From 2027, all wearable tech gadgets will have replaceable batteries

All wearable gadgets that appear on the European market from 2027 must have a replaceable battery. The European Union has decided that and the Council agrees. It’s a big win for the planet, as replaceable batteries mean you can easily fix your gadget and use it for longer.

Replaceable batteries

It will be many years before the law comes into force, but that should give tech manufacturers ample opportunity to adapt their gadgets to this. The EU hopes this will not only make it easier to ‘repair’ your device for longer use, but also encourage battery recycling. There is also a role for manufacturers, who not only have to work with replaceable batteries, but also have to help put the recycling process on track.

As you could see in JerryRigEverything’s video about the Nothing Phone (2), batteries sometimes get glued very hard. That ensures that you can’t do anything with it and might break something when you try to remove it. It looks like that is now coming to an end. As a person you should be able to remove a battery from a device with your hands without breaking everything. A bit like it used to be: back then you could open your phone very easily anyway. Although that also has a disadvantage: it can affect how waterproof the device is: manufacturers will then have to find a smart method to prevent water and dust.

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Wearable Gadgets

Besides the fact that portable gadgets are understood to mean smartphones, there are of course many more portable gadgets: cameras and laptops, for example, but also portable speakers and music players. E-bikes and e-scooters are not covered, although their batteries must still be somewhat easy to remove (but then by a specialist with equipment that consumers do not have at home).

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