iOS 18.2 Adds 'Default' Section for Managing Your Preferred Apps

iOS 18.2 includes a new "Default Apps" section that can be found in the Settings app, which can be used to manage your default apps for the iPhone. This is a feature that Apple promised would be coming to the European Union, but it is actually available worldwide in the latest beta.

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There are Default App settings for Email, Messaging, Calling, Call Filtering, Browser App, Passwords and Codes, and Keyboard apps.

In the United States, you can use the Default App interface to choose your preferred Email, Call Filtering, Browser, and Passwords, and Keyboards. The sections for Messaging and Calling don't list anything other than Messages, FaceTime, and Phone, respectively, but you can set ‌FaceTime‌ or Phone as the default calling app.

EU users should have more options for choosing non-Apple apps as their default, as Apple is required to allow ‌iPhone‌ users in Europe to swap out their messaging and phone apps, in addition to the others. EU users are also able to delete core apps like Messages, App Store, Safari, Camera, and Photos.

Eventually the Default Apps section should also include contactless payments and other settings.

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WarmWinterHat Avatar
17 weeks ago

More like lagdroid and I hate it.
I love comments like this that have no basis on anything within the last five years. Wife has a Pixel, it doesn't lag or drag and moving around on the device is just a quick as my 16 Pro.

Time to move on from the past.
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alexe Avatar
17 weeks ago
You can't set a default music app though?!

Are you kidding?

And no default maps app either.
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17 weeks ago
Choice is good, is it not? People complain for years about a lack of it, then when it’s here…
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17 weeks ago

iOS is turning into windows.

And it’s not good
How so? It’s not doing anything we haven’t been able to do on MacOS forever.
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17 weeks ago
iOS is turning into windows.

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Why did it take a decade ?
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