Changing your default Android web browser or texting app is as easy as changing your wallpaper. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales
Android provides you with countless ways to customize your phone, from the color and shape of your app icons to your preferred method of system navigation. That customizability extends to your default app for common tasks like making calls and texting. Maybe you’d prefer to use a web browser with more privacy features or swap Google Assistant out for Alexa. You’re free to download the app of your choice and set it as the default — it just takes a few steps.
For reference, these are the types of apps to which you can assign new defaults:
Web browser
Caller ID and spam blocker
Digital assistant
Home app (aka launcher)
Phone
SMS (chat)
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