Old AirPods become useful backup earbuds
Apple offers a reasonable fee to replace batteries in older AirPods, allowing them to function as backup earbuds for years.
- Field
- hardware and chips
- What they did
- Researchers explained that old AirPods can be extended by replacing their depleted lithium-ion batteries, rather than throwing them away.
- Why it matters
- This is useful because it saves money on buying new headphones and solves the problem of disposing of electronics with hazardous batteries.
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