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iOS 14 reveals new Apple Pencil features

Milan Jovicic by Milan Jovicic
March 10, 2020 - 07:06 CET
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Tambov, Russian Federation - August 23, 2017 Apple Pencil in person hand with Apple iPad Pro 10.5. and pencil box. Dark green background. Studio shot.

Tambov, Russian Federation - August 23, 2017 Apple Pencil in person hand with Apple iPad Pro 10.5. and pencil box. Dark green background. Studio shot.

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In addition to the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, iOS 14 also includes new features for the Apple Pencil. To be precise, this is the PencilKit.

The so-called PencilKit function allows MacRumors According to iOS 14, the PencilKit should work automatically in every input field. The feature would work system-wide without requiring any special settings. Apple does not currently offer such a function that would automatically convert handwritten texts into typed messages. This should be possible in every text input field. For example, users could use the Apple Pencil to write entire messages in iMessage by hand and have them automatically converted into standard text before sending. According to iOS 14 code, the PencilKit should work automatically in every input field. The feature would therefore work system-wide without requiring any special settings. Apple does not currently offer such a function that automatically converts handwritten texts into typed messages. 

With “Magic Fill” function

However, the integration of such a feature has been expected for some time. It appears that it could finally be available in iOS 14 or iPadOS 14. According to the code, third-party applications should also be able to access PencilKit. It is now suspected that support for Apple's new handwriting functionality, as well as Dark Mode, will have to be adopted. However, it has not been confirmed with certainty whether the feature is already complete. In addition to the handwriting-to-text function, another feature called "Magic Fill" has been discovered. According to this, iOS could automatically fill in a shape drawn with Apple Pencil. (Photo by Ekaterina79 / Bigstockphoto)

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