Apple Pencil 2 draining iPad Pro battery

Lithium -ion batteries in any mobile device, especially the tiny battery in the Apple Pencil WILL still drain down on their own.

Active or not.

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Same problem here. It took me some time to realize the drain is caused by the pencil. I didn’t thought it could be that bad.

I have the same issue where pencil 2 drains from o to 12 percent. Is here a fix or do I need to return pencil for a refund? It’s starting to be a BIG frustration...

I have the exact same issue. It went away after the lastest ios update, but returned after rebooting my device.

Exactly right. It’s most definitely an iOS issue or an Apple Pencil firmware issue. Or maybe even a combination of both.

Same here. I have to detach and reattach the pencil every so often or else it drains to 0%. Maybe that’s actually better than it draining the iPad battery constantly? 🤷🏻‍♂️🎁🐴

My iPad still drains a lot when the Pencil is attached. If I remove the pencil, charge remains for much longer.

In my opinion, the problem has not been sorted.

Still no issues here since that last big update, no longer seeing major battery drain on the Pencil or iPad in standby.

Hello,

I have exactly the same symptoms with the iPad 11 version 12.1.1.

I just had my pencil and my iPad replaced in Apple store (France).

The result is the same, battery loss if the pencil is charging during a standby period of about 10% for 8h standby.

The defect is not recognized by the Apple store (only notes) or Apple care.

Do you think this defect will be corrected?

thank you in advance for your feedback...

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Apple should put a feature on the next update to give u the option to turn it off when you don’t need it to save the battery

You can let the Apple Pencil battery drain all the way down to between 10%-20% before having the need to charge it!

You do not have to keep it attached to the iPad Pro all of the time!

Another thing you can do/try to make sure the Pencil isn't charging on the iPad Pro all the time, is simply slide the Pencil over on those charging magnets until it stops charging, but still stays attached to the iPad.

I think you totally missed the issue. I have the same problem. The pencil drains while attached to the iPad while the iPad is connected to it’s charger. Mine has drained down as low as 2%. I think the iPad stops charging after sleeping. I have not been able to determine at what interval the charging stops.

Hello everyone. I have had the same problem and I returned my new Ipad Pro 11 and now I'm back on my old iPad Pro 10,5 which is way better than the new with the battery problem...

Good luck in finding the solution for this problem, I retired :).

I would LOVE a feature in iOS to turn off the charging of the pencil or only allow charging below a setup percentage. I want to be able to carry my pencil connected to the iPad, but NOT have it drain the battery all the time.