Timeline for Why (from a technical perspective) can't an Apple Pencil (2nd gen) be used with an iPad (7th gen)?
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| Jun 10, 2021 at 0:40 | comment | added | mweiss | apple.stackexchange.com/questions/422143/… | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 23:12 | comment | added | fsb | @mweiss The keyboard doesn't charge by the smart connector. The keyboard is changed by the usb-c port. The iPad is charged via the usb-c port and pass-through charging thru the smart connector. There's too many commhere now so if you need more info I suggest you open a new question. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 21:06 | comment | added | mweiss | Okay but I'm 99% sure that the keyboard does charge via the Smart Connector, as do the Logitech keyboards that use the Smart Connector... So it's not correct to say that the Smart Connector is "not a charging system". | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:55 | comment | added | fsb | Not exactly. The iPad Pro has a charger specifically for the Pencil on the side of the device. This is different than the smart connector and the two are not interchangeable. The smart connector relies on the keyboard and iPad connecting via the contacts on each device, it's not a magnet or a charging system. The Pencil uses inductive charging based on wrapped coils and magnets. They're two very different systems with different uses. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 14:33 | comment | added | mweiss | Okay, I think I now understand my confusion. I was under the impression that the Pencil 2 pairs and charges via the Smart Connector, the same way that the Smart Keyboard does. You're saying that the iPad Pro has two magnet-based wireless charging systems built into it, one on each side? Whereas the 7th gen iPad only has one? | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 14:27 | comment | added | fsb | Not the smart connector as that's not used to charge the Pencil (and it's not inductive). The iPad Pro has seperate charging coils for the Pencil built into the side. The iPad 7g doesn't have that. So my understanding of your question, unless you can show me otherwise, is that reason you can't charge the Pencil is because the 7th gen is missing hardware that does the charging. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 14:22 | comment | added | mweiss | @ fsb I want to make sure we are not talking past each other: by "inductive charger built into the side" are you just referring to the Smart Connector? Or something else? | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 13:50 | comment | added | fsb | @mweiss I haven't seen anywhere that the 7th gen contains an inductive charger on the side. There's one in the back but not the side, according to the iFixit teardown. Can you please point me to a site that shows what you're indicating? With a rounded edge, you can't put a pencil there. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 13:33 | comment | added | mweiss | My question was not about the iPad Air and iPad Mini, but was specifically about the iPad 7th generation, which DOES have the inductive charger on the side. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 12:44 | history | answered | fsb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |