If you have an iPad Pro, there's a new feature in iOS 11 that's designed to let you open up a new document in Notes just by tapping the Apple Pencil on the iPad's display. The feature, Instant ...

The Apple Pencil is a special stylus that lets you draw and handwrite on your iPad, and lasts for over 10 hours of use.

But for all its humility, the Apple Pencil can help you make notes on the lock screen of the iPad, a bit like the S Pen can on the Galaxy Note series.

It also supports the Apple Pencil for pressure sensitive writing, something that really comes in handy while taking extensive amounts of notes at a time.

For now, the Apple Pencil can only be used with the iPad Pro, and offers quantifiable differences in both good and bad ways compared with third-party styluses that have previously been sold for iPads.

There's one small step you'll need to take before the Apple Pencil will work with your iPad Pro.

If you're craving a more natural writing and drawing experience on iPad, nothing will get you closer than Paperlike 2.1.

Learn the top features of Apple Pencil and OneNote on iPad, from handwriting recognition to infinite canvas, for seamless digital workflows.