Apple Pencil Pro disconnects after iPadOS 26 update – shows battery but not connected

Hello,

After updating my iPad to iPadOS 26 (official release, not beta), my Apple Pencil Pro is not working properly.

• When I attach it to the magnetic side of the iPad, it shows the preview/intro tutorial for a moment.
• Bluetooth status shows Connected for a second, then immediately changes to Not Connected.
• The battery percentage is displayed (stuck at 89%) but it never charges higher.

I already tried:

• Forgetting the device and re-pairing
• Resetting iPad and even Reset All Settings
• Force restart and Bluetooth reset

None of these steps solved the issue.

So the iPad detects the Pencil, but it cannot stay connected and is unusable.

Is this a known bug in iPadOS 26?

Is there any manual way to force update or reset the Apple Pencil Pro firmware?

Or should we wait for iPadOS 26.1 to fix this issue?

Thanks.

iPad model: iPad Pro 2024 M4