More detail on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 S-Pen's secret new features revealed

One of the stand-out features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be the S-Pen, such that it features prominently in Samsung’s teasers for their Unpacked event above.

We have already heard that the pen will the “the biggest update in the history of the S-Pen“ with the biggest feature believed to be the addition of Bluetooth to the accessory.

Now reliable Samsung leaker Ice Universe has added to the rumour, saying the pen will indeed be able to control the camera and media playback:

The Galaxy Note9 SPen can be used to control long-range self-timer, control music playback, because it is a Bluetooth device, it will do something unrelated to the pen. pic.twitter.com/WPS83xUskq

— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) July 1, 2018

Some believe the unrelated and undisclosed feature may be the ability to use the S-Pen as a Bluetooth headset, but that does seem somewhat farfetched.

Are these features enough to convince our readers to choose the Note 9 over the much cheaper S9? Let us know below.