iOS 26 lets you change your default iPhone apps, here’s how

Your iPhone uses preinstalled Apple apps by default for system actions like opening links, making phone calls, and more. But iOS lets you set new default apps in a variety of categories, and the available options expanded in iOS 26. Here are the details.

iPhone users can set new default apps in the Settings app

iOS has let users set new default iPhone apps in a variety of categories for years. But over time, the number of options has steadily expanded.

iOS 26 has continued…