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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers the consumer tech beat for Forbes. Apple recently rolled out the iOS 18.4 update and expanded Apple ...

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, ...

WhatsApp users on iPhones can now set the app as their default choice for messaging and calls, following the latest update to version 25.8.74. The change, first noted by WABetaInfo, allows the ...

With the release of iOS 18.4 in the spring, Apple's mobile operating system will likely let iPhone users in the European Union set default navigation and translation apps for the first time. In iOS 18 ...

Changing the default messaging app on your Android device is a straightforward process that allows you to customize your texting experience to your liking. Here are five methods to help you switch to ...

Apple will soon allow you to change your iPhone’s default phone app to the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp. According to WABetaInfo, iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default app for ...

As interested as we are in the upgrades coming to Siri and Apple Intelligence, that's not all that iOS 18.4 has to offer users. As spotted by 9to5Mac after the first iOS 18.4 beta rolled out, Apple ...

You can now set DeepL Translate as the default translation application on iPhones and iPads, replacing Apple’s own app. Powered by artificial neural networks, the machine-translation service supports ...