OS has long let users set new default apps in a variety of categories, and the available options expanded in iOS 26.

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

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 ...

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Android’s ability to open up apps by default when certain links are selected or certain pages visited in Chrome or another browser is a powerful feature. But that doesn’t always mean it’s a desirable ...

Before we analyze what's on offer in Windows 11, we will first take a look at similar capabilities present in Windows 10. Fortunately, the ability to set default apps in Windows 10 is fairly ...

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 ...

It’s a problem you might run into regularly. You tap on a link that you really want to open with a particular app, but for some reason, Android keeps opening it with some application you couldn’t care ...

One of the enduring legacies of the ’90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...

One of the major advantages of the Android operating system over iOS is its more extensive customization support. Android not only lets you change the default home screen launcher but also the default ...