A New Apple Pencil Pro

Granted, we were all expecting a brand-new Apple Pencil. It was literally in the invitation.

However, it still brought a few things we weren’t expecting. Thanks to some code found on iPadOS 17.5, we already saw hints that there was going to be a “squeeze” feature, but Apple confirmed that the new Apple Pencil will also have a haptic response to let you know that your squeeze was registered.

What’s particularly new is the gyroscope feature. It lets you do a specific action when you rotate the Pencil between your fingers. For instance, you can rotate a brush and get a new style without stopping what you’re doing. There were reports years ago that Apple could implement a “rolling gesture,” but we’d heard nothing about it more recently.

The Apple Pencil Pro is also now harder to “let loose” because of its new Find My support. While Apple didn’t go into too much detail, it did mention that you’ll be able to find it with the Find My app on your iPad.