Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra is a powerful digital toolkit for levelling up your creativity

Today's creators often jump between multiple devices and apps when working on a project, whether they're brainstorming ideas, sketching concepts or editing images. In an effort to streamline the creative process, Samsung designed its newest flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, to make it easy to work through much of a creative project on a single device. Backed by the included S Pen, a spacious 14.6-inch display and access to selected professional creative software, it's designed as a portable toolkit for artists, illustrators and visual creators looking to do more from anywhere.

For some creatives, the best ideas don't arrive while sitting at a desk. Sometimes, inspiration can hit during your daily commute, while lounging on the couch, or when you're at your favourite lunch spot. In these situations, having the right mix of power and flexibility can make the creative process much smoother. By combining note-taking, illustration and photo-editing tools, productive AI features and a device with a large, bright display, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra aims to give creators a workspace that's ready whenever and wherever those ideas appear.

The rundown

• Designed as an all-in-one portable studio, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra pairs a massive 14.6-inch AMOLED display with an included S Pen to carry projects from initial sketch to finished piece.
• Samsung Notes enables AI-powered brainstorming on the fly, with Galaxy AI stepping in to organise messy handwriting into structured project briefs.
• The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra is compatible with pro-level software like Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, offering plenty of screen real estate to comfortably multitask across three apps at once.
• Built for remote work, the Tab S12 Ultra pairs a long-lasting 11,600mAh battery with 45W fast charging.
• Samsung bundles over AU$539 worth of included value with the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, with the included S Pen and free trials for Adobe Photoshop, Google AI Pro and Notability Plus, subject to eligibility and terms.

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra lets you capture ideas wherever they happen

Ideas rarely arrive at convenient moments. A character idea, a potential shoot location or the look and feel of a project can come to you when you're on the move, long before you're back at your workspace.

Samsung Notes gives creators a dedicated space to capture those moments of inspiration as they happen, whether through handwritten notes, quick sketches or more detailed project planning. Combined with the Note assist feature — a Galaxy AI-powered setting found within the Samsung Notes app that can organise, summarise and format your messy handwritten S Pen notes — the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra provides a handy way to capture ideas and start shaping them into a more structured creative brief or project.

For illustrators, designers and content creators, that means less time worrying about where ideas are stored and more time developing them.

With Samsung Notes, having a dedicated space for brainstorming also helps ensure that key ideas aren’t lost. Mood boards, project drafts, customer responses and sketches are the start of any new piece and keeping them in one place at the beginning makes the process easier. Instead of juggling myriad notebooks, apps and memos to track ideas down, thinkers can concentrate on their ideas.

Turn concepts into finished artwork on the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra

Once an idea starts to take shape, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra can move from note-taking to hands-on creative work. Whether an idea is still taking shape or nearly complete, it provides a consistent workspace for developing it further.

Included with the tablet, the low-latency S Pen makes it easy to move from rough sketches to more detailed illustration work. Its pressure sensitivity and low-latency performance pair naturally with Clip Studio Paint, giving creators greater control when drawing, shading and refining their work.

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra’s large 14.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display uses a productivity-optimised 16:10 aspect ratio at 2,960 x 1,848 pixels, giving you plenty of room to work. Reference images, drawing tools and your project can all stay on screen at once thanks to Multi Window, which lets you divide the display to show up to three apps at the same time, so there's less need to constantly switch between them for multi-app tasks.

For creators who like to work in different environments, screen visibility can be just as important as performance. Vision Booster technology and peak brightness of up to 1,600 nits help improve screen visibility in bright conditions, whether you're sketching outdoors, reviewing work at a café or catching up on a project while travelling.

Fine-tune every detail with powerful, included image-editing tools

Creative workflows often extend well beyond drawing and illustration. Photographers, visual artists and online content creators often spend just as much time refining and editing as they do capturing ideas in the first place.

For anyone working with images, Adobe Photoshop is the undisputed gold standard. Available on the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra with a 4-month free trial, the mobile-optimised version of the app gives creators a range of tools for editing photos and artwork with less need to move to their laptop or desktop PC.

When you're sketching out a new idea or putting the finishing touches on a picture, the tablet's 14.6-inch display provides a large canvas to work on. Productive AI features such as Generative Fill in Adobe Firefly, where available, add another layer of flexibility, making it easy to experiment with different compositions, extend backgrounds or make targeted adjustments as a project evolves.

For creators who regularly move between sketching, editing and publishing, having those tools readily available on a single device can help keep the creative process flowing.

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra packs a battery that will keep pace with your creativity

A creative device is only as useful as the time it gives you to create, especially when you're working away from home or the office.

Creatives will often spend a great deal of time editing and refining their work, so long battery life is essential. In these instances, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra's 11,600mAh Li-Po battery can help you spend more time creating and less time worrying about finding a power point. And thanks to 45W fast charging — which lets you go from nearly empty to full in around 95 minutes — it offers the flexibility to spend more time creating and less time tethered to a charger.

At the end of the day, Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra allows for a workflow that can go wherever you do. With the battery life to support sessions away from a power outlet and access to smart and intuitive tools for note-taking, illustration and image editing, it allows creators to stay focused on developing ideas rather than managing their workflow.

More than AU$539 of included value

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra isn't just about the hardware. Samsung has included more than AU$539 of included value with the Tab S12 Ultra, starting with the included S Pen, a 6-month free trial of Google AI Pro, a 4-month free trial of Adobe Photoshop and a 6-month free trial of Notability Plus, subject to eligibility, redemption requirements and other terms.¹ For creators looking to build out a complete digital workflow, those inclusions help ensure the tablet is ready to go right from day one.

All of this included value is also a great demonstration of the fact that the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra is a device built around the full creative process. Whether you're capturing ideas, developing illustrations, editing photos or organising projects, the combination of hardware, software and included services provides a well-rounded toolkit for creative work — wherever inspiration might strike.

Learn more about the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra at the official Samsung Australia website.

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