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Find My Apple Pencil, Part II

As a follow up to my We Need a Find My Apple Pencil Feature post, I’ve been experimenting with the Bluetooth Scanner apps in the app store.

I picked one of the free ones and found out an interesting thing.

Presumably to save energy, the Apple Pencil does not broadcast its existence unless it is physically moved. You have to touch or jostle it in order for it to be revealed by these scanner apps:

Bluetooth Scanner