Apple's removable battery standard could change device charging forever

Apple's engineers are researching how to best make a series of standardized enclosures that would allow users to routinely swap batteries between higher-powered devices like an iMac, and lower powered ones like keyboards or other peripherals.Multiple devices would use a standardized case to provide interchangeability between different brands.If implemented, the technology could lead to a universal standard for battery interchangeability and could reduce or eliminate the need to plug every wireless device in to charge it.The last Apple device with a 'user replaceable' battery was the 2009 MacBook, making it 15 years since users could casually swap out batteries on an Apple mobile computing device to keep it going. Apple isn't alone in using built-in, non-replaceable batteries. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums