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.
No more true wireless headphones I guess. There ain’t no way those can be built with user-replaceable batteries.
There are small hearing aids that have replaceable batteries. I don’t see why it should be impossible
They can be though. https://youtu.be/l6DMDP9JOXU
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