WWDC26: Read between the strokes with PencilKit | Apple
Apple adds handwriting recognition APIs to PencilKit across its platforms in OS 27.
“One of the most requested capabilities for Pistol Kit is handwriting recognition.”
Apple introduced new PencilKit APIs at WWDC 2026 that bring on-device handwriting recognition, stroke-to-Bezier conversion, and stroke slicing to developer apps across iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 27. While it leverages Apple's handwriting recognition models, this is a niche developer-tooling session with limited strategic relevance to broader AI industry trends.