Let’s get into that…
Apple Pencil Pro features
The Apple Pencil Pro retains the design and similar magnetic charging of the previous Apple Pencil 2, but as its name suggests, it gets extra features under the hood.
For the first time on an Apple Pencil, we’re getting haptic feedback, which is the same technology that simulates physical clicks on Apple’s MacBook trackpads, and iPhone touch keyboard. Basically – fine vibration.A vibration motor in this new Apple Pencil will deliver a light tap to the user, confirming when a gesture has been activated successfully, which sounds helpful, if not a bit gimmicky.
The Apple Pencil Pro’s vibration motor for haptic feedback
The new Apple Pencil Pro also gets a squeeze gesture, as we suspected. It will presumably be free to map to whatever the user prefers – switching to an eraser, switching paintbrushes, layers, opening a color picker; as allowed by their drawing app of choice, of course (e.g. Procreate).
The Apple Pencil Pro’s squeeze gesture in action
We still also get the double-tap gesture, which is present on the Apple Pencil 2, and in my experience, isn’t very reliable. But here’s hoping it’s more so, on this new 2024 Apple Pencil Pro.
Furthermore, Find My support makes its debut on an Apple Pencil for the first time. Like AirPods and AirTags, among other Apple devices, users can now locate their Apple Pencil Pro using the Find My feature on their iPhone, iPad or MacBook, if lost.
Another familiar feature professional artists will be happy to see again is hovering. Users can hover over the display with an Apple Pencil Pro, without touching it, and see a pointer appear where the Pencil would land, guiding their next stroke. This is also helpful for brush selection, among other things.
Apple Pencil Pro compatibility: which iPads work with it?
We don’t have a concrete confirmation yet, so take this with a grain of salt, but Apple’s marketing hints towards only the newly-announced M4 iPad Pro being compatible with the Apple Pencil Pro.
Due to its repositioned FaceTime camera, the new iPad Pro likely sports a slightly different magnetic wireless charging system for the Apple Pencil Pro, enough to make it its exclusive. It’s also easy to assume that Apple would make its new “Pro” Apple Pencil exclusive to the “Pro” iPad models.
Stay tuned for an update on that one, but if this is true (and it’s very plausible that it is) users of older iPad Pro, iPad Air and mini models will have to stick with the Apple Pencil 2.
Apple Pencil Pro price and release date
The new Apple Pencil Pro will be available as soon as next week, May 15th, for the price of $129. Pre-orders are already open as of today.
For reference, here’s a list of all Apple Pencils available now, and their respective price:
- Apple Pencil Pro – $129
- Apple Pencil 2nd generation – $129
- Apple Pencil USB-C – $79
- Apple Pencil 1st generation – $99
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