AppleCare+ will replace your battery once it drops to 80% of its capacity

The battery in your iPhone or Apple Watch is a precious resource, and it becomes more precious as your devices age and their batteries begin to lose capacity. One solution to this problem is to buy an aftermarket replacement battery, look up an iFixit guide, and crack your phone or tablet open yourself. If you've paid for the AppleCare+ extended warranty program, though, we've got good news.

Apple will now replace any battery covered by AppleCare+ once it drops below 80 percent of its original capacity, as outlined in refreshed AppleCare+ documents spotted by MacRumors late last week and reported on other sites today. Previously, a battery had to drop to 50 percent of its original capacity to be eligible for replacement under AppleCare+, limiting its helpfulness to all but the heaviest users and those with defective batteries.

Note that this change only applies to devices eligible for AppleCare+. The iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple Watch lines are covered; the standard AppleCare protection program for the Mac will only replace batteries that have proven to be defective.

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