I just purchased my M1 iPad Pro and I am discouraged and disappointed that I cannot experience what seams to be a software locked feature after spending over one and a half thousand dollars on the device and Apple accessories. Does Apple plan on unlocking this feature anytime soon or provide a hardware limitation explanation other than “M2’? I’m staying hopeful.
Thanks,
-Nathan
I have to disagree. The iPad Air M1 hardware does indeed support apple hover. I tested it! Believe it or not, if you connect your ipad as a monitor for your macbook (as a mirror or extended), and bring the pencil close to the screen, the ipad will pick it up as a cursor, I sincerely hope apple does not remove this feature, but it shows that the older ipads do indeed support hover and it is left using software limiting.
It is running iPadOS 16.1 (not beta). Yes the hover does show up on the ipad screen. To be fair, it's not as good as the newer ipad's hover, but it does support it.
Will Apple add support for Apple Pencil 2 Hover on M1 Pro iPads?
