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Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Default apps on iPhone: How to switch from Safari and Mail to others like Chrome and Gmail
If you own an iPhone and want to change the default apps, now you can do so. Gone are the times when you couldn't and were limited to the apps that Apple wanted you to use, especially the Safari browser. Some of this functionality came with iOS 14, and now with iOS 18.2, you have a wide range of apps that you can set as default. So, you have to have iOS 18.2 or later versions installed in order to change the default apps on your iPhone, including selecting third-party apps for email, messaging, calling, call filtering, web Browse, passwords, as well as the keyboard. Wondering how to do it? Here are a few easy steps on how to change the default apps on your iPhone. Also Read: Google to let users test Android 16 desktop mode on phones with external display support, here's how Step 1: Open the Settings app on your all the way down and tap on Apps. Step 2: You will now see an option called Default Apps at the top of the Apps section. Tap on it. Step 3: In the Default Apps section, you'll see various categories including Email, Messaging, Calling, Call Filtering, and more. Step 4: Depending on which category you want to customise, let's go with Email for this example, you can select a third-party app. For instance, if you've installed Gmail from the App Store, you can set it as your default instead of Apple's Mail app. Similarly, for the Calling app, you can choose FaceTime, Phone, or WhatsApp, if web browsing, you can also select other browsers like Chrome. There are also options for changing defaults for Keyboards, Passwords & Codes, and Translation. It should be noted that with iOS 14, Apple introduced the ability to change the default browser and default mail app. Previously, this option was somewhat hidden. You had to open a compatible app like Chrome and then choose it as the default browser from within that app's settings. But now, the process is more streamlined, and new categories have been added over time. MOBILE FINDER: iPhone 16 LATEST Price, Specs And More
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Yahoo
Skip Your iPhone's Lockscreen: Here's the Hidden Flashlight Trick You Need to Know
Not long ago, your iPhone's lockscreen would only allow two app shortcuts that you couldn't change: camera controls and a flashlight toggle. However, iOS 18.2 allows you to customize these shortcuts to almost anything you might want. This small but impactful change is one of many ways iOS 18 supercharges customization for iPhone and iPad users. But what if you still want an easy-to-access way to toggle your flashlight without unlocking your phone? Apple introduced an accessibility feature in iOS 14 that, once enabled, allows you to perform actions by just tapping on the back of your phone. The feature is called Tap Back and it remains a sleeper feature that's sneakily hidden away in your settings menu. Enabling Tap Back essentially allows you to create a button on the back of your iPhone to perform an action without needing to take up any space. Once you have Tap Back enabled, it doesn't take long to see how much of a game-changer it can be with its added convenience. Below, we'll show you how to set it up so a couple of taps on the back of your iPhone will let you launch just about anything you want. For more, check out what's in the latest iOS 18.4 release. Whether you want to link Back Tap with your flashlight, camera or launch a different iPhone app, the path through your iPhone settings begins the same way. On your compatible iPhone (iPhone 8 or later), launch the Settings application and go to Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap. Now you have the option to launch your action (in this case, your flashlight) with either two or three taps. Although two taps is obviously faster, I would suggest three taps because if you fidget with your phone, it's easy to accidentally trigger the accessibility feature. Once you choose a tap option, select the Flashlight option -- or a different action if you prefer. You'll see over 30 options to choose from, including system options like Siri or taking a screenshot, to accessibility-specific functions like opening a magnifier or turning on real-time live captions. You can also set up Back Tap to open the Control Center, go back home, mute your audio, turn the volume up and down and run any shortcuts you've downloaded or created. You'll know you've successfully selected your choice when a blue checkmark appears to the right of the action. You could actually set up two shortcuts this way -- one that's triggered by two taps and one that's triggered by three taps to the iPhone's back cover. Once you exit the Settings application, you can try out the newly enabled Back Tap feature by tapping the back of your iPhone -- in my case, to turn on the flashlight. To turn off the flashlight, you can tap on the back of your iPhone as well, but you can also just turn it off from your lock screen if that's easier. For more great iPhone tips, here's how to keep your iPhone screen from dimming" target="_blank all the time and canceling all those subscriptions" target="_blank you don't want or need.
