There is one significant change in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 that was barely talked about at the WWDC 2020 presentation. Now you
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In beta versions, the function is not yet available, but this does not prevent us from imagining how it will work.
Apple is trying to make its ecosystem moreopen. This is proved by the new ability to choose the default music service for HomePod. This feature is already available in the second beta version of iOS 14, but the choice of browser and mail client is not yet available.
How can I choose the default applications on the iPhone
Apple previously allowed iPhone and iPad ownersChange only the default account in the Mail application, as well as the search engine in Safari. In iOS 14, you can select a third-party as the default browser. This also applies to the mail application.
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This means that various actions will beopen third-party applications of your choice for sending emails and opening links. Previously, all such actions were opened only by the Mail and Safari applications.
Apple has a short description of the new feature.
Choose your default web browser and application that will open when you click on links or send emails.
Since there was no such function in the system before, Apple can implement it in one of several ways. Perhaps a new item will appear in the Settings application.
In Settings, even a whole section may appearto select default applications. One can only hope that in the future it will be possible to choose other default applications, including a camera, maps, calendar, etc.
It is also unclear whether Apple will allow third-party application developers to offer users to install them by default. On macOS, this is:
When will the feature appear in iOS 14?
Apple said only that the ability to choose applications by default will appear in iOS 14. However, this does not mean that the function will be in the first public release of the new version this fall.
The feature may appear later with subsequent iOS 14 updates.
We hope that there will be no strong delays. However, making so far is worthless.