iPad Letting Pencil 2 Battery drop a lot?

[iAdamator]

I have a 2021 12.9 iPad Pro along with an Apple Pencil 2 that about 2 years old. I don't use the pencil much but it lives attached to my iPad. Today I noticed for the first time ever (Via my battery widget) that the iPad is letting the pencil drop it's battery well down into the 80s. Is that normal? I thought the pencil was always kept near topped off. I was surprised to it's battery in the low 80%!

I am on the iPadOS Beta. Maybe they have some kind new optimized charging for the Pencil going on.

Thanks

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Yeah, my Apple Pencil is no longer charging constantly on my Mini 6.

Dropped to just over 50% and wasn't charging - removed and repositioned on the edge of the iPad and it started charging.
Also on Beta