# Using multiple tablet drivers on the same computer ## Overview This might or might not work for you depending on the specific tablets you have and the operating system you use. ## Tablet drivers from the same brand Sometimes you have two tablets from the same brand. Let's use Wacom in this example. You might have a very old Wacom tabler and a very new Wacom tablet. It might be the case that the old tablet requires an older version of the Wacom tablet driver that does not work with the newer Wacom tablet. And likewise the newer Wacom drivers don't work with the older Wacom tablet. There is NO WAY to have two different Wacom driver versions installed on the same time. More generally, there is NO WAY to have two different driver versions from the same brand installed on the same time. Even if you try to install both, at the time of installation tablet drivers from a given brand will either refuse to install if another version is installed or they will uninstall the old version, or they will automatically upgrade the old version to the new version. A **potential alternative** is to use [OpenTabletDriver](/drawtab/guides/drivers/opentabletdriver.md) which may support both tablets. ## Tablet drivers from different brands In this situation you are using two different brands of tablets - for example Wacom and Huion. It certainly is possible to install both drivers. Nothing will stop you. However, there can be complications depending on the operating system you use. In summary, I DO NOT recommend installing multiple tablet drivers from different simultaneously on a single Windows computer. However, it might work well on MacOS. ### Microsoft Windows Tablet drivers from different brands interfere with each other. In theory if your pen-aware applications use Windows Ink for their tablet API, then there will be no interference. In practice, even when apps have been correctly configured, have encountered problems on Windows when multiple tablet drivers are installed from different brands. A **potential alternative** is to use [OpenTabletDriver](/drawtab/guides/drivers/opentabletdriver.md) which may support all the tablets you want to use. ### Apple MacOS My experience has been good, I have several MacOS computers with multiple tablet drivers installed simultaneously (Wacom, Huion, XP-Pen, and Xencelabs). I have had no problems. However, I have some people have reported that they have encountered issues when different tablet drivers are installed. So, even for MacOS I don't recommend it, even though I personally have had a good experience. A **potential alternative** is to use [OpenTabletDriver](/drawtab/guides/drivers/opentabletdriver.md) which may support all the tablets you want to use. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/guides/drivers/multiple-tablet-drivers.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.