iOS 18.2 allows you to change many of the iPhone's default apps. So you can do it

Apple has opened up like never before with iOS 18.2 and now we can change up to 9 default apps on the iPhone

In iOS 18.2 we can change many default apps

The arrival ofiOS 18.2has brought many new features to the iPhone. This is one of the most important updates in recent years. AlreadyI have tried all the new features coming to Apple Intelligence, but iOS 18.2 is much more, including a section in Settings forchange the vast majority of default apps, offering European users even more possibilities.

Default apps on the iPhone: everything you need to know

A default app isan app that is used as the first optionwhen we send an email, browse the internet or download an app. Traditionally, Apple has not allowed modifying the applications that the iPhone uses by default, which were always one of those included in iOS.

This has been changing little by little, first with browsers and email managers and,starting with iOS 18.2, with many other system applications.

In iOS 18.2 we have a new section for default apps

How to change the default apps on the iPhone

In the iPhone Settings we have a specific section to change the default apps, which is what Apple calls them. So that's where you'll have to go in to change the iPhone's default apps:

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Slide to the bottom area.
  3. Enter the Apps section.
  4. Tap on Default Apps.

Which default iPhone apps can be modified

That Apple has created a specific section for the iPhone's default apps means a lot. At this moment we have up to9 different sections; Depending on where you live, not all of them will be available. But it seems clear that it will be a section that will be expanded. These are all theiPhone default apps that you can modify:

  • Installing apps- This is the app store we want to use by default. It is a setting that only appears at the moment in Europe, where we can installalternative app stores.
  • Email: if instead of Mail you want to use another email app like Outlook or Gmail.
  • Messaging: For the first time, Apple allows you to change the app with which we send messages by default. Of course, it must be an app that allows sending and receiving SMS.
  • Calls: another important change. Calling apps have never been allowed on iOS before and now we can use different apps that we download from the App Store.
  • Call filtering: If you download an app that is used to filter and identify calls, from here you could select it as the default app.
  • Navigation app- The default iOS browser is Safari, but you can set any other default browser, such as Google Chrome.
  • Passwords and codes: Password apps are very popular, so if instead of using the iOS Passwords app you want to use another one, like 1Password, you can configure it from here.
  • Contactless app– Another historic change that allows you to use third-party contactless payment apps instead of using Wallet for Apple Pay.
  • Keyboards: For a long time we have been able to change the iPhone keyboard and now from here we have a direct setting to choose the keyboard we want to use.

This is a very important update for the iPhone and other devices.iOS 18.2 has also improved AirPods in different ways, and we also findrelevant improvements in AirTags. A very complete iOS version.

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