The industry is already expecting Apple to switch from the Lightning to the USB-C connection for the upcoming iPhone 15. After that, it’s finally the turn of the AirPods. However, a hobbyist from Switzerland is now getting ahead of the manufacturer and is already selling the AirPods Pro with the new connection or making the necessary parts available for hobbyists.

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The EU wants it that way and Apple will follow suit. Ergo: The iPhone 15 will probably already be equipped with USB-C instead of Lightning. However, only then will the AirPods or their charging cases fall as the last bastion of the previous connection. Ken Pillonel from Switzerland doesn’t want to wait that long.

Faster than the iPhone 15: AirPods Pro with USB-C connection

He already made a USB-C connection in an iPhone X and also in the charging case for the normal AirPods, now it’s the turn of the AirPods Pro. motivation for him is Apple’s unacceptable stance on repairing. Apple does not normally provide this, instead defective charging cases are disposed of or recycled. An absolute absurdity for Pillonel and so he took on the AirPods Pro. Its charging case can even be “opened” relatively easily.

In the video he then explains the individual steps and offers in his Online shop also the needed Flex cable with USB-C port for just under 35 Swiss francs. So if the Lightning connector on your AirPods Pro is defective, you can swap it out for a future-proof USB connector yourself.

By the way: If the case breaks when you try to repair it, the resourceful hobbyist will also provide templates for a new one Housing from the 3D printer available (Project at GitHub).

Non-hobbyists can buy complete package

In the shop there are also the AirPods Pro (charging case and earphones) with USB-C connection as modified new device to buy – cost 299 Swiss francs. Important to know: This is the 1st generation with MagSafe connection. Also, the mentioned flex cable only works with the first generation AirPods Pro. A solution for the current model of the 2nd generation does not yet exist. According to the web shop, both the cable and the modified new device should be available at the end of April.

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