iPhone will soon let you set WhatsApp as the default calling and messaging app
With iOS 18.2 released last year, Apple allowed iPhone users to set third-party apps as the default apps for messaging and calling, and soon, they could set WhatsApp as the default app for calls and messages.
The folks at WABetaInfo revealed that users of beta version 25.8.10.74 of WhatsApp for iPhone can now set WhatsApp as the default app on their iPhones for calling and messaging, meaning whenever you tap on a number in an app, WhatsApp will be used to call or message that number instead of Apple's Phone or Messages app on iPhone.
This feature is currently available to select WhatsApp beta users, and it's unclear when it will be released publicly for all. In the meantime, tell us what you think about this move by WhatsApp. Will you set it as the default app for calls and messages? Let us know in the comments below.
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- Anonymous
- 31 Mar 2025
- Y7J
That is such a weird decision that I'm having trouble finding this real. What a strange decision. I would never set it as default. What is going on with these crazy companies all owned by the same group of elite (or funded by them).
- Anonymous
- 31 Mar 2025
- vak
Now android please
- Anonymous
- 29 Mar 2025
- gjL
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