Today is a big day for right-to-repair advocates, and Samsung, one of the technological references in this market, has taken a very important step in this regard. For those who don’t know, the Korean company started rolling out the program in the United States last year and expanded it to South Korea a few weeks ago, hinting that more international expansion is planned in the future.

We didn’t expect this new movement in this direction to happen so quickly, but it did Samsung’s self-repair program is now available in several European countries. There are eight, to be exact, countries that the company has chosen for this DIY landing on the old continent, and luckily for us, Spain is among them. They are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

As part of this program, users who wish can take over some repairs for Galaxy S20, S21 and S22 series as well as Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360. For this purpose, Samsung offers both the necessary spare parts and the tools that the user will have to use to be able to carry out the replacement safely, for which, of course, the company also offers all the documentation of the disassembly processes. replacement of the affected element and reassembly of the device.

As for the available options, users of the Galaxy S20, S21 and S22 series will be able to replace phone display, back glass and charging ports. Users of the Galaxy Book Pro series will have access to seven original parts for self-repair, including the front and back cover, display, battery, touchpad, power button with fingerprint reader and rubber feet. Additionally, users will be able to keep all repair tools to use when they need them, allowing them to repair their Galaxy devices at any time.

To deploy the self-repair program in Europe, Samsung is working with ASWO, which will provide services to Germany, France, Poland and the United Kingdom, and 2Service, which is responsible for the markets of Belgium, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. Both companies have previously worked with the technology company in Europe, which explains why Samsung chose to rely on them for such an important deployment as this.

Samsung’s plans don’t stop there. Exactly opposite, The tech company promises to include more devices, repair tools, manuals and marketplaces. It will therefore be interesting to follow the development of these plans, which, however, are already heading in a very good direction with this new step.

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