#APPLE PENCIL COMPATIBILITY UPGRADE#
#APPLE PENCIL COMPATIBILITY PRO#

As for why the old Pencil wouldn't pair with the new iPad? Well that seems like an intentional decision to prevent it. If the old iPad doesn't have a way to pair with the new Pencil, it doesn't matter if the rest of it otherwise works. Seems more like a money grab.Pairing I suspect is the problem. Then this means you also need two pencils.

But why won't usage work? Let's say you have and use the previous and this new iPod Pro. Doesn't seem to be rocket science in any case. New Pencils would be a little more difficult as they would require some sort of wireless charging dongle, and a way to trigger the wireless pairing. If you are using an Apple device you need to know which devices are compatible with Apple pencil. We hope that with this post you learned more about the Apple pencil compatibility. The other Apple devices are not compatible with Apple pencil. You can only use your Apple pencil with an iPad Pro. A simple USB to Lightning dongle would solve this problem with older Pencils. Well, at the present time, Apple pencil is only compatible for iPad Pro. These are -terrible- reasons to make the pencils not compatible with each other. The only reason they would be incompatible is because Apple chooses not to support them.Ĭan you not use a lightning cable to charge Apple Pencil 1.0? If you are on-the-go, are you not carrying a lightning cable? Is inductive charging different from wireless charging that iPhones use? And new iPads don't have Lightning to charge the older Pencil.Nothing a dongle wouldn't fix in both cases.

Older iPad owners wouldn't be able to charge the new Pencil 2 as they don't have inductive charging. The new second-generation Apple Pencil is priced at $129 and can be ordered starting today, with the accessory set to be delivered on November 7.Īpple's new Apple Pencil is $30 more expensive than the existing Apple Pencil, which is priced at just $99.

#APPLE PENCIL COMPATIBILITY PRO#

That means if you're upgrading to the new iPad Pro from an older iPad Pro model and already have an Apple Pencil, you're going to need to buy a new second-generation model if you want an Apple Pencil to use with the upgraded tablets. Likewise, the current Apple Pencil will not work with the new iPad Pro models and is limited to older iPad Pro models and the sixth-generation iPad. Given all of the changes introduced in the Apple Pencil 2, it only works with the new 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models and it is not compatible with older iPad Pros or the sixth-generation iPad.

#APPLE PENCIL COMPATIBILITY UPGRADE#

The new second-generation Apple Pencil that Apple introduced today alongside new iPad Pro models includes support for tap gestures and inductive charging when attached to an iPad Pro via magnets, a major upgrade from the previous model that had a built-in Lightning port.