacom Intuos Pro 2025, however, pleasantly surprised me. 

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Wacom Intuos Pro (2025)

The Wacom Intuos Pro (2025) is a new graphic tablet with a customizable pen, a large drawing area, and a thin 4mm design.

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The 2025 Wacom Intuos Pro isn't your old Wacom graphic tablet. It has the same reliability as the older models, so you can likely depend on it for years to come. However, Wacom really made a point of listening to its users' feedback to make purposeful changes to its flagship tablet. Some of those changes include a new, more advanced pen, moving the dials and buttons from the side to the top, and thinner bezels to allow a larger working area on the tablet's surface.

But let's start with the first impression. The Wacom Intuos Pro 2025 is a screenless graphic tablet meant for designers, artists, and other creative workers. It connects to your computer so you can draw and work on it by using the pen on the Wacom tablet, which sits on your desk. The tablet has long grips on the bottom, so it doesn't move at all when you use it, even if it is only 4mm thick. 

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Regardless of whether you've ever used a screenless drawing tablet or not, using a new one takes a little getting used to. You have to play around with it until you grow accustomed to the tablet's response rate and working area, as well as the pen. But if you've never used a screenless tablet, you can expect this process to take longer. 

Drawing tablets are more common for experienced digital artists, while beginners tend to choose screened tablets so they can see their work right under their hand. After all, drawing on your desk while looking at your computer monitor or laptop isn't a naturally intuitive experience. However, these graphic tablets are used by artists because they let you work with your hand to create digital art, often letting you skip steps to digitize your work. 

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And once you get used to drawing tablets, it can be a more comfortable experience -- even from posture alone. You won't have to lean over your paper to draw and can remain seated upright or reclined for a more ergonomic experience.

Aside from drawing, the Wacom Intuos Pro also lets you navigate your computer like a giant trackpad with a pen. You can use shortcuts to work on different programs that the tablet will recognize when you switch between them. 

You can also switch between monitors by pressing only one button. For example, you can use your tablet for a more intuitive photo or video editing experience on Adobe Photoshop or Premiere Pro, respectively, which has been the biggest use I've gotten out of it.

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The 9:16 working area on the Intuos Pro is meant to represent your computer screen, not a trackpad. So if you put your pen on the top left corner of the working area, your computer's cursor will appear on the top left corner of your screen. You hover the pen within about an inch of your Intuos Pro to move your cursor around, and tapping the tablet with your pen represents a click -- though you can easily customize each action in the Wacom app.

The Pro Pen 3 is included with your Wacom Intuos Pro 2025, though you can also use the previous Wacom Pro Pen 2 or even other EMR styluses, like theSamsung S Pen , Lamy AL-star stylus , and Staedler Mars Lumograph . The Pro Pen 3, however, will offer the most customization options from any stylus I've tested. 

This stylus includes a balance weight that you can remove and flip to your liking, whether you prefer a pen that's heavier on the end or in your hand. The pen has three customizable buttons, but you can remove the buttons by swapping out the side switch for a blind one, also included with the pen and tablet. You also get a straight grip, a flair grip, five standard nips, five felt and rubber nibs, and a pen stand. 

The pen feels great on the Wacom Intuos Pro's surface, especially because this tablet's surface doesn't battle for visual aesthetics like screened tablets do. So, dragging the Pro Pen 3 on the Intuos Pro feels good because the tablet doesn't have to look good. 

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Older Wacom tablets had the buttons and dial on one side rather than the top, which often inconvenienced some users, especially left-handed users. Now, the buttons are along the top edge, which is more user-friendly for many users, including lefties, but a big complaint for others. If you don't like the controls along the top of the tablet, you can also customize it on the Wacom app to use it in portrait mode, with the buttons on either side or along the top or bottom. 

One thing I disliked is that Wacom removed the multitouch functionality for the 2025 Intuos Pro. The new Intuos Pro doesn't support multitouch, so you can't use the tablet with your fingers as a trackpad -- it only works with a pen. I'm not sure if this is to avoid accidental taps when you move your hand over the top to press a button or spin a dial, since they're now along the top edge, but it's definitely disappointing. 

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Multitouch makes the user experience more intuitive, which makes the screenless tablet easier to get used to, and I liked using a hybrid approach. 

's buying advice

The Wacom Intuos Pro 2025 is a fantastic drawing tablet that can be a godsend for creatives of all kinds, from designers to photographers to artists. It's a great update if you have the previous Intuos Pro and are interested in using the improvements the company has made for the 2025 model, but it's best suited for those who have older drawing tablets and are looking for a big upgrade. 

It is a big upgrade; the small Intuos Pro costs$250 and measures 8.4 inches by 6.4 inches. The medium costs$380 and measures 11.4 inches by 8.1 inches, and the large is$500 and measures 14.8 inches by 9.9 inches. There are other brands that are more affordable than the Intuos Pro, comparable, and liked by creatives, like Huion, so if you don't want to spend too much on a drawing tablet, you may have to look elsewhere.

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