Future Apple Pencil could detect colors and textures
Apple could be planning a real-world equivalent of the familiar eye-dropper tool in image apps, where a color could be set by an Apple Pencil tapping against it in an existing image.
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William Gallagher
MacBook Pro Touch Bar could be revived as a strip that supports Apple Pencil
Apple keeps researching how to have the iPad-centric Apple Pencil do the work of the old Touch Bar on the surface of a future MacBook Pro.
Apple executives detail Apple Pencil hover update
Tilt and azimuth for Apple Pencil hover were introduced in iPadOS 16.4, and Apple executives share details about the update.
Wesley Hilliard
NovaPlus A8 Duo review: Inexpensive Apple Pencil-like stylus for iPad
The NovaPlus A8 Duo is a lightweight Apple Pencil clone, and is a nearly-flawless option for iPad-centric sketchers, note-takers, and more.
Charles Martin
Amazon drops Apple Pencil 2 to $89 in epic holiday deal
A Black Friday weekend price war has erupted on the Apple Pencil, knocking $30 to $40 off the first and second generation styluses to pair with iPad models.
Christine McKee
Apple scrapped a $49 Apple Pencil for iPhone, claims rumor
A purported leak on Chinese social media site Weibo says Apple made a million of a new Apple Pencil, that could work with the iPhone — and scrapped all of them.
Paperlike 2.1 review: Apple Pencil & iPad use feels more like writing on paper
If you're craving a more natural writing and drawing experience on iPad, nothing will get you closer than Paperlike 2.1.
Amber Neely
How to use Apple Pencil's new Hover Mode with M2 iPad Pro
The new Hover Mode is either a gimmick you'll never use, or part of making Apple Pencil feel ever more like a natural part of your workflow. Here's how to use it.
You can't pair the first Apple Pencil with a USB-C iPad Pro
Apple's new adapter is only intended to connect a first-generation Apple Pencil to the new iPad, it can't be used to let the older Pencil work with iPad Pro models designed to have the second-generation one.
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