Microsoft instead provides the following recommendations for simultaneous pen and touch performance.Ī device should continue to meet all Windows 10 Pen compatibility requirements when five simultaneous touch contacts are present on the screen.Ī device should continue to meet all Windows 10 touch compatibility requirements when a pen is within reporting range of the screen.ĭevices capable of following these recommendations will be able to follow future requirements for pen and touch reporting Validating Simultaneous Reporting Support Simultaneous pen and touch reporting requirementsĬurrently, the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program does not contain requirements for simultaneous pen and touch performance. Note: On Windows 11 only, before running latency tests, set the Bluetooth & devices > Touch > “Three- and four-finger touch gestures” setting to “Off” as this can introduce a small delay into the touch responsiveness. This topic describes the tools and applications for validating your solution on Windows systems. Starting in Winodws 1607, devices are able to report simultaneous pen and touch contacts to applications. In previous versions of Windows, touch contacts were supressed when pen input was detected within range of the digitizer.