Aimed directly at 10th-gen iPad owners.

The new USB-C Apple Pencil supports hover with the iPad Pro and can attach magnetically — but at $79, it’s cheaper than the $129 second-gen Pencil.

The cheaper price means that the Pencil doesn’t come with some of the more advanced features as the first- and second-generation accessories. The device doesn’t support pressure sensitivity, wireless pairing and charging, or the double-tap feature that lets you switch between tools. However, it still supports hover with M2 models of the iPad Pro.

The lower price is nice, but zero pressure sensitivity is a big question mark IMO. You’d expect something at this price to have at least a few levels of sensitivity.

    • Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.worldEnglish
      212·
      8 months ago

      while that’s totally valid of course that kind of has nothing to do with iPads and their stylus’ does it? Lol

      But Wacom makes some great stuff. I have a buddy who uses a Wacom tablet for digital art. He uses windows. Any Linux quirks or does Wacom “just work” with Linux installs?

      • Fisch@lemmy.ml
        11·
        8 months ago

        Pretty sure it just works. GNOME actually has a specific page in the settings for Wacom tablets.

      • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        8 months ago

        I’m pretty sure wacom drivers are just in the linux kernel, and also my XP pen tablet worked out of the box also. I haven’t noticed any weird problems.

      • /home/pineapplelover
        1·
        8 months ago

        I was just thinking out loud I guess. It kind of contributes to the conversation because I know wacom tablets have pens included and not sold separately. Also, I don’t recall them being so expensive like apple pens if you buy them separately.