The battery of both mobile devices and laptops is one of the most important parts, not only because it allows us to make use of it without being connected to the power and in any place where we are, but also because of the risks of malfunction.
The guys in Cupertino just announced, without prior notice, a new battery replacement program for some older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units, because they could overheat with the risk that this implies for the safety of the user.
As stated by Apple in this statement, this problem affects MacBook Pros that were sold between September 2015 and February 2017, being the serial number the only way to identify if our MacBook Pro is among those affected.
How to know if my MacBook is affected
In order to know if our MacBook is among those affected and what will allow us to replace the battery of our laptop at no cost, we must visit the following link, where they also report the steps to follow.
To confirm which is the model number of our equipment, we must go to the Apple menu, located in the upper left corner and press About this Mac. If MacBook Pro (Retina, 15 inches, mid-2015) appears, we must enter the serial number of our device on the web that I have indicated above, because it could be affected.
When Apple released the 2016 MacBook Pro, the revamp that professionals in need of a powerful notebook have been longing for, the device received a large number of criticisms starting with the controversial butterfly keyboard, which began to cause problems very early, and the battery life, which caused Consumer Report not to include it in the "recommended" laptops.
These criticisms caused the previous model to initially sell much more than the current model, Apple running out of stock on several occasions.