Change the default apps
Want to swap Safari for Chrome? In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, you can!
IT WILL TAKE
5 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
How to change the default apps on iPhone and iPad
YOU’LL NEED
iOS/iPadOS 14
For now, you can only change the defaults for your web browser and email
Apple’s iOS and iPadOS apps are great, but they aren’t always the best choice for everyone.
That’s why the App Store is filled with alternatives: Carrot Weather (and until Apple bought it, Dark Sky) as alternatives to Apple’s own Weather; Fantastical instead of Calendar; Firefox instead of Safari, and so on. But while Apple was happy to let you install your chosen alternatives, it kept its own apps as the default – so if you clicked a link, it’d open in Safari; if you clicked an ‘email us’ button, it’d launch Mail. That’s changed in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.