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will ipad air ever be able to use gen2 apple pencil. 1gen is horrible about keeping a charge

will ipad air ever be able to use gen2 apple pencil. 1gen is horrible about keeping a charge.

i bought the latest ipad air 3 months ago, the 1st gen apple pencil it not 'it', will Apple ever make the 2nd gen pencil available for the AIR?


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Posted on Aug 24, 2020 1:37 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2020 2:21 PM

No.


Apple Pencil 2 uses an entirely different pairing/charging interface to that of the Apple Pencil 1. The two different pencils require the matching interface on the compatible iPad.


As the interface hardware is entirely different, no, Pencil 2 will never be usable with currents models of iPad Air.

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Aug 24, 2020 2:21 PM in response to DaleGreen

No.


Apple Pencil 2 uses an entirely different pairing/charging interface to that of the Apple Pencil 1. The two different pencils require the matching interface on the compatible iPad.


As the interface hardware is entirely different, no, Pencil 2 will never be usable with currents models of iPad Air.

will ipad air ever be able to use gen2 apple pencil. 1gen is horrible about keeping a charge

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