Wacom Intuos Pro (2025)

WONDERFUL REINVENTION The newest tablet in Wacom's catalogue and its customisable stylus make for a fantastic addition to any professional's setup

- Ian Dean

Despite reviewing and testing drawing tablets all the time, we found something uniquely exciting about the latest from Wacom. And after using this year's Intuos Pro release, we can honestly say it remains the gold standard for pen tablets in 2025.

This new Intuos Pro - we tested the medium iteration - is a precise and beautifully designed drawing tablet that will remain the go-to choice for digital art pros despite increasingly stiff competition from brands like XPPen, Huion and Xencelabs.

Fundamentally, this new Intuos Pro is a radical reinvention of the older tablet line. Everything is refined - it's thinner and lighter, the drawing area larger, and the touch ring has been replaced by analogue dials.

SLEEK DESIGN

Wacom's hardware aesthetic hasn't changed much in years - matt black, low-profile, understated - but things have been shaken up a little here. While the familiar look and feel remains, Wacom has rejigged the Express Keys to the top of the tablet and sunk them into four dials: two analogue and two button layouts.

It took us a little time to adjust to having the dials and radial menus at the top of the tablet and not in the standard side position. While there is a trend to move shortcut keys to remote devices, it's nice to have them on-frame, which also means there's no extra gadget to buy. That said, they can feel cramped as you reach around and above to access them.