Samsung is reportedly working on adding a security chip to the batteries of future Galaxy phones, and it’s said to begin with the Galaxy A series phones that are both in the low-end and the mid-range tiers.
These new security chips in batteries are a measure that Samsung is said to be taking so that it can distinguish safe batteries from unsafe batteries. Specifically, non-official, non-OEM batteries that sometimes make their way into phones during a repair or replacement process. According to the report, which comes from The Elec, Samsung is starting with about 50 million of the Galaxy A phones.
The report doesn’t mention what phone models will be getting the security chips after the Galaxy A series phones, but it does state that these chips are expected to start rolling out to devices sometime in 2027. This is around the time frame that the EU is expected to start enforcing its regulation where companies need to begin using readily removable batteries in their phones.
Galaxy phone batteries with a security chip are intended to prevent damage to your device
As mentioned, these chips are a security measure to help designate fake batteries that might be used during a replacement, which could end up damaging your device, or worse, damaging your home and harming you. The idea is that non-OEM batteries can have less stringent safety measures in place, if there are any in the first place, and they can pose more of a risk of combustion, which could then lead to starting a fire in your home.
With these security chips in devices, they would act as an identifier that is able to indicate f a replacement battery that would be used or was used, isn’t an OEM-issued battery, thus, allowing the user to potentially request a different one, or have the device shipped off to the OEM for repairs.
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