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Will a 2016/2017 used battery work on my 2015 MacBook?

I bought my Macbook at mid-2015, so naturally It’s battery is almost dead and I got the “Service battery” warning already.

I found someone selling an original battery, still glued to the bottom case, but I don’t know the year of the Macbook where that battery came from. Is it important?

I don’t know if there are incompatibilities between batteries from different years.

Update (09/21/2020)

Thanks for the answers!

I finally changed my battery and everything is working perfect so far.

The backplate was not a 2015, and the battery was model A1705.

The only problem I had was that my motherboard wouldn’t fit the new bottom case, so I had to cut a piece of the frame that holds the motherboard to make it fit.

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MacBook batteries as far as I know are all intercompatible, 2015-2017.

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The A1527 Battery for Apple MacBook 12 Inch Retina will work in the A1534 2015 2016 Mid 2017

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iFixit lists a higher Wh for the 2016-2017. Will that fit the 2015?

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Wondering the same as Paul. A1527 (2015 battery) has 7.55V and A1705 (2016 battery) has 7.56V. Doesn't seem like a big difference, but would it make an actual difference in the MacBooks life? Is it risky? (I want to use the A1527 in a 2016 laptop that came with a A1705).

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