It is especially suited for anyone who draws, paints, or retouches.

Pencil In

First up, what’s new?

All of these additions are worth a look.

Apple pencil next to an iPad Pro

Thankfully, Apple isn’t making the Apple Pencil any thinner.Apple

It’s a nice intuitive addition, and third-party developers can use the barrel-roll gesture to trigger other functions.

It could presumably zoom in and out or trigger shortcuts in non-drawing apps.

Then there’s the squeeze, which replaces the double-tap in the previous Apple Pencil.

Three iPads and three apple pencils

Now there are four different Apple Pencils in the wild.Apple

Squeeze the barrel, and a new radial menu pops up on the screen.

This is a huge improvement over the old feedback-less double-tap.

The haptics go further.

Person drawing on a Wacom Cintiq

Wacom’s Cintiq might still be the best option for in-studio artists.Wacom

But the iPad doesn’t have to be that.

But for the rest of us?