Nintendo has announced it is creating hardware with replaceable batteries, which presumably will include its Switch consoles, due to new EU regulations tackling electronic waste. Announced on the official Nintendo Website , the…
…In 2023 the European Union passed a new regulation called the EU Batteries Legislation, which requires consumer products with built-in batteries to make these batteries easily removeable and replaceable starting from…
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Nintendo has just announced that it plans to modify the Nintendo Switch 2 console and make it significantly easier to replace the battery. This is being done to comply with EU regulations…
…The current version of the Switch 2 features batteries that are glued in, but Nintendo reportedly plans to remove the adhesive to comply with EU regulations taking effect in February 2027, which…
…The new model will have a removable battery, so that it complies with the EU Batteries Legislation, which was passed back in 2023 by the European Union. That specific set of regulations…
…of the Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries. As seen by The Verge , the company silently changed the “ Compliance with EU Directives and Regulations ” section of its website. The new paragraph explains…
…Within this language is Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 that tackles batteries and waste batteries within the country, and within that regulation, which went into effect in February, is the mandate that "batteries…
…As reported by Nikkei (thanks, CoverGeek ), the, er, switch comes as the company works to meet the European Union's Right to Repair directive , as well as the European Battery Regulation , which…
…The EU has mandated that all portable batteries in new consumer electronics be easily removable and replaceable by consumers, as part of EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 . Read more : Nintendo rumored…
