How To Replace Safari With Chrome As Default Web Browser On iPhone And iPad

Starting with iOS 14, users can change the default web browser on iPhone and iPad. This video shows how to replace Safari with Google Chrome and set your iPhone to open links with Google's Internet browser.

Requirements:

For this trick to work you need to run iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 on your Apple devices, as well as update Google Chrome for iOS to the most recent release.

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0:00 Start

You have to see this video if you wanna learn how to change the default web browser on your iPhone from Safari to Google Chrome.

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0:15 Setting Chrome as Default Browser

Let's open Settings. Scroll for Chrome, Google Chrome. Tap on it and select 'Default Browser App'. Switch to Chrome and that's it! You've now set Chrome as your default browser on your iPhone.

0:35 Requirements

For this trick to work you need to run iOS 14 on your iPhone and also update to the latest Google Chrome version for iOS. Anything later than this (version number pointed) is fine.

0:48 Testing Chrome Default Browser

And now let's test it out! I'll tap a link from the Messages app and let's see what browser opens it.

You see that I'm informed that Messages wants to open Chrome. Confirm... and the link is loaded in the Chrome browser instead of the default Safari one.

1:08 Other Supported Third-Party Browsers

This is a hidden iOS 14 feature that will work with any third-party web browser that is updated with support for it. So, we expect Firefox and Opera to bring similar functionality and to be able to become default Internet browser on your iPhone.

1:26 Change Default Mail Client

And that's not all. You'll be soon also able to change the Mail app, as the default mail client on your iPhone to Gmail, or Thunderbird or any other popular third-party app.

1:42 Conclusion

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