iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app

Mar 27, 2025 11:43 PM - 4 weeks ago 36271

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You tin now take WhatsApp arsenic your iPhone’s default app for calls and matter messages, as noted by WABetaInfo. After updating WhatsApp to type 25.8.74, you’ll spot the app look arsenic an action successful your Messaging and Calling default app settings.

Apple first announced that it would fto iPhone users successful the European Union change their default telephone and messaging apps, but it later said that everyone would beryllium capable to do the same successful iOS 18.2.

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You tin alteration your default calling and texting app by heading to your settings, selecting Apps > Default Apps. From there, prime the Messaging and Calling options, and you’ll spot a database of replacement apps you tin take from, which now includes WhatsApp if you upgrade to the latest version.

Once you alteration your default app, your iPhone will automatically propulsion up your selected app erstwhile you pat a telephone number connected a webpage, for example, aliases prime the connection fastener from your contacts list.

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