It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

  • squidzorz@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It depends on how “friendly” they decide it has to be to replace the battery.

    The battery in my iPhone 13 Pro is certainly end-user replaceable, but it’s significantly more difficult than it was for me to pop the battery out of my Galaxy S2 and put a new one in.