Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM UTC

Watch how quick and easy it is to swap the Fairbuds 2 batteries.

I said in my hands-on that you can swap the batteries in each bud without any tools in less than a minute, and now iFixit’s teardown proves my point: the battery removal starts at the 27-second mark, and is done before the minute is up. Unsurprisingly, Fairbuds 2 get a 10/10 repairability score.

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