Choose an app category, like Browser app or Phone app. Pick a new default app from the list. To reset the default apps, select Reset app preferences from the apps list in Settings. This article ...

Change default iPhone and iPad apps under Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Options include browsers, messaging, contactless apps, and autofill setups for password managers. You can't pick a new default ...

In iOS 18.2, Apple introduced a way for users to select their preferred default apps for iPhone. Apple initially promised that the feature would be coming to the European Union, but it is actually ...

As much as Apple would like it, iMessage is not the only messaging platform in the world. Yes, RCS is nice, but a lot of people prefer using WhatsApp and Telegram instead. And given the divisive state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can choose the default apps you want on Android. The pre-installed default apps on your ...

In iOS 18.2, Apple introduced the ability for users to set their default apps for messaging, calling, call filtering, passwords, contactless payments, and keyboards. Previously, it was only possible ...

It’s been a few years since Apple let HomePod users choose their preferred media app to stream music, podcasts, and audiobooks when asking Siri. However, with HomePod Software 17.4, Apple is making ...

I had to help a friend with his computer over the weekend. It seems his PC forgot he had Adobe Acrobat installed and instead it was opening PDF files in Google Chrome. I wasn’t quite sure how his ...

With iOS 18.2, Apple has introduced a new option that lets iPhone users set third-party apps as the default for calls and messages. Now WhatsApp has finally released an update to support this API, ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

iOS 14 gives iPhone and iPad users the power to choose their default web browser and email app for the first time when it lands this fall. That means you’ll no longer be forced into Safari and Mail ...

Apple said this week that it is making more changes to iOS to comply with the Digital Markets Act, new regulations the European Union introduced to rein in tech giants earlier this year. The company ...