The Apple Pencil Pro could be the company’s next-generation wireless pencil, which will be available at an upcoming Apple event. The iPhone maker is expected to unveil the new iPad Air and iPad Pro models at the Let Loose event, as well as a new Apple Pencil, which will likely be the first to carry the “Pro” moniker. Last October, the company introduced an updated Apple Pencil, in which the proprietary Lightning port was replaced by a USB Type-C port.
X (formerly Twitter) user Newral (@rsuOvO) posted on Gizmodo’s Discord server (via @ribu_ap712) that the text “Apple Pencil Pro” was found on the company’s Japanese website and as alt text for a GIF. Surface. Assistive software uses replacement text to read media descriptions for blind users. Gadgets 360 checked the site’s source code and found six mentions of the nickname.
It’s worth noting that none of the other Apple websites mention the Apple Pencil Pro in the source code, including the Apple India website. While this may be the name of Apple’s next-generation wireless stylus, its inclusion may have been a mistake by an Apple employee.
This isn’t the company’s first hint at a new Apple Pencil model – on the company’s website in several countries, you can now hover over the Apple logo and drag it away. In this case, the destroyed logo will be replaced with five other logos.
Previous reports have suggested that the Apple Pencil coming with iPadOS 17.5 will support the new pinch gesture, which means users can lightly press the pencil to delete content from their iPad. According to the report, the next-generation Apple Pencil model may also run on a future version of VisionOS.
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