On April 4, according to technology blogger Steve Moser, Apple quietly mentioned the USB-C charging function of Apple Pencil in iOS 17.1 Beta 2, and the related text included “Please connect USB-C charging” and “Apple Pencil battery is very low”. Steve Moser refers to the series of models as “Apple Pencil 3,” but it’s more likely that Apple will switch to USB-C for the first-generation Apple Pencil.
▲ Source: Steve Moser’s post on the X platform.
Of Apple’s current iPad lineup, only the 10th-generation iPad is compatible with the first-generation Apple Pencil while using the USB-C port.
▲ image source Apple official website
Considering that the second-generation Apple Pencil uses wireless charging, it’s unlikely that Apple will add a USB-C connector to the second-generation Apple Pencil or any subsequent new Apple Pencil, so there’s a relatively high probability that Apple will retrofit the first-generation Apple Pencil with a USB-C connector in order to create a differentiation.
However, regardless of whether the first-generation Apple Pencil is equipped with USB-C, Another “third-generation” Apple Pencil version is in the pipeline, this “third-generation” Apple This “third-generation” Apple Pencil will be equipped with different shapes of magnetic nibs for different purposes such as drawing, sketching and painting.
