O iPadOS 16.4 — version of the system recently released together with iOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, tvOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 — brought very welcome improvements to the feature Apple Pencil over the screen (Apple Pencil Hover)which is unique to iPads Pro equipped with the M2 chip.
With the update, Apple professional tablet owners are now able to preview the pencil stroke at any angle before actually drawing it in a supported application. More specifically, the feature now recognizes variations of inclination e azimuth second-generation Apple Pencil.
It is possible that the novelty will not work right away with all apps that support Apple Pencil, since it is up to developers to adapt their applications to the feature. In contrast, native iPadOS apps like Grades already have the news.
With the Apple Pencil on the screen, the iPad Pro can identify the pencil tip at a minimum distance of 12mm from the screen. Before this update, the tablet was only able to recognize variations in inclination and azimuth when the user touched the accessory to the device’s screen.
As noted by TechCrunch, this adjustment may seem small to most iPad Pro users, but it promises to unlock a range of possibilities for digital artists who use the Apple tablet as their main work tool. It is expected that the novelty will make the workflow of illustrators, for example, much more agile.
Some app tools like Procreate, for example, present different results depending on how the user holds the pencil. By recognizing a greater number of angles, the on-canvas Apple Pencil allows the artist to see these variations before actually applying them to their art.
Apple Pencil 11″ and 12.9″ iPad Pro (2nd generation)
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