The first-generation Apple Pencil with the Lightning port could plug directly into an iPad.
It can also magnetically attach to an iPad, but the iPad won’t wirelessly charge the Pencil.
It also has the same hover support on the iPad Pro as the second-gen Pencil.
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However, the new USB-C Apple Pencil isn’t the universal solution.
Education customers will be able to get it for $69.
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