Apple Pencil Pro

Expensive, of course, but its new features lift the Pencil Pro above all rivals.

Gerald Lynch

PRICE $219 WEB apple.com/au Were it not for the “Pencil Pro” branding printed on the end of it, you could easily mistake Apple’s new stylus for its predecessor, the Pencil 2. However, the Pencil Pro introduces four major new features . The first is a squeezable sensor near the Pencil Pro’s tip, which provides contextual functions in different apps. In Apple’s Notes app, for instance, it makes the radial pen and colour selection tool pop up next to the Pencil’s tip. This is superbly convenient, saving wasted hand movements and allowing artists to stay focused on their work. A new haptic feedback motor gently rumbles to confirm the squeeze gesture, and can also provide physical feedback in apps, such as vibrating when aligning a canvas element to a snap grid.…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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