Apple is rolling out a program called Self-Service Repair that allows users to DIY repair capabilities for their devices. With this program, if you break your iPhone screen, you can fix it yourself without having to send it to Apple and pay hundreds of dollars for a new part or find an authorized repair center near you. You just do it yourself.

This is a significant break in character for Apple, as their devices have gotten harder and harder to repair over time. However, this program seems like a nice positive step in the right direction. More likely, this is Apple getting out in front of Right to Repair laws that are being passed in more and more states. The federal government is taking a look at these laws, so Apple is launching their own program to look like the good guys.

The selling of tools and parts is where I still have questions because Apple hasn't really specified prices yet. They've just said that they're going to sell the tools and the parts you need for the same prices that they give to authorized repair places. But if you are buying a tool for a one-time use, I'm not sure if that's going to be worth the cost versus a repair place that is going to look at it as an investment and use that tool all the time.

Still, I'm not going to complain about this nice positive step until we actually see those prices. But I'm still going to be a little skeptical. The program is going to start next year, Apple's going to roll out more than 200 parts and pieces so that you can repair the iPhone 12 which came out last year and the iPhone 13 which came out in September after iPhones. After iPhones, the next step for Apple will be rolling out what you need to repair Macs specifically those with Apple's proprietary M1 chip.

With each of these Apple will publish manuals that you can look up when you need to solve a problem. You'll be able to read through the steps and then you can order either the tools or the replacement parts if you need. Just to recalibrate a part, supposedly Apple will also provide the tool necessary to do that specifically. They'll be targeting common problems from the iPhone 12, the iPhone 13, and the Mac that fall outside of Apple's warranty.

Because if it glitches in a way that's still covered by the warranty, you don't have to spend the effort Apple will do that for you for free. Still another cool thing is after you replace a broken part on your iPhone, you'll be able to send your old part back to Apple and the company will give you credit. Not quite clear what credit actually means, probably a gold sticker or something shiny, probably cents on the dollar for what you paid for that part in the first place.

But it's at the very least nice of Apple to take that into consideration and give you incentive to recycle your old parts. Plus, they added this on probably especially for me, that if you start repairing the device yourself and find you can't finish or you're in over your head, you can still take it to an Apple technician who will finish the job for you, probably with lots of dirty looks and maybe with an increased premium.

But you're not out of luck. It's also good to note that none of these repairs will violate your existing warranty and Apple will supposedly supply both the parts and the instructions for devices through the amount of time it normally supplies authorized repair dealers, meaning seven years from the time the device is released.

So all of this is obviously good news if you're tech savvy yourself and want to get in there and repair your iPhone without fear of violating your warranty or breaking something worse. But it could also open the door for more third-party repair shops or ambitious folks around the office who want to volunteer to be the one who repairs everybody else's iPhone.

Regardless, it's nice that at the very least you will have options and it looks like those repair manuals will be available for free. So at the very least you can learn more about how the iPhone and the Mac works and if the parts and the tools aren't that expensive, it could genuinely be a pro-consumer move.

So I'm excited that Apple is doing this. I'm skeptical that they're still gonna find a way to charge the whole bunch for it but at the very least they're inviting people to participate more in the owning of their own devices which feels like a good step and I'm also maybe looking forward to trying some of this out myself and seeing if I can become that much more savvy with the tech I use every day.

