You can change the default apps to your iPhone. Here’s how

Apple is preparing to release iOS 18.4 In April and this update is likely to bring More emoji and new Meal section to Apple News. But when Apple has released iOS 18.2 In December, this update facilitated the default apps to your iPhone.

Read more: All you need to know about iOS 18

Your default applications are the applications that the iPhone automatically uses in certain situations. So if you touch a website phone number, for example, your iPhone will open your phone app and call that number. But if you like to use another phone call app, such as WhatsApp, you can now make this default call app for your iPhone.

Here’s how to change your default apps to your iPhone.

How to change default apps to your iPhone

1 Open SettingsS
2. Tap ApplicationsS
3 Tap Default applicationsS

From this menu you can choose to change different categories of applications by default on your iPhone. Here are the categories you can change and Apple description Everyone.

• Installation of application*: Choose an alternative app for the App Store to use by default.
• Browser: Select another app instead of the Safari application to use when opening links to web pages.
• Call: Select another app instead of the application of the phone or FaceTime app to make calls.
• Filtration of calls: Select an app to use to present the call identifier and block unwanted calling.
• Contactless application*: Select another app to make contactless transactions using your device’s built -in technology.
• E -mail: Select another app instead of the Mail app to use when opening links to send an email.
• Keyboard: Select an application to use for the text-on-type entry system.
• Messages: Select another app instead of the message app to use when you open links to send instant messages.
• Password and codes: Select another application instead of the password application to use to automatically fill in a password in Safari and other applications.

*Available only in certain countries and regions.

Touch any of these categories and you can change this application by default. If you do not have a third -party app downloaded on your iPhone for a particular category, this category will show you the Apple app or nothing.

Couldn’t I change my default applications before?

In some cases yes. When Apple released iOS 14 In 2020, the update allows you to change the default email and email and browser applications. You can also change several other categories before iOS 18.2, with the keyboard, but the options were scattered during the settings.

With iOS 18.2 Your iPhone collects these categories in one place, and the update adds several other categories, such as messages and calls.

For more information about iOS 18, here’s what you need to know iOS 18.3.2., iOS 18.3.1 and iOS 18.3S You can also check our iOS 18 cheat sheetS

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