ByteBrief
We're a portrait publication through and through. Turn your phone back and your briefing picks up right where you left it.
(We tried widescreen once. It wasn't us.)
1 story in the last 7 days
The latest battery regulation news, distilled by AI into sharp ~100-word summaries. ByteBrief tracks battery regulation across dozens of tech sources and brings you only what matters, updated hourly. Tap any story for the full brief, or open the original source.

EU regulation (EU) 2023/1670 requires user-replaceable batteries in smartphones by 2027, but iPhones are exempt. Apple's devices meet three criteria: 83% capacity after 500 cycles, 80% after 1,000 cycles, and IP67 water resistance. Nintendo's Switch 2 will have a user-replaceable battery in the EU under different rules.
Summaries by ByteBrief