How do you feel about these changes and the Self-Service Repair program? Are you gonna be the one to try repairing your own iPhone 13? Comment below to let me know and thank you for watching. Please hit that thumbs up button if you enjoyed the video and subscribe to CNET's YouTube channel for more content.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhell has frozen over pigs can now fly and apple is finally letting you repair your own iphone one of those statements is actually true and we're gonna talk about which one right now apple is rolling out a program called self-service repair that is what it sounds like diy repair capabilities so if you break your iphone screen you can fix it yourself you can repair your own mac you don't have to send it to apple and pay hundreds for a new part or find an authorized repair center near you you just do it yourself and it is a break in character for apple to be sure their devices have gotten harder and harder to repair over time but this seems like a nice positive step in the right direction more than likely this is apple getting out in front of right to repair laws which are being passed in more and more states the federal government is taking a look at these laws so apple is launching their own program they want to look like the good guys they want to have the repair manuals and sell you tools so you can do it yourself the selling of the tools and the parts is where i still have questions because apple hasn't really specified prices yet they've just said that they're going to sell the tools and the parts you need for the same prices that they give to authorized repair places but if you are buying a tool for a one-time use i'm not sure if that's going to be worth the cost versus a repair place that is going to look at it as an investment and use that tool all the time still i'm not going to complain about this nice positive step until we actually see those prices but i'm still going to be a little skeptical the program is going to start next year apple's going to roll out more than 200 parts and pieces so that you can repair the iphone 12 which came out last year and the iphone 13 which came out in september after iphones the next step for apple will be rolling out what you need to repair macs specifically those with apple's proprietary m1 chip with each of these apple will publish manuals that you can look up when you need to solve a problem you'll be able to read through the steps and then you can order either the tools or the replacement parts if you need just to recalibrate a part you have supposedly apple will also provide the tool necessary to do that specifically they'll be targeting common problems from the iphone 12 the iphone 13 the max that fall outside of apple's warranty because if it glitches in a way that's still covered by the warranty you don't have to spend the effort apple will do that for you for free still another cool thing is after you replace a broken part on your iphone you'll be able to send your old part back to apple and the company will give you credit not quite clear what credit actually means maybe a gold sticker or something shiny probably cents on the dollar for what you paid for that part in the first place but it's at the very least nice of apple to take that into consideration and give you incentive to recycle your old parts plus they added this on probably especially for me that if you start repairing the device yourself and find you can't finish or you're in over your head you can still take it to an apple technician who will finish the job for you probably with lots of dirty looks and maybe with an increased premium but you're not out of luck it's also good to note that none of these repairs will violate your existing warranty and apple will supposedly supply both the parts and the instructions for devices through the amount of time it normally supplies authorized repair dealers meaning seven years from the time the device is released so all of this is obviously good news if you're tech savvy yourself and want to get in there and repair your iphone without fear of violating your warranty or breaking something worse but it could also open the door for more third-party repair shops or ambitious folks around the office who want to volunteer to be the one who repairs everybody else's iphone regardless it's nice that at the very least you will have options and it looks like those repair manuals will be available for free so at the very least you can learn more about how the iphone and the mac works and if the parts and the tools aren't that expensive it could genuinely be a pro consumer move so i'm excited that apple is doing this i'm skeptical that they're still gonna find a way to charge the whole bunch for it but at the very least they're inviting people to participate more in the owning of their own devices which feels like a good step and i'm also maybe looking forward to trying some of this out myself and seeing if i can become that much more savvy with the tech i use every day how do you feel about these changes and the self-service repair program are you gonna be the one to try repairing your own iphone 13 comment below to let me know and thank you for watching please hit that thumbs up button if you enjoyed the video and subscribe to cnet's youtube channel for morehell has frozen over pigs can now fly and apple is finally letting you repair your own iphone one of those statements is actually true and we're gonna talk about which one right now apple is rolling out a program called self-service repair that is what it sounds like diy repair capabilities so if you break your iphone screen you can fix it yourself you can repair your own mac you don't have to send it to apple and pay hundreds for a new part or find an authorized repair center near you you just do it yourself and it is a break in character for apple to be sure their devices have gotten harder and harder to repair over time but this seems like a nice positive step in the right direction more than likely this is apple getting out in front of right to repair laws which are being passed in more and more states the federal government is taking a look at these laws so apple is launching their own program they want to look like the good guys they want to have the repair manuals and sell you tools so you can do it yourself the selling of the tools and the parts is where i still have questions because apple hasn't really specified prices yet they've just said that they're going to sell the tools and the parts you need for the same prices that they give to authorized repair places but if you are buying a tool for a one-time use i'm not sure if that's going to be worth the cost versus a repair place that is going to look at it as an investment and use that tool all the time still i'm not going to complain about this nice positive step until we actually see those prices but i'm still going to be a little skeptical the program is going to start next year apple's going to roll out more than 200 parts and pieces so that you can repair the iphone 12 which came out last year and the iphone 13 which came out in september after iphones the next step for apple will be rolling out what you need to repair macs specifically those with apple's proprietary m1 chip with each of these apple will publish manuals that you can look up when you need to solve a problem you'll be able to read through the steps and then you can order either the tools or the replacement parts if you need just to recalibrate a part you have supposedly apple will also provide the tool necessary to do that specifically they'll be targeting common problems from the iphone 12 the iphone 13 the max that fall outside of apple's warranty because if it glitches in a way that's still covered by the warranty you don't have to spend the effort apple will do that for you for free still another cool thing is after you replace a broken part on your iphone you'll be able to send your old part back to apple and the company will give you credit not quite clear what credit actually means maybe a gold sticker or something shiny probably cents on the dollar for what you paid for that part in the first place but it's at the very least nice of apple to take that into consideration and give you incentive to recycle your old parts plus they added this on probably especially for me that if you start repairing the device yourself and find you can't finish or you're in over your head you can still take it to an apple technician who will finish the job for you probably with lots of dirty looks and maybe with an increased premium but you're not out of luck it's also good to note that none of these repairs will violate your existing warranty and apple will supposedly supply both the parts and the instructions for devices through the amount of time it normally supplies authorized repair dealers meaning seven years from the time the device is released so all of this is obviously good news if you're tech savvy yourself and want to get in there and repair your iphone without fear of violating your warranty or breaking something worse but it could also open the door for more third-party repair shops or ambitious folks around the office who want to volunteer to be the one who repairs everybody else's iphone regardless it's nice that at the very least you will have options and it looks like those repair manuals will be available for free so at the very least you can learn more about how the iphone and the mac works and if the parts and the tools aren't that expensive it could genuinely be a pro consumer move so i'm excited that apple is doing this i'm skeptical that they're still gonna find a way to charge the whole bunch for it but at the very least they're inviting people to participate more in the owning of their own devices which feels like a good step and i'm also maybe looking forward to trying some of this out myself and seeing if i can become that much more savvy with the tech i use every day how do you feel about these changes and the self-service repair program are you gonna be the one to try repairing your own iphone 13 comment below to let me know and thank you for watching please hit that thumbs up button if you enjoyed the video and subscribe to cnet's youtube channel for more\n"