How Can You Tell If Your Apple Pencil Is Charging. Unlock your iPad Pro 3rd gen or higher and attach the Apple Pencil magnetically to the device. Or you can use the adapter included in the box.

2 of 6 people found this useful. Check the Batteries widget by swiping from right to left from your first Home screen page. Tired of Your Phone or Tablet.
If the battery icon is green with a lightning bolt symbol your Apple Pencil.
Answered by Oliver N from Whitefish Bay. According to Apple the Pencil gets about 12 hours of battery life. Trade it in for Here. If its battery ever runs out you can connect it to your iPad Pros Lightning port and get 30 minutes of use time from just fifteen seconds of charging time.
