Chrome OS seems to be getting stylus support

Google is working on stylus support for Chrome OS. The idea is that Chromebooks respond to removing and adding a stylus in a designated slot. Google is testing this in combination with a Rockchip soc.

The code is ready to generate events based on the presence of a stylus in the slot, Chrome Unboxed discovered based on a posting on the site for the Chromium project. At the beginning of this year, the idea was put forward for the ‘pen switch’ that can be used to link actions to inserting or removing the stylus.

There are currently no Chromebooks with a stylus, but once the Android apps with an upcoming version of Chrome OS become widely available to users, there is a chance that manufacturers will release more laptops with touchscreen and stylus.

According to Chrome Unboxed, there will be a Chromebook Flip 2 from Asus and there are also indications that models with a Rockchip RK3399 are being tested. This is a soc with two Cortex A72 cores and four Cortex A53 cores. The GPU is the Mali T860MP4. Rockchip focuses with the soc on use in VR headsets, tablets and notebooks.

Marketing image for the Rockchip RK3399