Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14 proves Android is finally ready for serious digital art

Every so often, a device lands that redraws the line for an entire category. The Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14 feels like one of those moments. This tablet finally makes Android feel grown-up and serious as a platform for digital art.

Wacom teased us with the release of the super-slim and lightweight Movink 13, but it lacked an OS and chipset to stand on its own as a desktop or smartphone. MoveinkPad 11 was a toe-dip into a fully fledged Android tablet, but as such it was there to catch up with the competition – the XPPen Magic Drawing Pad – and not to overtake it. MovinkPad Pro 14 is something bigger, both physically and in terms of ambition.

This tablet is Wacom applying decades of pen know-how, display science, and artist-first thinking to a fully standalone device, and doing it with confidence. After a week of sketching, painting, and generally throwing everything at it, the MovinkPad Pro 14 feels like the Android drawing tablet everything else now has to measure itself against, and one that comfortably sits among the best drawing tablets you can buy right now.

MovinkPad Pro 14: in the box

There's a trend among drawing tablet providers – notably XPPen and Xencelabs – to package everything you need to get going, often including cases, spare styluses, and stands. Wacom isn't one of those brands.

The MovinkPad Pro 14 includes the bare-bones Pro Pen 3 stylus and a USB-C charging cable. No stand, case, or even a plug for the cable. You get some digital treats, including a year's subscription to Clip Studio Paint Debut and Wacom's own apps: Wacom Canvas for quick sketching and Wacom Shelf for storing your art and references.

The upshot is you get what you need and there's no waste. Wacom's own apps are excellent and more Apple-like in execution than rivals such as Huion and Clip Studio Paint Debut.

The lack of a carry case feels like a missed opportunity, given how pristine the OLED glass looks out of the box; it needs protection. Wacom has a slightly Apple-like knack for selling you the essentials as add-ons, and if you plan to travel with the MovinkPad Pro 14, protection quickly feels less optional than it should be.

Wacom does offer the MovinkPad Pro 14 Cover $59.95 and Foldable Stand for $99.95 as the MovinkPad Pro 14.

MovinkPad Pro 14: design and specs

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The first surprise is how nice the MovinkPad Pro 14 feels in the hand. Instead of the usual cold blacks and industrial greys, Wacom has gone with a white, textured rear panel that’s warm, tactile, and oddly comforting. There’s something about it that genuinely feels like picking up a favourite sketchbook or drawing pad – slightly 'cardboardy' in the best possible way.

The rear panel also features four small rubber feet for stabilization when lying flat on a desk. There's no built-in stand to angle the tablet, but I'm not sure you need this. I've been using it in my hand, on my lap, or flat.

The front is all business. Slim bezels, edge-to-edge glass, and absolutely no visible gapping between display and frame. It’s a small detail, but it adds up to a finish that feels premium and carefully considered.

The textured glass OLED display is excellent, with a 120Hz refresh rate that makes drawing on the tablet feel smooth and effortless. The wider screen shape means there's more room to sweep a brush than on an iPad, showing Wacom's art know-how.

The final design choice worth mentioning is the Pro Pen 3 stylus. This slim pen features a carbon shaft, making it feel a step above the all-plastic stylus from XPPen and Huion. It's also a little weightier than those pens. It can be customized too, whether it's customizable grips or swapping out the nylon for a felt nib.

Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14: performance

Specs only matter if you feel them under the pen, and this is where the MovinkPad Pro 14 quietly outclasses its Android rivals. The 14-inch OLED display isn’t just bigger than most; the 2880 x 1800 resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio give you genuinely usable vertical space. That size makes a difference when working in Clip Studio Paint or ArtRage, where layers, brushes and palettes can otherwise crowd the canvas.

The OLED panel itself is outstanding. With deep blacks, high contrast and full DCI-P3 coverage, colour work feels confident and precise. Gradients are smooth thanks to 10-bit colour, and highlights punch through with up to 900 nits of brightness. Compared to tablets positioned as the best cheap Android drawing tablets, the difference is immediate: this display has depth, subtlety and consistency that budget panels simply can’t match.

Responsiveness is another clear win. The 120Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time make strokes feel immediate, with no sense of the line 'catching up' behind your hand. It’s a marked improvement over rivals like the Huion Kamvas Slate 13, which looked good but, in my experience, was undermined by an inconsistent pen feel. Here, the combination of display tech and Wacom’s Pro Pen 3 simply feels settled and reliable.

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The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 paired with 12GB of RAM finally gives Android the headroom it’s been missing. Large canvases, dense brush sets, and multitasking all run smoothly, avoiding the stutters or hesitation I’ve encountered on other Android drawing tablets when pushing them to their limits.

Setup is refreshingly painless. Log in to a Google account, and you’re straight in. Beginners are especially well catered for: Clip Studio Paint comes pre-installed, and its guided onboarding gently introduces layers, brushes, and masking before opening up into the full professional toolset. It’s confidence-building rather than overwhelming, and it genuinely makes you want to keep experimenting.

I tend to default to ArtRage on Android, and the MovinkPad Pro 14 handles it beautifully. Brushes stay responsive, strokes remain clean, and the tablet never feels like it’s struggling to keep up.

The new Pro Pen 3 continues Wacom’s long tradition of getting the fundamentals right. It’s light and slim; perhaps a touch too light for some, but heavier than rival Android stylus, and the drawing experience itself is excellent. Pressure feels intuitive; the pen does exactly what your hand expects, and the buttons are unobtrusive yet genuinely useful. Among the best tablets with a stylus, this is still the benchmark for pen feel.

Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14: who's it for?

The MovinkPad Pro 14 is for artists who want serious creative capability without being tied to a desk. Illustrators, concept artists, designers and animators will all feel at home here. It’s also one of the strongest options yet for newcomers who want to learn digital art properly, without quickly outgrowing their hardware.

If you’ve ever felt Android was the compromise choice for creative work, and the only option is iPad or iPad Pro, this is the tablet that challenges that assumption.

Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14: buy it if…

• You want the best standalone Android drawing tablet available
• OLED quality and Wacom pen accuracy really matter to you
• You want one device that works equally well for art and media

Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14: don't buy it if…

• You rely on desktop-only creative software
• You're wedded to Apple's ecosystem
• You expect extras like a carry case to be included