Active pen Stylus won't work with new Spectre x360 13.3 inch oled touchscreen.

[DrJMD]

drzhiv,

I have a very close relative who works in the computing division of HP as an electrical engineer. I mentioned this advertising and reality disconnect to him regarding the stylus and the HP OLED version of the Spectre a few months ago. He had to do some digging, but eventually found the official specs on the OLED screen. As I recall at that time the screen manufacturer had not integrated the stylus capabilities onto the OLED screen. That may have changed by now. (I had ordered a fully loaded Spectre x360 OLED with a HP stylus and verified that they were not compatible. Thankfully, HP took the laptop back without any issues.) The stylus capabilities may be available now, but I have not re-asked about it.

[nassafellow]

Different Spectre x360 models come with different screen technologies.  Legend has it that the 2017 ones come with their own stylus, which is compatible with the surface ones.  

I have the 2015 model which is compatible with Synaptics.  There are only two pens I am aware of that work with it.  The HP Active Pen and the Dell Pen.  (They look pretty much the same - one has a hp logo on it and another has a dell logo on it). The pens have a reliability problem though and stop working after a month or so, even if you change the battery it makes no difference.

Hoping the Dell Bamboo Smart works with it though... yet to find out - might order it now.