Yesterday we posted a link to Serenity Caldwell’s piece on iOS 9.3 eliminating Apple Pencil’s navigation capabilities (Apple, don’t cripple the Pencil’s navigation in iOS 9.3).

Soon after Serenity’s article (and a number of others) ran, Apple responded thusly:

Apple Pencil has been a huge hit with iPad Pro users, who love it for drawing, annotating and taking notes,” an Apple spokesperson told iMore. “We believe a finger will always be the primary way users navigate on an iPad, but we understand that some customers like to use Apple Pencil for this as well and we’ve been working on ways to better implement this while maintaining compatibility during this latest beta cycle. We will add this functionality back in the next beta of iOS 9.3.”

The will of the people!