How to set up the default application on iPhone

Apple is known for limiting users to custom iPhone. For example, every iPhone has a set of pre-installed apps. Users cannot delete these default applications and they can also be used as default applications for some related features or tasks.

But what if you don't like integrated applications? If you like using Google Maps instead of Apple Maps to get directions? Can the default application be changed on iPhone?

How does the default application work on iPhone ?

The word "default" means that applications are preinstalled on the iPhone and the default applications are used for a certain operation. For example, when clicking a website link in an email, it will be opened in Safari. In this case Safari is the default browser on iPhone. When the website includes an address and you type it to get directions, Apple Maps will launch because it is the default map application.

Of course, there are many different applications that can do the same thing. Google Maps is an alternative to navigation, many users of Spotify instead of Apple Music to listen to music or Chrome as a web browser. Any user can install these applications on iPhone. But what if I want to use Google Maps instead of Apple Maps? What if you want to open an email link in Chrome?

How to set up the default application on iPhone

For ordinary users

For most users who want to do this is impossible. You cannot select your default application on iPhone. As mentioned earlier, Apple does not allow users to perform certain types of customizations. One of the blocked customizations is to choose other default applications.

Apple does not allow this type of customization because the company wants to ensure that all iPhone users have the same experience with original quality.

Another reason Apple apps become the default app is because this will bring more users to the company. Take the Music application for example, by setting the default music app, Apple has more than 30 million paying customers for Apple Music service. The monthly turnover figure is over 300 million US dollars. If Apple allows customers to place Spotify as the default application, it may lose customers.

For those who can j ailbreak

One way to change some of the default applications is to jailbreak the iPhone.

The jailbreak allows users to remove some of the controls Apple puts on the iPhone. If the device has been jailbroken, you will not be able to change all default applications, but you can change some applications:

1. Email: MailClientDefault10 allows users to make Gmail, Outlook, Spark, or Inbox as the default email application
2. Maps application: MapsOpener allows Google Maps to be set as default.
3. Browser: BrowserChooser allows you to change your default web browser to a third-party browser.

Although these options seem appealing, the important thing to remember is that jailbreak is not for everyone. It requires technical skills, can damage the iPhone without knowing how to do it, voiding the warranty, so Apple will no longer support it and may even cause the phone to become infected.

Apple's tight control over the iPhone and its software will never completely disappear, but it can become more lax. Although users cannot delete all default applications on the iPhone, but in iOS 10, Apple has allowed to delete certain applications.

I wish you all success!

See more:

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