Apple Pencil comparison: 1st-gen, 2nd-gen, or USB-C - which is best for your iPad?

With a new USB-C Apple Pencil available, here's what iPads work with which pencil, the main or lacking features, and more.

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Apple Pencil expands the power of iPad and opens up new creative possibilities. It’s sensitive to pressure and tilt so you can easily vary line weight, create subtle shading and produce a wide range of artistic effects — just like a conventional pencil, but with pixel-perfect precision. Apple Pencil lets you easily take notes, mark up, and draw on iPad with pixel-perfect precision—as naturally as you do on paper. Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity.

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Apple Pencil comparison: 1st-gen, 2nd-gen, or USB-C - which is best for your iPad?

💛【Designed for 2022-2018 iPad Models】Our iPad Pencil is compatible with iPad Air 4th/5th Gen, iPad Pro 11 inch (1st/2nd/3rd/4th), iPad Pro 12.9 inch

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